Driving System with Securing of Automated Transverse Guidance in Hands-Off Driving Operation, Corresponding Method and Corresponding Software

A driving system for a motor vehicle with a steering wheel includes a hands-off driving function for automated driving, wherein the hands-off driving function in the active state allows hands-off driving operation with at least automated transverse guidance without contact of the steering wheel by the driver, and wherein during the automated transverse guidance an actuatable steering system can be actuated as a function of a setpoint signal on which the actuation is based. The driving system serves to generate the setpoint signal. A hands-on recognition device for recognizing a contact with the steering wheel by the driver and one or more hands-off safety mechanisms for securing the automated transverse guidance in hands-off driving operation are provided. The driving system is configured to deactivate the hands-off driving function without deactivating the at least one hands-off safety mechanism, to determine, by way of the hands-on recognition device, a contact of the steering wheel by the driver, and in response to determining the contact of the steering wheel by the driver, to deactivate also the one or more hands-off safety mechanisms.