BMW 5 Series: Warning and braking function
Displays
Early warning:
Acute warning:
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Vehicle symbol flashes red and a signal
sounds
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Request for intervention by braking and
evasive action, if required
Acute warning:
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Person symbol flashes red and a signal sounds
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Request for intervention by braking and
evasive action, if required

The acute warning does not relieve the driver of his responsibility to
adapt the speed and driving style
to the traffic conditions.
Additional information regarding the collision warning may be found in the
"G12 Driver Assistance
Systems" reference manual.
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The collision warning and pedestrian warning are switched on and off using
the Intelligent Safety
button.
G30 Intelligent Safety button
Intelligent Safety button
The point at which the early coll
The collision warning has a limited capacity for detection.
As a result, incorrect or delayed warnings may occur. It is possible the
following vehicles are not
detected:
A slow vehicle when drivi
The Lane Departure Warning is an element of the Active Driving Assistant,
optional equipment (OE
5AS) and the Active Driving Assistant Plus, optional equipment (OE 5AT).
The Lane Departure Warning d
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Safety information
Warning
The system is designed to operate in certain
conditions and circumstances. Due to conditions
or other factors, the system may not respond.
There may be a risk of accident or risk
of damage to property. Actively intervene as
warranted. Refer to the information in this Owne
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder
EDR. The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations,
such as an air bag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding
how a vehicle's systems performed. The
EDR is designed t