Patent ID: 8918255

Claim:
A method to prevent a collision of a vehicle, the method comprising: detecting a position and a movement of objects in surroundings of the vehicle relative to the vehicle; continuously detecting an operation of a brake pedal of the vehicle; and evaluating a risk of collision with the detected objects, wherein the risk of collision is concluded if the brake pedal is operated with an operating speed exceeding a predetermined minimum operating speed and at an operating value exceeding a predetermined minimum operating value, wherein depending on the evaluation of the risk of collision, an intervention in a braking system or steering system of the vehicle is carried out if, according to the evaluation, a collision of the vehicle with an object is unavoidable without a system intervention, wherein when the risk of collision has been concluded, an evasion maneuver is automatically carried out if the evaluation of the risk of collision reveals that a collision can be avoided by an evasion maneuver but not by a braking maneuver.