Predictive safety device for vehicles

Predictive safety device for motor vehicles, with a run-up sensor (10) for locating objects in front of the vehicle and a control device (14) which evaluates the signals of the perimeter sensors to evaluate the risk of an imminent collision, and the acute risk of collision in the longitudinal guide engages the vehicle to avert the collision or mitigate the consequences thereof, characterized in that an additional sensor (12, 22) is provided for locating objects in other surroundings of the vehicle and that the control unit (14) is adapted on the basis of data of the additional sensor is a longitudinal strategy (a