Patent ID: 6853902

Claim:
A motor vehicle comprising a plurality of road engaging wheels and a dynamic stability control system that includes a means for deducing the position and orientation of the vehicle with respect to a roadway on which the vehicle travels, comprising: a path prediction system for predicting the trajectory of the motor vehicle with respect to the roadway and for identifying when the predicted trajectory would place the vehicle in danger, and a wheel slip detection system for detecting loss of traction of one or more of the wheels, wherein the dynamic stability control system is arranged to predict the trajectory of the vehicle, determine whether the predicted trajectory would place the vehicle in danger and, if loss of wheel traction is detected when the predicted trajectory would place the vehicle in danger, and alter the predicted trajectory in such a way that the identified danger is reduced or eliminated, wherein the vehicle further includes a steering system by which the driver may select a steering angle, wherein the dynamic stability control system is responsive also to the selected steering angle so that when the dynamic stability control system acts to alter the predicted trajectory, the trajectory is altered towards the selected steering angle when this corresponds with a trajectory of reduced or eliminated danger.