Adaptive Cruise Control System (ACC)*
Starting and driving
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The ACC maintains a set speed with no need
for you to use the accelerator pedal. Using a
sensor (A), the system also measures the rela-
tive speed and distance between your vehicle
and a vehicle in front, and maintains a set fol-
lowing distance between your vehicle and the
vehicle in front by automatically decelerating
your vehicle if it becomes too close to the
vehicle in front.
The ACC is the driver assist system to aid
comfortable driving on a freeway. Stop lamps
are illuminated during automatic braking.
If you desire, a cruise control without inter-
vention of the following distance control is
also selectable.
Adaptive Cruise Control
System (ACC)
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WARNING
A driver is responsible for driving safely.
Even if the ACC is in use, always grasp
the surrounding circumstances and pro-
vide for safe driving.
Never rely solely on the ACC. The ACC is
the system to reduce load on the driver.
The ACC is not a collision avoidance sys-
tem or an automatic driving system. The
system is not intended to compensate for
driver’s loss of attention to the front dur-
ing driving due to distraction or careless-
ness or supplement a drop in visibility due
to the rain and fog.
It is never a substitute for your safe and
careful driving. Always be ready to apply
the brakes manually.
This system may not correctly detect the
actual situation depending on the type of
vehicle in front and its conditions, the
weather conditions, and the road condi-
tions.
Additionally, the system may be unable to
decelerate sufficiently if the vehicle in
front applies the brakes suddenly or
another vehicle cuts into your path, so
your vehicle approaches the front vehicle.
Improper usage of this system or loss of
attention to the front by the over-rely on
the ACC, may result in a serious accident.
CAUTION
In the following situations, the system may
become transiently unable to detect a vehicle
in front or triggers its control and alarm
functions by detecting something other than
a vehicle in front.
• When driving in curved sections of road
including their entrance/outlet or running
beside a closed lane in a traffic work or
similar zone.
• When your vehicle position in a lane is
instable, is frequently steered to right and
left, or running unstably due to a traffic
accident, trouble with some vehicles, etc.
• When driving on the road that the vehicle in
front runs in offset position from your vehi-
cle.
