METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN APPROACH OF A VEHICLE, DISTANCE CONTROLLER, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND MEMORY UNIT

A method for controlling an approach of a traveling vehicle to at least one preceding reference vehicle. The method includes using an automated distance setting between the vehicle and the reference vehicle, at an acceleration that may be applied for the vehicle and that is a function of an operating position of a control element of the vehicle that is actuatable by the driver of the vehicle, and that is associated with a temporal acceleration profile for the automated distance setting. A maximum highest acceleration value of the acceleration profile implementing the automated distance setting is specified as a function of the operating position. A distance controller, a computer program, and a memory unit are also described.