Lexus LS 500h 2019, Owner'S Manual

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282 4-5. Using the driving support systems
a left/right turn
• When being passed by a vehicle
approaching from the left or right side in
front of your vehicle
• When making a left/right turn while a
vehicle is approaching from the left or
right side in front of your vehicle
• When passing an object on the side of the
road, such as a parked vehicle
• When passing an oncoming vehicle on a
S curve
• When there is an object that may be mis-
taken for a pedestrian, such as a utility
pole, tree, or pole on the roadside or at
the entrance of a curve
• When there is a bicycle or motorcycle on
the roadside at the entrance of a curve
• If the preceding vehicle is a bicycle or
motorcycle
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The system may operate the pedestrian
alert unnecessarily if it detects the follow-
ing:
• Pedestrians on a sidewalk
• Bicycles and motorcycles
• Patterns or paint on the road, a wall,
median, billboard, etc. that may be mis-
taken for a pedestrian or bicyclist
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Situations in which the system may not
operate properly
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In some situations, such as the following,
a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist may not
be detected by the sensors, preventing
the system from operating properly:
• When a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist is
approaching your vehicle
• When your vehicle or a vehicle, pedes-
trian or bicyclist is wobbling
• If a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist makes
an abrupt maneuver (such as sudden
swerving, acceleration or deceleration)
• When your vehicle approaches a vehicle,
pedestrian or bicyclist rapidly
• When a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist is
not directly in front of your vehicle
• When a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist is
near a wall, fence, guardrail, manhole
cover, vehicle, steel plate on the road, etc.
• When a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist is
under a structure
• When part of a vehicle, pedestrian or
bicyclist is hidden by an object, such as
large baggage, an umbrella, or guardrail
• When multiple vehicles, pedestrians or
bicyclists are close together
• If the sun or other light is shining directly
on a vehicle, pedestrian, bicyclist or
guardrail ahead
• When a vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist is
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