OPERATIONAL DESIGN DOMAIN VALIDATION COVERAGE FOR ADJACENT LANE RELATIVE VELOCITY

A control system for an ego-vehicle traveling in a first direction in a first lane on a road segment is presented. The vehicle has a driver support function for autonomously manoeuvring the vehicle. The control system comprises control circuitry configured to obtain sensor data comprising information about a surrounding environment of the vehicle. The control circuitry is further configured to determine a relative velocity, with respect to the ego-vehicle, of at least one external vehicle traveling in a second lane adjacent to the first lane based on the obtained sensor data, and compare the determined relative velocity to a maximum velocity threshold. Moreover, the control circuitry is configured to generate a control signal in order to control an availability of the driver support function for the road segment based on the comparison in order to make the driver support function available for an occupant of the vehicle if at least one external vehicle of the external vehicle(s) has been confirmed to have a relative velocity below the maximum velocity threshold during a first time period, and no external vehicle of the external vehicle(s) has been confirmed to have a relative velocity above the maximum velocity threshold during a second time period.