Patent ID: 8290665

Claim:
A method for providing driver support in a vehicle, the method comprising: monitoring a driving situation of the vehicle using a driver assistance system; allowing a driver of the vehicle to selectably choose a level of support from the driver assistance program, wherein the driver assistance program is configured to at least one of intervene and alert the driver of the driving situation; evaluating the driving situation for determining a necessary driving action in relation to a plurality of driving parameters; communicating the necessary driving action to the driver of the vehicle through a visual display, spoken communication, and haptic feedback; ascertaining at least one of a confirmation and an abort instruction from at least one of a direct input by the driver and a control instruction of the driver for controlling the vehicle; automatically carrying out the necessary driving action after the confirmation, in the absence of the abort instruction, or until one of the abort instruction and a correction instruction is input directly to the driver assistance system, wherein in predetermined driving situations, in which ignoring or aborting the automatically carried out necessary driving action is dangerous, the driving action is automatically started or continued despite input of the abort instruction; assuming complete lateral control of the vehicle if the driver cedes control; and storing limiting values for the driving situation in a memory unit; wherein, when the abort instruction is input, a direction for evaluating the driving situation is adapted.