The invention relates to an emergency brake assistance system (10) for supporting a driver of a vehicle while starting, comprising - a collision hazard detection unit (12), which is designed to detect a danger of a collision with an object in front of the vehicle based on data of an environment sensor system (14) for detecting objects in front of the vehicle and data of an accelerator pedal sensor system (16) for detecting an acceleration request of the driver, and - a collision avoidance unit (18), which is designed to take measures to avoid an imminent collision with the object in front of the vehicle according to data of the collision hazard detection unit, wherein - the emergency brake assistance system (10) is designed to perform, temporarily for a specified duration, a deactivation of a termination and activation suppression condition of a safety concept when an acceleration request by the driver is detected at a vehicle speed that is lower than a specified speed threshold.