A driver assistance system and method for a motor vehicle

A driver assistance system (10) for a motor vehicle comprises an imaging means (11) adapted to record images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle, a processing means (14) adapted to perform image processing of images recorded by said imaging means (11), and driver assistance means (18, 19) controlled depending on the result of said image processing. The processing means (14) is adapted to apply an intensity range reduction algorithm (31) to the image data (30) recorded by said imaging means (11).