is usually the path covered by the midpoint of the rear axle of motor vehicle 7 as an alternative to the midpoint of the rear axle however any arbitrary point of the vehicle is conceivable as a reference point for the trajectory thus for example the midpoint of the front axle the midpoint of the vehicle or a vertex of the vehicle may be selected for determining the trajectory the driving path determined in first step 101 is the area passed over during the driving maneuver of motor vehicle 7 and is usually defined by each of the outermost corners of the motor vehicle after the driving path is determined in a first step 101 the surroundings are detected in a second step 103 as the driving maneuver is carried out detection of the surroundings is accomplished with suitable sensors which are fitted on motor vehicle 7 as previously mentioned distance sensors such as ultrasonic sensors lidar sensors infrared sensors or radar sensors are usually used alternatively it is also possible to employ other visual sensors for example video cameras in a subsequent step 105 it is checked whether during detection of the surroundings in step 103 an object has been detected if in step 105 no object is found the driving maneuver is resumed in a subsequent step 107 if in third step 105 an object is detected near driving path 11 the motor vehicle is decelerated in a.