Roll stability control and roll-over mitigation by steering actuation

A method for reducing a risk of or avoiding a roll-over event of a vehicle having an electronic controllable steering system and an electronic control unit, the method comprising the steps of:

• the electronic control unit identifying an occurrence of the roll-over risk;
• the electronic control unit determining an actual steering wheel velocity and a corresponding road wheel velocity;
• the electronic control unit generating a control signal for the electronic controllable steering system in order to steer the road wheels more into the direction in which the vehicle is tending to roll-over, the control signal including a corrective road wheel angle that is based on a difference between the actual steering wheel velocity and the corresponding road wheel velocity;
• the electronic control unit applying the generated control signal to the electronic controllable steering system in response to a driver input thereby limiting the driver input to a predetermined steering input;
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• the electronic control unit applying the generated control signal to the electronic controllable steering system in response to a driving situation influenced by vehicle lateral forces.