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ALERTS
The Bendix
®
Wingman
®
Fusion
™
System also assists by
giving audible and visual alerts, whether or not cruise
control is on.
See Appendix E and Appendix K for more
information on the types of alerts the driver may hear and/
or see.
COLLISION MITIGATION TECHNOLOGY
See the striped area in Figure 3.
The Fusion system’s
collision mitigation technology is designed to be ready to
alert the driver to detectable objects in front of the vehicle
(whether or not cruise control is set) and react to the
presence of stationary/moving vehicles in the lane ahead.
Collision mitigation interventions provide the driver with
an alert before an intervention occurs. The driver must
immediately act to potentially avoid, or lessen the severity
of, a collision.
OVERSPEED ALERT AND ACTION (OAA)
The Fusion system has the ability to assist the driver by
recognizing U.S. and Canadian speed limit signs. This
allows the system to display the current posted speed
limit and alert the driver when overspeed thresholds are
detected. When changing between regions which post
speeds in miles and those which post in kilometers, the
speed limit sign recognition feature will not function until
the correct U.S./metric selection has been made.
LANE DEPARTURE WARNING
The Fusion system will monitor the visible lane markings
on the road and when an unexpected lane change – a
lane change without an activated turn signal – takes place,
the system will alert the driver to make a correction. Tired,
distracted, or inattentive drivers are alerted and can take
remedial actions.
SAFETY DATA RECORDING AND TRANSMISSION
Many Fusion-equipped vehicles use the SafetyDirect
®
by Bendix CVS processor and the vehicle’s telematics
processor to record vehicle and driver safety data after
safety system events. Data collected includes signals on
the vehicle communication network, images, video from
the Bendix
™
AutoVue
®
FLC-20
™
camera, and internally
generated data. Telematics devices transmit this data and
video to the SafetyDirect web portal.
