Wouldn't it be great if you could read a book or surf on internet etc. in driver's seat while traveling in your vehicle safely? One of the driver assistant systems currently under development by most automotive manufacturers is the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system. The major drawback of commercially available ACC systems is the limited performance in cornering situations, where the road presents current/future curvatures. In particular, the interaction between longitudinal and lateral controller systems has not been deeply studied. This work proposes a multi-layer control structure to...