CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DETECTION AND REACTION OF A ZIPPER PROCESS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

A control system () is suitable for use in one's own motor vehicle () and is configured and intended to use the environmental data provided to determine a position and a speed of a first motor vehicle () which is traveling directly ahead of one's own motor vehicle () in a first Lane (), wherein one's own motor vehicle () is in the said lane (). Furthermore, the control system is at least configured and intended to determine a position and a speed of a second motor vehicle () which is traveling in a lane () adjacent to the first lane () from the environmental data provided. Furthermore, the control system is configured and intended to detect from the environmental data provided whether there is a zipper situation. The control system is configured and intended to increase a target distance of one's own motor vehicle () to the first motor vehicle, if an amount of a relative speed of the second motor vehicle () relative to one's own motor vehicle () or relative to the first motor vehicle () is less than a predetermined first value, if the second motor vehicle () is located between one's own motor vehicle () and the first motor vehicle () in a longitudinal direction which extends along the adjacent lane (), and if it was detected that the zipper situation applies.