Patent ID: 8914181

Claim:
A method for providing lane-changing assistance to a motor vehicle and configured to assist the vehicle to actively maneuver a change of lane from an initial position on a first lane to a final position on a second lane, which method comprises the steps of: determining the initial position of the vehicle and transmitting the initial position to a controller of a lane-changing assistance system of the vehicle; determining at least one relative position of at least one other vehicle detected in a vicinity of the vehicle and transmitting the relative position to the controller; determining the final position in dependence on a set of final data containing at least the initial position and at least the relative position; creating a virtual clone of the vehicle; attributing to the virtual clone localization datum containing at least the final position, the localization datum being configured to simulate by means of the virtual clone a presence of a dummy real vehicle in the final position; emitting, via a communication device of the lane-changing assistance system of the vehicle, the localization datum configured to be received by a further communication device of a further lane-changing assistance system provided on the other vehicle; and managing, via each said controller provided in the lane-changing assistance system of which the communication device has emitted or received the localization datum, a displacement of the vehicle provided with the controller in dependence on the localization datum.