Toyota CH-R: Safe Exit Assist

The safe exit assist is a system that uses rear side radar sensors installed on the inner side of the rear bumper to help occupants judge if an approaching vehicle or bicycle may collide with a door when exiting, to help reduce the possibility of a collision.

WARNING

■Cautions regarding the use of the system

• The driver is solely responsible for safe driving. Always drive safely, taking care to observe your surroundings.
• The safe exit assist is a supplementary system that, when the vehicle is stopped, informs occupants of the existence of approaching vehicles and bicycles. As this system alone cannot be used to judge safety, over-reliance on this system may lead to an accident resulting in death or serious injury.

  In certain situations, this system may not function to its fullest extent.

  Therefore it is necessary for the occupants to visually check for safety directly and using the mirrors.

System components

1. Multi-information display

Turning the safe exit assist on/off.

If collision with a door is likely and the door is opened, the door will be displayed on the multi-information display.

Also, if a door is opened when an outside rear view mirror indicator is illuminated, a buzzer will sound as a warning.

2. Outside rear view mirror indicators

When a vehicle or bicycle which may collide with a door (other than the back door) when opened is detected, the outside rear view mirror indicator on the detected side will illuminate.

If the door on the detected side is opened, the outside rear view mirror indicator will blink.

3. Driving assist information indicator

Illuminates when the safe exit assist is turned off. At this time, a message will be displayed on the multi-information display.

4. Speakers

When the outside rear view mirror indicator blinks, the driver is informed through voice guidance that the system has operated. After the notification through voice guidance is made, no more voice guidance notifications will be made again until the door is fully closed.

4. Door Illumination (If equipped)

When a vehicle or bicycle which may collide with a door (other than the back door) when opened is detected, the door Illumination (red) on the detected side will illuminate. If the door on the detected side is opened, the door Illumination (red) will blink.

■Outside rear view mirror indicator visibility

In strong sunlight, the outside rear view mirror indicator may be difficult to see.

■Buzzer

If the volume setting of the audio system is high or the surrounding area is loud, it may be difficult to hear the buzzer.

■Voice notifications

In the following situations, voice notifications will not be output:

• When it is estimated that no occupants are on board*
• After opening a door and entering the vehicle, until the hybrid system is started

When 3 minutes or more have elapsed since the hybrid system was stopped

• When the language setting of the multimedia display has been set to a language that does not support voice notifications
• When all of the doors have been locked from outside the vehicle
• When a door remains open for 1 minute or more after the hybrid system is stopped
• When the ACC mode has been enabled through a customize setting on the multimedia display and the hybrid system has been stopped
• When the parking assist volume setting on the multimedia display has been set to off

*: For each seating position, judgment is made based on the opening and closing of a door, before driving for ingress and after driving for egress.

■Customization

Some functions can be customized.

Turning the Safe Exit Assist system ON/OFF

The safe exit assist system can be enabled/disabled through a customize setting.

When the safe exit assist is off, the driving assist information indicator will illuminate and a message will be displayed on the multi-information display.

Each time the power switch is turned to ON, the safe exit assist is enabled.