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Safety
Night View Assist Plus highlights any people it has recognised and helps the
drivers to react quicker to dangers by night.
Active Lane Keeping Assist can intervene to correct the vehicle’s direction
if it inadvertently changes lane.
Active Blind Spot Assist monitors the areas around the vehicle, issues a warning
and if necessary brakes the vehicle if it changes lane.
in stop-start traffic or involving pedestrians. Active Lane
Keeping Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist support the driver
if he or she inadvertently drifts out of or changes lane, risking
a collision with another vehicle. Through brake actuations
on one side of the vehicle, they help to manoeuvre the car back
into its lane, or to prevent an accident. Last not least, PRE-
SAFE® PLUS is an enhancement to the preventive occupant
protection system PRE-SAFE®, containing protection
mea sures in the event of an impending rear impact collision.
also makes the pedestrians themselves aware of the
hazardous situation. The night vision screen switches itself
on as standard if a risky situation has been detected.
Safe driving: Night View Assist Plus (option). Only
20 percent of all traffic travels at night, yet 40 percent of
fatal accidents occur during this time. Night View Assist
Plus makes it possible for the driver to spot people or animals
sooner in the dark. They are clearly shown up in the multi-
function display in the instrument cluster. The spotlight
function causes pedestrians on either side of the road who
might be at risk to be drawn to the driver’s attention quicker,
by flashing them four times in quick succession, which