Infiniti Safety Shield

The Infiniti Safety Shield concept is our comprehensive approach to safety. It helps guide our engineers during research and development as they strive for a future without accidents. The all-new Infiniti M offers layered technologies to help provide safety and convenience by monitoring conditions, helping you avoid a collision, and helping protect you and your passengers when one occurs. It is inspired technology that looks ahead, often literally.

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Risk Has Not Appeared

Help maintain comfortable driving.

Intelligent Cruise Control (Full-Speed Range)

Available technology automatically adjusts speed to adapt to the flow of traffic.

Distance Control Assist

Available, industry-first system intuitively helps the driver release the throttle and apply brakes during traffic conditions that require frequent braking.

Risk Has Appeared

Helps the driver recover to safer driving conditions.

Lane Departure Prevention

Another industry first, available Lane Departure Prevention senses unintended lane drift and automatically assists the driver to return to the center of the lane.

Blind Spot Intervention™ System

A world's-first, optional technology helps alert the driver, when attempting to change lanes, to the presence of another vehicle in the blind-spot area. It also assists the driver in returning the vehicle back toward the center of the lane.

Collision May Occur

Helps the driver recover to safer driving conditions.

Brake Assist with Preview

Preview function anticipates the need to apply emergency braking and pre-pressurizes the brake system to help improve brake response.

Collision Unavoidable

Helps minimize injuries when a collision is unavoidable.

Intelligent Brake Assist

Available system warns the driver when there is a risk of collision ahead and automatically engages the brakes to reduce speed and mitigate damage if a collision becomes unavoidable.

Collision

Helps minimize injuries when a collision has occurred.

Restraints and Body Structure

Zone Body Construction; Front Seat Active Head-Restraints, Infiniti Advanced Air Bag System; Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side-Impact Air Bags and Roof-Mounted Curtain Side-Impact Air Bags.

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Intelligent Cruise Control

Intelligent Cruise Control (Full-Speed Range) is not a collision avoidance system or warning device. Designed to use limited braking. Failure to apply the brakes could result in an accident.

Distance Control Assist

Distance Control Assist helps maintain a distance to the vehicle in front under certain conditions. Not a collision avoidance system. Failure to apply the brakes could result in an accident.

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Lane Departure Prevention

The Lane Departure Warning/Lane Departure Prevention systems operate above approximately 45mph and only when the lane markings are clearly visible on the road. They will not prevent loss of control.

Blind Spot Intervention™ System

The Blind Spot Warning/Blind Spot Intervention™ Systems are not a substitute for proper lane change procedures. The systems will not prevent contact with other vehicles or accidents due to careless or dangerous driving techniques or detect every vehicle or object around you.

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Brake Assist with Preview

Optional Brake Assist with Preview is only an aid to assist the driver and is not a collision warning or avoidance device. It is the driver's responsibility to stay alert, drive safely, and be in control of the vehicle at all times.

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Intelligent Brake Assist

Intelligent Brake Assist is not a collision avoidance system. It may not provide warning or braking in certain conditions. Never rely solely on Intelligent Brake Assist.

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Air Bag

Air bags are only a supplemental restraint system; always wear your seat belt. Even with the occupant classification sensor, rear-facing child restraints should not be placed in the front-passenger's seat. Also, all children 12 and under should ride in the rear seat properly secured in child restraints, booster seats, or seat belts according to their size. Air bags will only inflate in certain accidents; see your owner's manual for more details.

Seat Belt

Always wear your seat belt, and please don't drink and drive. ©2009 INFINITI Division of Nissan North America, Inc.