Steering wheel indicator for indicating change in status of autonomous driving level

A control system for controlling a motor vehicle configured to be driven in a manual mode by a driver without automated assistance or in different levels of driving automation by an automated management module of the control system, the control system comprising:

• a driving assistance device configured to analyze a road configuration of the motor vehicle so as to determine when a level of driving automation is available and to detect an active level of driving automation, and
• a steering control member configured to control steering of the motor vehicle,
• wherein:
• the steering control member includes at least:
• one first region provided with at least one first indicator light configured to indicate an available or active level of driving automation,
• one second region provided with at least one second indicator light configured to indicate at least one request for manual driving, and
• one third region provided with at least one third indicator light configured to indicate a changeover in responsibility for driving between the automated management module and the driver, and
• the driving assistance device is configured to modify a state of at least one of the indicator lights:
• when the driving assistance device determines an available level of driving automation, so as to indicate the available level of driving automation that was determined,
• when the driving assistance device detects an active level of driving automation, so as to indicate the active level of driving automation that was detected,
• when the driving assistance device determines, depending on the road configuration, that the motor vehicle must be driven by the driver, so as to indicate at least one request for manual driving of the motor vehicle, and
• when the driving assistance device detects a switchover between a level of driving automation and the manual mode, so as to indicate a changeover in responsibility for driving between the automated management module and the driver, wherein the steering control member is a steering wheel including:
• a hub provided with said at least one first indicator light,
• a peripheral ring provided with said at least one second indicator light, and
• two arms which connect the hub to the peripheral ring, said at least one third indicator light being provided symmetrically on the two arms,
• wherein the driving assistance device is configured to activate the at least one third indicator light in a sequence such that outer ends of the at least one third indicator light located on the two arms illuminates and then illumination progresses towards a center of the at least one third indicator light.