Volvo XC90 Quiz
Driver Support

City Safety Braking for Oncoming Vehicles

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City Safety can help you apply the brakes for an oncoming vehicle in your lane.

If an oncoming vehicle veers into your lane and a collision is unavoidable, City Safety can help reduce your vehicle's speed to attempt to mitigate the force of the collision.

Volvo XC90. City Safety braking for oncoming vehicles

Volvo XC90. City Safety braking for oncoming vehicles Own vehicle

Volvo XC90. City Safety braking for oncoming vehicles Oncoming vehicles

The following criteria must be met for the function to operate:

  • Your vehicle speed must be above 4 km/h
  • The road must be straight
  • Your lane must have clear lane markings
  • Your vehicle must be positioned straight in your lane
  • The vehicle ahead must be positioned within your lane markings
  • The headlights of the oncoming vehicle must be switched on
  • The function can only respond to frontal collisions
  • The function can only detect vehicles with four wheels

Test yourself

A quick Volvo XC90 quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.