Method for assessing the controllability of a vehicle

A method for evaluating the controllability of a vehicle on a processing unit including one or more program modules, characterized by the following steps:

• a. modelling the drive train and the driving dynamics of the vehicle;
• b. modelling the situational and environmental conditions;
• c. selecting at least one driving situation;
• d. selecting at least one driver capability type, preferably from the group of inexperienced drivers, average drivers and experienced drivers;
• e. modelling the reaction of the driver as a function of the selected driver capability type;
• f. simulating the dynamic vehicle behaviour in the longitudinal and transverse directions of a planned trajectory on the basis of the drive train model and driving dynamics model for the predetermined situational and environmental conditions when the selected driving situation occurs, under the assumption of driver intervention with a reaction time which is dependent on the driver capability type;
• g. calculating the maximum lateral and longitudinal deviation from the planned trajectory between the occurrence of the driving situation and the regaining of control by the driver;
• h. evaluating the controllability of the vehicle by the driver in the driving situation on the basis of the maximum lateral and/or longitudinal deviation of the vehicle from the planned trajectory.