Method and device for automatically operating a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode requiring no user action

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a sensor, a present traffic situation while operating the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode, the present traffic situation being a distance between the vehicle and another vehicle;
• checking whether the present traffic situation fulfils a second criterion;
• and
• providing or signalling a control opportunity for the driver of the vehicle for activation of the autonomous driving mode if the present traffic situation fulfils the second criterion;
• operating a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode;
• providing, on a screen in the vehicle, a driver of the vehicle with a secondary activity not related to driving the vehicle while in the autonomous driving mode;
• checking whether the present traffic situation fulfils a first criterion while in the autonomous driving mode;
• and
• blocking the driver from accessing the secondary activity not related to driving the vehicle while in the autonomous driving mode if the first criterion is fulfilled, wherein the first criterion is fulfilled when the distance between the vehicle and the another vehicle increases above a predetermined distance.

A method comprising:

• monitoring, by a sensor, present traffic conditions of the vehicle;
• activating an autonomous driving mode of a vehicle when the present traffic conditions are a traffic jam;
• providing, on a screen in the vehicle, a driver of the vehicle with a secondary activity not related to driving the vehicle when the vehicle is operated in the autonomous driving mode and the present traffic conditions are the traffic jam;
• blocking the driver from accessing the secondary activity not related to driving the vehicle while in the autonomous driving mode when the present traffic conditions indicate that the traffic jam is resolving.