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A quick how-to video on the Driving Assistance Professional Package on the 2024 7 Series and i7 featuring Active Driving Assistant Professional, Highway Assistant, Extended Traffic Jam Assistant, Automatic Lane Change, and Active Cruise Control with Stop+Go. This new version of the Driving Assistance Professional Package takes highway driving, comfort, and convenience to a whole new level and is available on vehicles featuring iDrive 8 and up (see vehicle eligibility on note #1)
A few notes:
1. Vehicles eligible for this version of the Driving Assistance Professional Package with Active Driving Assistant Professional+:Highway Assistant: X5 LCI*, X6 LCI*, X7 LCI*, i5, 5 Series, i7, 7 Series, iX, XM*.
*Vehicles equipped with the highway assistant and the older generation steering wheel (X5, X6, X7, XM) require the driver to press the MODE button when the Assist plus Ready Script is displayed on the gauge cluster. Once activated, the system will act the exact same, the only difference being in how it is activated.
*UPDATE: if your car features the older generation steering wheel (X5, X6, X7, XM), is equipped with the highway assistant, and has been updated to Software Version 11.2023.50, then you are able to activate the highway assistant and extended traffic jam assistant (Assist Plus) by taking your hands off the wheel.
2. NOT ALL iDrive8, iDrive8.5, or iDrive9 vehicles come with Active Driving Assistant Pro+Highway assistant. Some vehicles with iDrive8 and all vehicles with iDrive7 available with Active Driving Assistant Pro come with only the extended traffic jam assistant but NOT the highway assistant (8 Series, X3, X4, 3 Series, 4 Series, X1, X2). See note #6.
3. An Electronic Subscriber Agreement or ESA is required for use of the Highway Assistant.
4. If your BMW is equipped with the Driving Assistant Professional Package, the steering wheel lighting elements on each spoke will illuminate green when steering intervention for the parking assistant professional is active.
5. At the end of the day, if you are not comfortable with the system, you are able to take control of the car at any point by grabbing the steering wheel or by shutting the system off by pressing the brake or the button on the steering wheel.
6. The Extended Traffic Jam Assistant only works at speeds of up to 40mph on clearly marked divided highways. The traffic jam assist is activated in the same manner as the highway assistant, dependent on the vehicle (see vehicle eligibility and caveats on note #1).
7. With Active Driving Assistant Pro, it is VERY important that your eyes look forward while using the system as this is the vehicle's main way of knowing you are paying attention to the road. If it does not detect your eyes looking forward, the car will alert you to look forward or shut off the highway assistant, requiring you to put your hands back on the wheel. If worst comes to worst, the vehicle can come to a complete stop on the highway and call roadside assistance if needed (ie if you have suffered a medical emergency).
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