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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for automatically carrying out safety measures when a vehicle drives on a shoulder differing from a roadway, comprising the following: detecting the shoulder which differs from the roadway and laterally adjoins the roadway by means of a detection apparatus of the vehicle, providing information regarding the position and/or type of the shoulder to the vehicle, recognizing that the vehicle is driving on the shoulder by means of an electronic evaluation unit, dangerous evaluating a situation which accompanies the driving of the vehicle on the shoulder and/or can accompany the same in the future, by means of the electronic evaluation unit, and carrying out a safety measure by tensioning at least one safety belt of a restraint system of the vehicle depending on the evaluated dangerous situation.