Turning assist device for a motor vehicle for assisting a left and right turn

摘要

The invention relates to a method for operating a turning assistance device of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of: providing surroundings data by an environment detection device of the motor vehicle before a planned turning operation of the motor vehicle, wherein the environment data distance and speed of one or more other road users are identifiable, determining a traffic gap size as a quantity of at least one traffic gap to be considered for the planned turn, by evaluating the environment data, and signaling whether turn-off is possible and / or not possible, depending on the determined traffic-gap size.