Black plate (55,1)Cadillac ATS (Europe) - 2013 - crc - 10/8/12Driving and Operating 9-55happens, Automatic Braking willengage the electric parking brake tohold the vehicle at a stop. A firmpress of the accelerator pedal willrelease Automatic Braking.{ WARNINGAutomatic Braking mayautomatically brake the vehicle insituations where it may beunnecessary. It could respond toa turning vehicle ahead,guardrails, signs, and othernon-moving objects. This couldbe uncomfortable and startling. Tooverride Automatic Braking, firmlypress the accelerator pedal, if it issafe to do so.Automatic Braking can be disabledor reduced through vehiclepersonalisation. See the “AutoCollision Preparation” portion of“Collision/Detection Systems” underVehicle Personalisation onpage 5‑40.{ WARNINGUsing the Automatic CollisionPreparation System while towinga trailer could cause you to losecontrol of the vehicle and crash.Turn the system off when towinga trailer.Side Blind ZoneAlert (SBZA)If available, the Side Blind ZoneAlert system is a lane-changing aidthat assists drivers with avoidingcrashes that occur with vehicles inthe side blind zone (or spot) areas.{ WARNINGSBZA does not detect vehiclesrapidly approaching outside of theside blind zones, pedestrians,bicyclists, or animals. Failure touse proper care when changing(Continued)WARNING (Continued)lanes may result in injury, death,or vehicle damage. Beforemaking a lane change, alwayscheck mirrors, glance over yourshoulder, and use the indicators.SBZA Detection ZonesThe SBZA sensor covers a zone ofapproximately one lane over fromboth sides of the vehicle, or 3.5 m(11 ft). This zone starts at each sidemirror and goes back approximately
