Patent ID: 7382236

Claim:
A method for driver information and for a reaction when leaving a traffic lane, comprising: performing at least one of providing a warning including driver information and a vehicle intervention as a reaction if a vehicle threatens to leave the traffic lane towards an adjacent lane; recording at least one boundary of the traffic lane, wherein the at least one boundary is shared with the adjacent lane; determining whether a boundary marking of the at least one boundary of the traffic lane is one of solid or broken; identifying a direction of traffic traveling in the adjacent lane sharing the at least one boundary of the traffic lane; wherein the at least one of the warning and the reaction is a function of both the boundary marking of the at least one boundary of the traffic lane and the direction of traffic traveling in the adjacent lane; and wherein: (a) the at least one of the warning and the reaction is generated if the boundary marking of the at least one boundary of the traffic lane is solid; and (b) the at least one of the warning and the reaction is suppressed if the boundary marking of the at least one boundary of the traffic lane is broken and the direction of traffic traveling in the adjacent lane is in the same direction as the direction of travel of the vehicle.