What's the coffee cup in my dash display for?

[HollowPoint]

Ok, so I know this is probably a silly question and I did do a quick search before posting, but what's the little coffee cup icon for in my dash display, next to my gear selection?

 

[Deleted member 55947]

Attention Assist

 

[Spin_bowler]

To tell you to take a break. Have you got attention assist?

 

[HollowPoint]

Attention assist is in my menu when I scroll through the options, so yes I assume I have it. I've never seen it do anything though, it just sits there, from starting the car early morning to getting back home/to my hotel at night, short and long journeys (Longest so far being yesterday morning at 2.5 hours) it's always there.....

 

[boxbrownie]

Go look in the trunk, on the left hand side there is a removable panel, fold it down and behind you will find a fresh cup of coffee............

 

[gbjeppm]

Seriously i have it and it has never gone off, but in theory if you start to nod off at the wheel it will wake you up.

 

[daveenty]

Only seen mine once and it was a quiet morning going down the motorway. I pulled out from L1 to L2 to pass a couple of wagons and there was a brick/block or something in the road which caused me to swerve to avoid it. Car must have thought my driving sloppy as the cup came on.

I stopped at one of the emergency telephones to alert the powers that be about the obstacle and it was off when I got back in the car, so it must have thought I'd had my break.

 

[HollowPoint]

Interesting, I wonder if that's the beep I heard, but couldn't attribute to anything the other day when I was driving at night and was actually quite tired. Should the coffee cup change colour or something? Or is it the fact that the cup appears at all, is suggesting I need a break? If so, it's either broken, or it really doesn't like my driving style, lol.

 

[gbjeppm]

Cup is on all the time to tell you attention assist is switched on.

See here:

Mercedes-Benz TechCenter: ATTENTION ASSIST

 

[HollowPoint]

Thanks for that, very useful to know. I assume this probably was the beep I heard the other day in this case, nice to know it's there. Thanks folks.

 

[ChrisA]

You don't need it if you have a nagging Mrs harping on for hours on end!!

 

[HollowPoint]

You don't need it if you have a nagging Mrs harping on for hours on end!!

LOL mine doesn't nag when in the car, especially on long journeys, she tends to go to sleep, which is a bugger, because normally we only travel together if attending a car show, which means early morning and late night driving, usually when already knackered hehe.

The Merc is my daily, so I tend to be alone in there most of the time, either on my way to or from the town I work in, or back and forth to and from the hotel

 

[Conquistador]

Indeed, the coffee cup symbol is on all the time, unless you actually disable Attention Assist in the menu for whatever reason.

You'll get a loud beep when it thinks you should take a break and a message like this...

 

[davionix]

Thanks for supplying info not given in the manuals

 

[alzieboy]

when asked what are you drinking now perhaps !!