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139 4-3. Operating the lights and wipers RC350AWD_RC350_RC300AWD_RC30 0_OM_(U)_1810 4 Driving come on when the system is operating. ■ Conditions to turn the high beams on/off automatically ● When all of the following conditions are met, the high beams will be turned on automatically (after approximately 1 sec- ond): • The vehicle speed is approximately 21 mph (34 km/h) or more. • The area ahead of the vehicle is dark. • There are no vehicles ahead with head- lights or tail lights turned on. • There are few streetlights on the road ahead. ● If any of the following conditions is met, the high beams will turn off automatically: • The vehicle speed is below approxi- mately 17 mph (27 km/h). • The area ahead of the vehicle is not dark. • Vehicles ahead have their headlights or tail lights turned on. • There are many streetlights on the road ahead. ■ Camera sensor detection information ● The high beams may not be automatically turned off in the following situations: • When a vehicle suddenly appears from around a curve • When the vehicle is cut in front of by another vehicle • When vehicles ahead cannot be detected due to repeated curves, road dividers or roadside trees • When vehicles ahead appear in a far- away lane on a wide road • When the lights of vehicles ahead are not on ● The high beams may be turned off if a vehicle ahead that is using fog lights with- out its headlights turned on is detected. ● House lights, street lights, traffic signals, and illuminated billboards or signs and other reflective objects may cause the high beams to change to the low beams, or the low beams to remain on. ● The following factors may affect the amount of time taken for the high beams to turn on or off: • The brightness of the headlights, fog lights, and tail lights of vehicles ahead • The movement and direction of vehicles ahead • When a vehicle ahead only has opera- tional lights on one side • When a vehicle ahead is a two-wheeled vehicle • The condition of the road (gradient, curve, condition of the road surface, etc.) • The number of passengers and amount of luggage in the vehicle ● The high beams may turn on or off unex- pectedly. ● Bicycles or similar vehicles may not be detected. ● In the following situations the system may not be able to correctly detect the sur- rounding brightness level. This may cause the low beams to remain on or the high beams to flash or dazzle pedestrians or vehicles ahead. In such a case, it is neces- sary to manually switch between the high and low beams. • When driving in inclement weather (heavy rain, snow, fog, sandstorms, etc.) • When the windshield is obscured by fog, mist, ice, dirt, etc. • When the windshield is cracked or dam- aged • When the camera sensor is deformed or dirty • When the temperature of the camera sensor is extremely high • When the surrounding brightness level is equal to that of headlights, tail lights or fog lights • When headlights or tail lights of vehicles ahead are turned off, dirty, changing color, or not aimed properly • When the vehicle is hit by water, snow, dust, etc. from a preceding vehicle • When driving through an area of inter- |