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      01-24-2013, 04:23 AM   #780
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Originally Posted by chriskd View Post
When the distance between you and the car in front of you closes in too quickly, it throws up a car icon on the HUD and in the cluster - similar to this pic. If the car gets REAL close, there's also an audible beeping. You can set "early" or "late" warning in Idrive.

Perfect. This is exactly it. Thank you.

I still fail to see any real world benefits for a warning system like this. It doesn't do any active braking, or even assisted braking for you, like a Volvo would. It's merely a warning icon and chime. WHY? I'm already freaking out about crashing, so while you're stating the obvious is appreciated, it really is unnecessary.
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