BMW 5 Series: The concept
With Active Protection, critical driving situations that might lead to an accident can be detected.
In in these situations, preventative protection measures are automatically undertaken to minimize the risk in the event of an accident as much as possible.
Critical driving situations may include:
▷ Full application of the brakes.
▷ Severe understeering.
▷ Severe oversteering.
With Active Cruise Control with Stop & Go function, impending collisions with vehicles driving ahead or stopped in front of you can also be detected.
Personal responsibility
The system cannot serve as a substitute
for the driver's personal judgment of the traffic
situation. Adapt speed to traffic situation and
drive alertly; otherwise, a risk to safety may result.◀
Function
After the safety belt is buckled and the door is closed, the front belts are automatically tightened once after the vehicle is driven is away. In critical driving situations, the following indivi ...See also:
Exterior rear
Coupe
1. Rear window and outside mirror
(if so equipped) defroster switch
(P. 2-29)
2. Interior trunk lid release (P. 3-24)
3. Trunk lid (P. 3-23)
4. Vehicle loading (P. 9-12)
5. Opener opera ...
Destination guidance with traffic
bulletins
Detour suggestions from the navigation system
can be manually accepted in the semi-dynamic
destination guidance. In the dynamic destination
guidance, they are automatically accepted
in the rou ...
Short commands of the voice activation
system
Vehicle equipment
All standard, country-specific and optional
equipment that is offered in the model series is
described in this chapter. Therefore, equipment
is also described that is not avai ...