A method for operating a vehicle, the method comprising: deactivating, or significantly reducing (110; 210; 310) an activity of, one or more vehicle stability control systems, thereby increasing a level of direct control over operation of the vehicle for a driver of the vehicle; determining a state of the vehicle relative to surroundings of the vehicle (130; 230; 330); and activating, or significantly increasing the activity of, at least one of said one or more vehicle stability control systems Z (150; 250; 350) when the determined state indicates fulfilment of a danger criterion (140; 340), thereby decreasing the level of direct control over operation of the vehicle for the driver wherein determining the state of the vehicle relative to the surroundings of the vehicle comprises: predicting an unadjusted future situation of the vehicle conditioned on that the one or more stability control systems continues to be deactivated, or have significantly reduced activity (232; 332); and characterized in predicting a plurality of adjusted future situations of the vehicle, each conditioned on that the at least one of said one or more stability control systems is activated, or set to significantly increased activity, at a corresponding upcoming point in time (236; 336); and wherein activating, or significantly increasing the activity of, at least one of said one or more vehicle stability control systems comprises: scheduling the activation (250; 350), or the significant increase of the activity, of the at least one of said one or more vehicle stability control systems at a future time when the unadjusted future situation fulfills the danger criterion, wherein the future time corresponds to the latest upcoming point in time for which the adjusted future situation of the vehicle does not fulfil the danger criterion. deactivating, or significantly reducing (110; 210; 310) an activity of, one or more vehicle stability control systems, thereby increasing a level of direct control over operation of the vehicle for a driver of the vehicle; determining a state of the vehicle relative to surroundings of the vehicle (130; 230; 330); and activating, or significantly increasing the activity of, at least one of said one or more vehicle stability control systems Z (150; 250; 350) when the determined state indicates fulfilment of a danger criterion (140; 340), thereby decreasing the level of direct control over operation of the vehicle for the driver wherein determining the state of the vehicle relative to the surroundings of the vehicle comprises: predicting an unadjusted future situation of the vehicle conditioned on that the one or more stability control systems continues to be deactivated, or have significantly reduced activity (232; 332); and characterized in predicting a plurality of adjusted future situations of the vehicle, each conditioned on that the at least one of said one or more stability control systems is activated, or set to significantly increased activity, at a corresponding upcoming point in time (236; 336); and wherein activating, or significantly increasing the activity of, at least one of said one or more vehicle stability control systems comprises: scheduling the activation (250; 350), or the significant increase of the activity, of the at least one of said one or more vehicle stability control systems at a future time when the unadjusted future situation fulfills the danger criterion, wherein the future time corresponds to the latest upcoming point in time for which the adjusted future situation of the vehicle does not fulfil the danger criterion.