Ducati MULTISTRADA V45 2021, Manual

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Rider assistance systems
(ARAS)
Acronyms and abbreviations used in
the Manual
ACC Adaptive Cruise Control
ARAS Advanced Rider Assistance Sys‐
tems
BSD Blind Spot Detection
Road safety rules
Attention
The ARAS rider assistance systems must have
been previously enabled by your Ducati dealer.
The rider of a vehicle is responsible for riding and
maneuvering even if there are intelligent driving aid
systems, such as Blind Spot Detection (BSD) and
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) on the vehicle, which
must always be checked or corrected by the rider.
Adaptive intelligent systems, such as Blind Spot
Detection (BSD) and Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC),
analyze surrounding situations and warn the rider of
certain hazards, making a logical prediction of
events that may occur based on the information they
process. They are smart systems in the sense that
they operate with rational logic as long as they
understand, or can understand, the environmental
context; they are advanced systems because they
exploit computational technology, with its
technological limitations.
These systems, although technologically
sophisticated, are only designed to help the rider to
ride, improving the riding conditions; they are not
autonomous driving systems that replace the rider.
The rider is always responsible for choosing the
riding style and for adopting the level of caution and
attention required by the specific environmental
context.
The function of adaptive smart systems is alerting
the rider to critical situations, however, they use
predictions that depend and are conditioned by the
environmental context and the possible recognition
of surrounding objects or subjects. They are not
intended to avoid collisions, but to provide
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