1. A method of operating a driver assistance system, which is adapted and configured to perform autonomous longitudinal or lateral control of a vehicle, wherein at least one control task for longitudinal or lateral control of the vehicle can be transferred from the vehicle operator to the driver assistance system, the method comprising: while the vehicle operator is performing the control task by operating an operating element of the vehicle, in the driver assistance system automatically determining whether the control task can be transferred from the vehicle operator to the driver assistance system, and informing the vehicle operator when the control task can be transferred from the vehicle operator to the driver assistance system, and then automatically transferring the control task from the vehicle operator to autonomous control by the driver assistance system in response to the vehicle operator discontinuing the operating of the operating element by which the vehicle operator had been performing the control task.