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Driving
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Displayofinter-vehicletime
Usingaradarlocatedatthefrontofthevehicle,
thissystemhelpsthedrivermaintainasafe
distancebetweentheirvehicleandtheonein
front,bydisplayingthecurrentinter-vehicle
timeintheinstrumentpanel.
Itisthetimeinterval,expressedinseconds,
thatseparatestwovehiclesinline.The
recommendedsafevalueisabout2seconds:
refertothelegislationorhighwaycodeinforce
inyourcountry.
Conditions for display
Themeasurementisdisplayedfor
informationonly:thesystemtakesno
actiononthevehicle.
Thissystemdoesnotinany
circumstancesreplacetheneedfor
vigilanceonthepartofthedriverwho
mustremainincontrolofthevehicleat
alltimes.
Thesystemisnotdesignedforurban
usenorformoredynamicdriving(bends,
acceleration,harshbraking…)butrather
whendrivingatasteadyspeed.
Thesystemisactiveinaspeedrange
between42and93mph(70and
150km/h).
Stationaryvehiclesandcertainother
roadusers(suchasbicyclesfor
example)arenotdetected.
Thesystemdisplaysinter-vehicletime
valuesofbetween3secondsand0.5of
asecond.
Below0.5ofasecond,thevalue
displayedismaintainedatthislevel,
evenifthetrueinter-vehicletimeisless.
Theactivecruisecontrolmustnot
beselected(theactivecruisecontrol
informationisdisplayedinsteadofthat
fortheinter-vehicletime).
Thesystemisonlyavailablewiththe
"DRIVING"displaymodeofthetype2
instrumentpanel.