System for increasing a level of automation of a driving assistance system of a motor vehicle (EGO), wherein the driving assistance system comprises at least one first sensor (S1), at least one first processing unit (R1) and at least one actuator (A) as components, the level of automation (L2, L3) of the driving assistance system puts safety requirements (A2, A3) on the at least one sensor (S1), the at least one storage unit (R1) and the at least one actuator (A), wherein a higher level of automation (L3) has higher requirements (A3) than a lower level of automation (L2), the components of the driving assistance system are configured to meet safety requirements (A2) up to a predetermined level, thereby limiting the level of automation (L2) to be achieved by the driving assistance system, and the system is configured to detect a road user (VKTN) in the vicinity of the motor vehicle (EGO), characterized in that the system is further configured to, establish that the road user (VKTN) comprises at least one second sensor (S2) and/or at least one second processing unit (R2), verify whether the driving assistance system meets the safety requirements (A3) of the higher level of automation (L3) when using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2), and increase the level of automation to the higher level of automation (L3) by using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2) if the driver assistance system meets the safety requirements (A3) of the higher level of automation (L3) when using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2). the driving assistance system comprises at least one first sensor (S1), at least one first processing unit (R1) and at least one actuator (A) as components, the level of automation (L2, L3) of the driving assistance system puts safety requirements (A2, A3) on the at least one sensor (S1), the at least one storage unit (R1) and the at least one actuator (A), wherein a higher level of automation (L3) has higher requirements (A3) than a lower level of automation (L2), the components of the driving assistance system are configured to meet safety requirements (A2) up to a predetermined level, thereby limiting the level of automation (L2) to be achieved by the driving assistance system, and the system is configured to detect a road user (VKTN) in the vicinity of the motor vehicle (EGO), characterized in that the system is further configured to, establish that the road user (VKTN) comprises at least one second sensor (S2) and/or at least one second processing unit (R2), verify whether the driving assistance system meets the safety requirements (A3) of the higher level of automation (L3) when using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2), and increase the level of automation to the higher level of automation (L3) by using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2) if the driver assistance system meets the safety requirements (A3) of the higher level of automation (L3) when using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2). establish that the road user (VKTN) comprises at least one second sensor (S2) and/or at least one second processing unit (R2), verify whether the driving assistance system meets the safety requirements (A3) of the higher level of automation (L3) when using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2), and increase the level of automation to the higher level of automation (L3) by using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2) if the driver assistance system meets the safety requirements (A3) of the higher level of automation (L3) when using the at least one second sensor (S2) and/or the at least one second processing unit (R2). <EOS>