Volvo XC60 Twin Engine 2020, Owner'S Manual

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DRIVER SUPPORT
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City Safety brakes for oncoming
vehicles
City Safety can assist the driver to use emer-
gency braking for an oncoming vehicle in
your car's lane.
If an oncoming vehicle enters your car's lane
and a collision is unavoidable, City Safety can
reduce the car's speed with a view to reducing
the violence of the impact.
Your car
Oncoming vehicles
For this function to work, the following criteria
must be met:
•
your car must be travelling at more than
4 km/h (3 mph)
•
the road section must be straight
•
your car's lane must have clear lane mark-
ings
•
your car must be positioned straight in its
own lane
•
the oncoming vehicle must be within your
car's lane markings
•
the oncoming vehicle must have its head-
lamps switched on
•
this function can only handle "front to
front" collisions
•
this function can only detect vehicles with
four wheels.
WARNING
Warnings and brake interventions due to
an impending collision with an oncoming
vehicle always come very late.
Related information
•
City Safety
™
(p. 345)
•
Limitations of City Safety (p. 355)
Limitations of City Safety
The City Safety
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function may have limita-
tions in certain situations.
Surroundings
Low objects
Low-hanging objects, e.g. a flag/pennant for
projecting load, or accessories such as auxili-
ary lamps and bull bars that are higher than
the bonnet limit the function.
Skidding
On slippery road surfaces the braking distance
is extended, which may reduce the capacity of
City Safety to avoid a collision. In such situa-
tions, the anti-lock brakes and the stability
control ESC
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are designed to give the best
possible braking force with maintained stabil-
ity.
Oncoming light
The visual warning signal in the windscreen
may be difficult to notice in the event of strong
sunlight, reflections, when sunglasses are
being worn or if the driver is not looking
straight ahead.
Heat
In the event of high passenger compartment
temperature caused by e.g. strong sunlight,
the visual warning signal in the windscreen
may be temporarily disengaged.