Method and device for notifying the driver of a motor vehicle

A method for notifying a driver of a motor vehicle equipped with an adaptive distance and speed controller, comprising:

• one of activating or deactivating a takeover prompt which informs the driver that the vehicle is coming critically close to a target object;
• wherein the activation or deactivation of the takeover prompt occurs as a function of at least one of:
• i) a fixed minimum distance between a distance-controlled and speed-controlled vehicle and the target object, ii) a relative speed-dependent minimum distance of the distance-controlled and speed-controlled vehicle in relation to the target object, and iii) a maximum vehicle deceleration producible by the distance and speed controller.

A device for the distance and speed control of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• an arrangement which outputs a takeover prompt, informing a driver that the vehicle is coming critically close to a target object, the arrangement being configured so that activation and deactivation of the takeover prompt occurs as a function at least one of:
• i) a fixed minimum distance between the distance- and speed-controlled vehicle and the target object, ii) a relative speed-dependent minimum distance between the distance- and speed-controlled vehicle and the target object, and iii) a maximum vehicle deceleration producible by the distance and speed controller.