DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE BY APPLYING A DECELERATION PROFILE THAT IS MATCHED TO AN UPCOMING SPEED LIMIT

摘要

The invention relates to a device (DR) which is responsible for controlling the speed of a vehicle (V) and includes processing means (MT) arranged, in response to the driver of the vehicle (V) validating a new speed limit that is to be observed from a known position and is lower than a current control speed, to trigger the application of a selected deceleration profile, suitable for lowering the current control speed to a new control speed that is no higher than the new speed limit substantially at this known position, between a first position, which is between a primary position of the vehicle (V) at a time at which the driver performs the aforementioned validation, and a second position at which the application of a maximum deceleration profile can be triggered at the latest, and this second position.