METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE DISTANCE OF A FIRST VEHICLE IN RELATION TO A PRECEDING VEHICLE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling the distance of a first vehicle in relation to another preceding vehicle. According to said method, vehicle state variables and characteristics, in addition to the distance and the vehicle speed of at least one other vehicle in the vicinity are detected and the distance to the other vehicle and the speed of the first vehicle is adjusted to permitted threshold values. To increase driving security, the speed of the first vehicle and/or its desired distance from the other vehicle directly preceding it is/are determined as a function of the vehicle speed of at least one other vehicle driving in a laterally offset manner and/or of the distance between several other vehicles driving in a laterally offset manner.