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07 Driver support
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City Safety – introduction
City Safety™
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is a support system designed
to help the driver avoid low speed collisions
when driving in slow-moving, stop-and-go
traffic.
City Safety™ is not active if your vehicle’s
speed is below approximately 2 mph
(4 km/h). This means that City Safety™ will
not react if your vehicle approaches another
vehicle at very low speed, for example, when
parking.
The function is active at speeds up to
approximately 30 mph (50 km/h) and assists
the driver by applying the brakes automati-
cally, thereby avoiding or helping to reduce
the effects of a collision.
City Safety™ is designed to intervene as late
as possible to help avoid unnecessary activa-
tion.
City Safety™ triggers brief, forceful braking if
a low-speed collision is imminent. However,
the system will not intervene in situations
where the driver actively steers the vehicle or
applies the brakes, even if a collision cannot
be avoided. This is done in order to always
give the driver’s actions highest priority.
City Safety™ activates in situations where the
driver has not applied the brakes in time,
which means that the system cannot help the
driver in all situations.
City Safety™ should not be used to alter the
way in which the driver operates the vehicle.
The driver should never rely solely on this
system to safely stop the vehicle.
Normally, the occupants of the vehicle will
not be aware of City Safety™ except when
the system intervenes when a low-speed col-
lision is imminent.
If the vehicle is also equipped with the
optional Collision Warning with Full Auto-
brake and Pedestrian Detection system, the
two systems interact. For more information
about the Collision Warning with Auto-brake
system, see Collision warning – introduction
(p. 209) .
WARNING
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City Safety™ is a supplemental aid to
the driver. It can never replace the
driver’s attention to traffic conditions
or his/her responsibility for operating
the vehicle in a safe manner.
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City Safety™ does not function in all
driving situations or in all traffic,
weather or road conditions.
WARNING
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City Safety™ only reacts to vehicles
traveling in the same direction as your
vehicle and does not react to small
vehicles or motorcycles or to people or
animals.
•
City Safety™ is not activated when
your vehicle is backing up.
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City Safety™ functions at speeds up
to 30 mph (50 km/h). This system can
help prevent a collision if the differ-
ence in speed between your vehicle
and the vehicle ahead is less than
9 mph (15 km/h). If the difference in
speed is greater, a collision cannot be
avoided but the speed at which the
collision occurs can be reduced. The
driver must apply the vehicle’s brakes
for full braking effect.
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City Safety™ will not intervene in a
potential collision situation if the vehi-
cle is being driven actively. The driver
is always responsible for maintaining a
safe distance to a vehicle or object
ahead.
Related information
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City Safety – function (p. 203)
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City Safety – operation (p. 204)
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City Safety – limitations (p. 204)
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City Safety is a registered trademark of the Volvo Car Corporation
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