Vehicle for a conveyor system and method for simultaneously transporting workpieces and workers

A method for controlling a vehicle comprising the steps of:

• providing a workpiece holder, an assembly platform accessible to workers, a dedicated drive set up to drive the vehicle independently of other vehicles of the conveyor system, a contactless route sensor for monitoring a driving situation of the vehicle within a safety distance, a control device for controlling the drive depending on a signal from the route sensor, and a contactless platform sensor for monitoring the assembly platform and an additional area located beyond the assembly platform;
• monitoring the driving situation of the vehicle with the contactless route sensor;
• approaching a second vehicle to form a group, moving away from a second vehicle for detachment from a group or an approach of the vehicle to a moving or stationary interfering contour;
• once the safety distance from the second vehicle or the interfering contour is fallen below or as long as the second vehicle or the fault contour is within the safety distance, alternatively or additionally carrying out monitoring of the driving situation with the contactless platform sensor.