Method for managing telephone calls in a vehicle

A method for managing telephone calls, the method which comprises:

• monitoring signals provided by vehicle systems;
• monitoring conversational cognitive load indicators for a driver during a telephone call in a vehicle, wherein the conversational cognitive load indicators include at least one indicator selected from the group consisting of an articulation rate, a filled speech pause, an empty speech pause, a backchannel response, a hesitation, and a speech disfluency;
• assessing a current driving situation by evaluating the signals provided by the vehicle systems and by evaluating the conversational cognitive load indicators;
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• providing, in dependence of an assessment of the current driving situation, a semantic cue during the telephone call, wherein the semantic cue is indicative of the current driving situation and wherein the semantic cue is audible at least for a caller calling the driver.