Method for operating a driverless ego vehicle (Ego), where in the ego vehicle (Ego), a situation analysis is carried out to detect an
overtaking maneuver performed by a second vehicle (F2), in which the second vehicle (F2) is likely to no longer be able to avoid a collision with the ego vehicle (Ego) and / or with a third vehicle (F3), wherein upon detection of this
overtaking maneuver performed by the second vehicle (F2), depending on whether it was detected during the situation analysis that at least one of the vehicles (Ego, F2, F3) likely to collide with each other is manned, a strategy for avoiding or mitigating the consequences of a collision is determined in the ego vehicle (Ego), wherein for determining the strategy for avoiding or mitigating the consequences of a collision, an
estimation of costs of the consequences of a collision is carried out, wherein as a strategy for avoiding or mitigating the consequences of a collision - an avoidance trajectory (AT) is determined if the estimated costs exceed a specified threshold, - it is determined that the ego vehicle (Ego) decelerates to a maximum if the estimated costs do not exceed a predetermined threshold or if no avoidance trajectory (AT) can be determined, where the strategy for avoiding or mitigating the consequences of a collision is to ensure that the ego vehicle (Ego) evades to a lane edge area (FB), - if the second vehicle (F2) is approaching the ego vehicle (Ego) in the lane of the ego vehicle (Ego) and is manned, the ego vehicle (Ego) is unmanned and there are no persons (P) on the roadside area (FB), or - if the second vehicle (F2) is approaching the ego vehicle (Ego) in the lane of the ego vehicle (Ego), the
road edge area (FB) is passable and there are no persons (P) on the
road edge area (FB) or - if the second vehicle (F2) overtakes the ego vehicle (Ego), the second vehicle (F2) and / or the third vehicle (F3) is manned, the ego vehicle (Ego) is unmanned and there are no persons (P) on the roadside area (FB), or - when the second vehicle (F2) overtakes the ego vehicle (Ego), the
road edge area (FB) is passable and there are no persons (P) on the road edge area (FB).