A safety system and method for a motor vehicle

A safety system (10) for a motor vehicle comprises a sensing means (11) adapted to acquire images from a surrounding of a motor vehicle, an electronic sensing control means (20) adapted to control said sensing means (11) and to evaluate images acquired by said sensing means (11) in order to control a driver assisting means based on the result of said evaluation, and an electronic wiper control means (33) adapted to control a windshield wiper (31) of said motor vehicle. The sensing control means (20) and/or the wiper control means (33) is adapted to coordinate the control of said windshield wiper (31) and said sensing means (11).