METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A VEHICLE IN THE CENTRE OF ITS TRAFFIC LANE

A method is for steering a motor vehicle driving on a road having at least one traffic lane. The method includes detecting the edges of the traffic lane of the motor vehicle, selecting, by a computer of the motor vehicle, an activated or deactivated state of a function for automatically keeping the motor vehicle in the traffic lane, and when the activated state is selected, controlling at least one steering actuator of the motor vehicle in order to keep it in the traffic lane. As part of the detecting, a width of the traffic lane is evaluated. As part of the selecting, the state of the function for automatically keeping the motor vehicle in the traffic lane is selected depending on the evaluated width.