I’ve googled already  but I’m not getting any clear answer, at least not in English anyway 

 

what is front assist and what does it do?

 

 

Front assist is a system to prevent collisions. It scans after pedestrians, vehicles and obstructions and can both warn you and brake for you if you react to slow.

Ahhhh that makes sense now 

 

thank you 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w02nbqjuDoo

 

There's quite a bit of reasonably readable and useful information on Front Assist in the instruction manual :-)

 

Examples would be situations where you really need to be switching Front Assist OFF - e.g.

 

In the following situations, Front Assist should be switched off for safety reasons.

• When the vehicle is being towed away.
• When the vehicle is on a rolling test bench.
• If an unfounded warning or a system action was taken.
• When on a truck, or a car ferry service or similar.

If you've misplaced your manual then PDF versions can be found here: https://manual.skoda-auto.com/004/en-com/Model/Octavia_5E