Patent ID: 8718892

Claim:
A method for controlling a starting aid of a motor vehicle, said method comprising the steps of: holding the motor vehicle by way of a braking force by applying a braking pressure to a brake of the starting aid; releasing the starting aid by reducing said braking pressure as a reaction to detecting a starting operation which is initiated by a driver of the motor vehicle, said step of releasing the starting aid including: reducing said braking pressure in accordance with a predetermined first gradient; detecting simultaneously a rotational direction of one of an output shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle and another component which rotates as a function of a rotational speed of a plurality of drive wheels; upon detecting a rotational direction signal which indicates a forward travel of the motor vehicle, continuing the reduction of said braking pressure in accordance with said predetermined first gradient, and, upon detecting another signal, responsively continuing said reduction in said braking pressure by way of a second gradient which is reduced in comparison with said predetermined first gradient.