Patent ID: 7737832

Claim:
An assistance system for motor vehicles, the assistance system comprising: at least one monitoring unit monitoring an external space external to a motor vehicle, the external space including warning zones with one warning zone being defined on each side of a driving lane, each of the warning zones being delimited by an earliest warning line and a latest warning line encompassing a respective lane marking or a lane boundary; and an evaluation unit receiving data transmitted by said monitoring unit, said evaluation unit generating a warning signal for at least one warning selected from the group consisting of an acoustic warning, a visual warning and a haptic warning, and/or a steering intervention if said evaluation unit detects that a defined warning threshold lying within the warning zone being exceeded, the warning signal being issued only as a function of further planned driver-adaptive conditions; wherein a position of the defined warning threshold can be adjusted individually to match a defined driver; and wherein a position of the motor vehicle on the driving lane is measured over an adjustable period of time and evaluated statistically such that conclusions can be derived about a typical behavior of a driver and as a function thereof a starting position and/or any changes to the position of the defined warning threshold can be set.