Patent ID: 7142958

Claim:
A method of detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state of a vehicle, comprising: determining a variable describing a rotational speed of at least one wheel on an axle; determining a first variable describing a vehicle transverse dynamics from at least the variable describing the rotational speed; determining at least one second variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics from a sensor signal; detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state at least as a function of the first variable and the second variable, the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state corresponding to one of when the at least one wheel on the axle lifts off a roadway and when an imminent danger of the at least one wheel lifting off the roadway is present; determining the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state as a function of an engine torque acting upon the axle; and while determining the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state, determining whether the axle is one of driven and non-driven.