Active Brake Assist 5 Safety Information
Warning: Active Brake Assist (ABA) is intended only as an aid for a conscientious and alert driver. The driver is responsible for keeping a safe distance from the vehicle in front, for the vehicle speed, braking in a sufficient amount of time, and remaining in the lane.
ABA does not take road and weather conditions into account, nor the prevailing traffic situation. The driver should always adapt their driving to suit road and weather conditions.
The Detroit Assurance Collision Mitigation System is not designed to warn about all possible road hazards. Specifically, it is not programmed to react to animals, oncoming vehicles, or cross traffic, but it may do so.
Operate a vehicle equipped with Detroit Assurance Collision Mitigation System as if the vehicle were not equipped with a collision mitigation system.
Failure to drive safely and use the system properly could result in personal injury and/or death and severe property damage.
A vehicle equipped with ABA may:
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react more quickly than a driver to an object in the vehicle's path of travel;
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perform emergency braking;
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react to moving people with a warning and emergency braking.
ABA can minimize the risk of a front-end collision with a moving or stationary vehicle and pedestrians. If ABA detects the risk of a front-end collision, it issues an audible and visual warning. If the risk persists, ABA automatically initiates partial braking of the vehicle. If the driver does not react to the warnings and partial brake application, ABA automatically initiates a full emergency brake application.
ABA is not designed to detect and react to vehicles driving in a different lane.
ABA may not react to narrow vehicles, like motorcycles, driving in front of the vehicle.
A driver should always be aware of possible hazards and be prepared to engage the service brakes if the ABA system warns of a possible pending collision.
ABA does not automatically adapt to road and traffic conditions. If ABA issues no visual and/or acoustic warning in a critical situation:
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it is suppressed;
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it has failed;
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it has not recognized the danger of the situation.
ABA may also issue warnings where no risk exists. An alert and conscientious driver should be able to easily validate an ABA warning, and, if necessary, override a false-positive ABA braking event.