Targeted brake actuation: Active Blind Spot Assist
Another innovation Mercedes-Benz offers for the Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is Active Blind Spot Assist, a system that makes use of a multi-stage warning concept. If the system detects that a lane change would be too dangerous, it warns the driver by displaying a red triangle in the glass of the exterior mirror. Close-range radar sensors monitor the area immediately to the side and to the rear of the car. If the driver disregards this warning and, for example, uses the turn indicator, an audible warning also sounds. If the driver continues to ignore the warnings and comes dangerously close to a vehicle in the neighboring lane, the system acts: a corrective braking intervention via ESP® is applied to the wheels of the opposite side of the vehicle. This causes a yaw movement about the car's vertical axis due to the unequal distribution of the braking forces. If an accident still cannot be avoided, the active Blind Spot Assist system can reduce the consequences of a collision through the brake actuation.
See also:
Hiding a service message
   X Press the % or a button on the steering wheel. ...
   
Setting and storing the parking position
   You can position the front-passenger side 
exterior mirror in such a way that you can see 
the rear wheel on that side as soon as you 
engage reverse gear. You can store this 
position.
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Cleaning the steering wheel and gear or 
selector lever
   •► Thoroughly wipe with a damp cloth or use 
leather care agents that have been 
recommended and approved by Mercedes- 
Benz. ...
   
