METHOD AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE

The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of a utility vehicle, wherein the utility vehicle (1, 9) comprises at least one image acquisition device (5), in particular at least one camera, which is oriented particularly in the vehicle longitudinal direction (x). According to the invention, at least one dimension and/or structure and/or load characteristic of the utility vehicle (1, 9), in particular of a towing vehicle (1) and/or a trailer/semi-trailer (9) of a utility vehicle combination, is extracted from the images (11) acquired by means of the at least one image acquisition device (5) using an image processing device.