A method for monitoring automated driving, comprising: - Providing a vehicle, wherein the vehicle can be controlled by means of a driving assistance system by automated control processes in an automated driving mode without a driver, wherein the vehicle can be controlled by means of the driving assistance system in an automated emergency mode, in which the automated driving mode is terminated and the vehicle is stopped, and wherein the vehicle can be controlled in a manual driving mode by manual control processes of the driver, wherein a time (T u) is necessary for the driver to assume control of the vehicle for a change between the automated driving mode and the manual driving mode, - Sensing a driving situation which will occur in the future, - Establishing whether the driving assistance system is able to control the vehicle in the automated driving mode in the future driving situation, characterized in that the method further comprises: - Comparing a time (T s) up to the occurrence of the future driving situation with the time (T u) for the assumption of control of the vehicle, if it has been established that the driving assistance system is not able to control the vehicle in the automated driving mode in the future driving situation, - Checking whether the manual control processes sensed by sensors of the vehicle correspond, in the current driving situation, to the automated control processes determined by the driving assistance system for the current driving situation, if it has been established that the time (T s) up to the occurrence of the future driving situation is longer than the time (T u) for the assumption of control of the vehicle, - Deactivating the automated driving mode and controlling the vehicle in the manual driving mode, if it has been established that the manual control processes correspond, in the current driving situation, to the automated control processes determined by the driving assistance system for the current driving situation, - Activating the automated emergency mode of the vehicle, if it has been established that the time (T s) up to the occurrence of the future driving situation is less than or equal to the time (T u) for the assumption of control of the vehicle. - Providing a vehicle, wherein the vehicle can be controlled by means of a driving assistance system by automated control processes in an automated driving mode without a driver, wherein the vehicle can be controlled by means of the driving assistance system in an automated emergency mode, in which the automated driving mode is terminated and the vehicle is stopped, and wherein the vehicle can be controlled in a manual driving mode by manual control processes of the driver, wherein a time (T u) is necessary for the driver to assume control of the vehicle for a change between the automated driving mode and the manual driving mode, - Sensing a driving situation which will occur in the future, - Establishing whether the driving assistance system is able to control the vehicle in the automated driving mode in the future driving situation, - Comparing a time (T s) up to the occurrence of the future driving situation with the time (T u) for the assumption of control of the vehicle, if it has been established that the driving assistance system is not able to control the vehicle in the automated driving mode in the future driving situation, - Checking whether the manual control processes sensed by sensors of the vehicle correspond, in the current driving situation, to the automated control processes determined by the driving assistance system for the current driving situation, if it has been established that the time (T s) up to the occurrence of the future driving situation is longer than the time (T u) for the assumption of control of the vehicle, - Deactivating the automated driving mode and controlling the vehicle in the manual driving mode, if it has been established that the manual control processes correspond, in the current driving situation, to the automated control processes determined by the driving assistance system for the current driving situation, - Activating the automated emergency mode of the vehicle, if it has been established that the time (T s) up to the occurrence of the future driving situation is less than or equal to the time (T u) for the assumption of control of the vehicle.