Volvo XC90: Driver support / Automatic braking during delayed evasive maneuvers with City Safety
City Safety1 can assist the driver by automatically braking the
vehicle when it is not possible to avoid a collision by steering alone.
City Safety assists the driver by periodically attempting to predict possible
"escape routes" to the sides of the vehicle in the event a slow-moving or stationary
vehicle were to be detected at a late stage.

Your vehicle (1) cannot detect any potential escape routes for veering away from
the vehicle ahead (2) and may therefore apply the brakes at an earlier stage.
Own vehicle
Slow-moving/stationary vehicles
City Safety will not intervene to automatically apply the brakes if it is possible
for the driver to avoid a collision by steering the vehicle.
However, if City Safety determines that an evasive maneuver would not be possible
due to traffic in the adjacent lane(s), the function can assist the driver by automatically
starting to apply the brakes at an earlier stage.
1 This function is not available on all markets.
City Safety steering assistance may have limited functionality in certain
situations and not intervene, e.g.:
at speeds outside the range of 50-100 km/h (30-62 mph)
if the driver does not take evasive action
if speed-dependent power steering wheel resistance is working at reduced
power – e...
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...
Other information:
The Electronic Stability Control (ESC1) function helps the driver
avoid skidding and improves the vehicle's directional stability.
This symbol will be displayed in
the instrument panel when the system is intervening.
When the system has intervened to apply the brakes, a pulsing sound may be heard
and the vehicle may accelerate more slowly than expected when the accelerator pedal
is depressed...
Messages in the instrument panel are controlled using the right-side steering
wheel keypad.
Examples of messages in the instrument panel1
and the right-side steering wheel keypad.
Examples of messages in the instrument panel2 and
the right-side steering wheel keypad...