Method for assisting an attentiveness and/or driving readiness of a driver during an automated driving process of a vehicle, the method comprising the following steps: calculating a failure probability value using at least one read-in map information signal, environmental condition signal and/or probability signal, the failure probability value representing a failure probability of a driver assistance system for performing an automated driving process, the map information signal representing a road topography and/or confidence topography on a travel route that is travelled by the vehicle, the environmental condition signal representing a weather state in the surroundings of the vehicle, and the probability signal representing a fault probability and/or failure probability of at least one vehicle sensor of the driver assistance system; determining a comparison parameter in response to the calculated failure probability value, the comparison parameter representing a result of a comparison of a level of a necessary driving requirement on the travel route that is travelled by the vehicle with a level of a current attentiveness of the driver; and providing an advance warning signal in response to the comparison parameter determined, the advance warning signal representing an advance warning for vehicle control to be actively taken over by the driver of the vehicle, characterized by a step of checking a driving behaviour of the driver in response to the provided advance warning signal using the attentiveness signal, the automated driving process being switched off and a supervised transfer of the driving task to the driver being instigated if the driver ignores the advance warning for actively taking over vehicle control. calculating a failure probability value using at least one read-in map information signal, environmental condition signal and/or probability signal, the failure probability value representing a failure probability of a driver assistance system for performing an automated driving process, the map information signal representing a road topography and/or confidence topography on a travel route that is travelled by the vehicle, the environmental condition signal representing a weather state in the surroundings of the vehicle, and the probability signal representing a fault probability and/or failure probability of at least one vehicle sensor of the driver assistance system; determining a comparison parameter in response to the calculated failure probability value, the comparison parameter representing a result of a comparison of a level of a necessary driving requirement on the travel route that is travelled by the vehicle with a level of a current attentiveness of the driver; and providing an advance warning signal in response to the comparison parameter determined, the advance warning signal representing an advance warning for vehicle control to be actively taken over by the driver of the vehicle, characterized by a step of checking a driving behaviour of the driver in response to the provided advance warning signal using the attentiveness signal, the automated driving process being switched off and a supervised transfer of the driving task to the driver being instigated if the driver ignores the advance warning for actively taking over vehicle control.