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Abstract

A driver assistance system of a motor vehicle has an autonomous driving mode in which the driver assistance system independently performs vehicle guidance including both longitudinal guidance and lateral guidance of the vehicle. A change signal is designed to initiate a change from the autonomous driving mode into another, predetermined driving mode in which a driver of the vehicle is intended to perform at least part of the vehicle guidance in such a way as to make a safe change of the driving mode. For this purpose, the driver assistance system detects driver data, which depend on a posture of at least part of the driver, by a sensor device. When the change signal is received, it is checked whether the driver data satisfy a predetermined safety condition and the driving mode is changed only when the safety condition is satisfied.

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