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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Active Cruise Control (ACC) Long Range Radar (LRR) sensor
Active Cruise Control ACC Long Range Radar (LRR) sensor
The control unit for active cruise control for ACC Stop & Go contains a
radar-based sensor for sensing
the area in front of the vehicle. Both the near and far ranges are monitored
The lateral and longitudinal acceleration sensors assist with the
identification of head-on crashes,
side-on crashes and rear-end crashes.
The airbag sensor consists of a longitudinal acceleration sensor and a lateral
acceleration sensor.
The acceleration sensors measure the positive and negativ