A method for controlling a driver assistance system having sensors for recording the vehicle's environment and a device for intervening in onboard systems of the vehicle as a function of output signals of the sensors, the driver assistance system recording at least the course of a travel lane along which the vehicle is traveling and the position of the vehicle with respect to the travel lane, and guiding the vehicle on a trajectory; in this context, the driver assistance system establishes the trajectory as a function of the driver request.