Method for operating a driver assistance system

A driver assistance system for longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a setting unit configured to manually set a target vehicle speed;
• a speed unit configured to determine a speed specification associated with at least one of a road segment or a driving environment;
• and
• a controller coupled to the setting unit and the speed unit, wherein the controller is configured to:
• control an actual vehicle speed toward the target vehicle speed;
• detect a change from a previously determined speed specification to a newly determined speed specification;
• in response to determining that the target vehicle speed was manually set, compare the previously determined speed specification and the newly determined speed specification with the target vehicle speed;
• and
• automatically adopt the newly determined speed specification by setting the target vehicle speed to the newly determined speed specification unless the target vehicle speed is less than or equal to both the previously determined speed specification and the newly determined speed specification.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a driver assistance system, cause the driver assistance system to:

• control an actual vehicle speed toward a target vehicle speed;
• determine a speed specification associated with at least one of a road segment or a driving environment;
• detect a change from a previously determined speed specification to a newly determined speed specification;
• in response to determining that the target vehicle speed was manually set, compare the previously determined speed specification and the newly determined speed specification with the target vehicle speed;
• and
• automatically adopt the newly determined speed specification by setting the target vehicle speed to the newly determined speed specification unless the target vehicle speed is less than or equal to both the previously determined speed specification and the newly determined speed specification.