Method for operating a driver assistance apparatus of a motor vehicle, driver assistance apparatus and motor vehicle

A method for operating a driver assistance apparatus of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• capturing sensor data of a surrounding area of the motor vehicle in which at least one target vehicle is situated, said target vehicle being in front of the motor vehicle and in a same lane;
• capturing at least one driver characteristic describing a driver of the motor vehicle;
• assigning the driver to a predetermined driver class of a plurality of predetermined driver classes on the basis of the driver characteristic, each of the plurality of predetermined driver classes indicating respective driving behavior of other drivers based on previously captured driver characteristics that are similar between the other drivers;
• reading in driver-class-specific overtaking information associated with the predetermined driver class, the driver-class-specific overtaking information describing an overtaking tendency of the other drivers in the predetermined driver class;
• selecting a control signal of the driver assistance apparatus from a plurality of reference control signals associated with the driver-class-specific overtaking information and based on the sensor data, the control signal rates an overtaking maneuver of the motor vehicle in regard to the target vehicle;
• and
• outputting the control signal by the driver assistance apparatus, the output control signal providing feedback the driver or autonomous control of the vehicle with respect to the overtaking maneuver.