Patent ID: 8224548

Claim:
A method of preventing a vehicle in a starting maneuver from rolling in a direction opposite a direction selected to move the vehicle during the starting maneuver, the method comprising: providing a brake force on at least one wheel brake ( 4 ) of the vehicle, wherein the brake force is built up or maintained during standstill of the vehicle; comparing an engine rotational speed gradient and an engine rotational speed gradient threshold value (k 1 ); comparing a pedal travel, by which an accelerator pedal ( 7 ) of the vehicle is depressed, and a pedal travel threshold value (k 2 ); reducing the brake force at the at least one wheel brake ( 4 ) when it is detected that the engine rotational speed gradient exceeds the engine rotational speed gradient threshold value (k 1 ) or the pedal travel exceeds the pedal travel threshold value (k 2 ); and wherein the engine rotational speed gradient threshold value (k 1 ) is determined depending on a present longitudinal inclination angle (α) of the vehicle.