Lane Departure Prevention Function
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• Lane Departure Prevention Function is designed for use on expressways,
freeways, toll roads, interstate highways and similar limited access roads. It is
not intended to be used in city traffic. In the following conditions, do not use
Lane Departure Prevention Function. Doing so may result in an accident.
- Ordinary roads (roads other than those mentioned above)
Depending on the driving environment (complexity of roads and other factors),
the system may not be able to perform as the traffic conditions
require, and that may result in an accident.
- Roads with sharp corners
- Roads with lane restrictions or
tentative lanes due to construction
work, etc.
- Old lane markings remain.
- Avoiding parked vehicles
- Snow, puddles or snow melting
agents remain on the road
surface.
- Cracks or constructed traces
remain on the road surface.
- Frozen roads, snow-covered
roads or other slippery road
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surfaces
The tires may spin, causing loss of control of the vehicle.
- Entering a sharp curve into an interchange or junction, or a service area,
parking area, toll booth or other facilities
- There are changes in brightness, such as at a tunnel entrance or exit.
- Visibility is poor due to sand, smoke or water vapor blowing in the wind, or
the front vision is obscured due to water splashes, snow, dirt or dust stir up
generated by the vehicle in front or oncoming traffic.
- The windshield has become fogged, scratched, or snow, dirt, dust or frost
has adhered to it, or it is otherwise affected.
- Rain or dirt has not been fully wiped off of the windshield. There is a risk of
that the stereo camera may not detect the lanes.
- The stereo camera’s field of view is obstructed (for example by a canoe on
the roof of the vehicle).
• The stereo camera may have difficulty detecting the lane markings under the
following conditions and the system may not operate properly.
- At night or in a tunnel without the headlights on.
- Light is poor in the evening or early morning.
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