USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING SAFETY CRITICAL FUNCTIONS OF A VEHICLE

A user interface for controlling a function of a vehicle is provided. The user interface comprises a manual input device for generating a user input signal in response to manual actuation by a user and one or more proximity sensors for being arranged in a vicinity of the manual input device, wherein each proximity sensor is configured to generate a proximity sensor signal in response to presence of a hand in a vicinity of the proximity sensor. Furthermore, the user interface comprises a processing circuitry configured to control the function of the vehicle based on the user input signal and the one or more proximity sensor signals.