is executed in the present situation then the headlight 6 is pivoted only as far as to produce the comparison beam direction s however since the rear wheels 3 are also pivoted about the rear wheel steering angle b this comparison beam direction s is inadequate for the actually set very tight curve radius for this reason the acquired rear wheel steering angle b is now additionally taken into consideration by the computer 11 in order to determine an improved beam direction r of the headlights 6 due to the expected smaller curve radius the beam direction r is corrected with respect to the comparison beam direction s towards the front wheel steering angle a by the pivot angle difference u03b4c thus producing a total pivot angle c with respect to the longitudinal axis n to attain optimal pivoting of the low beam light cone produced by the headlights 6 in every driving situation the rear wheel steering angle b of the rear axle steering of the motor vehicle 1 is taken into consideration when calculating the pivot angle c this is performed in the computer 11 which includes a light control unit that is connected to the acquisition unit 9 or the sensor 8 b respectively via a can bus fig2 illustrates this situation once more a motor vehicle 1 a moves in the direction of the speed vector v without its rear wheels 3 being steered the rear wheels 3 thus remain in a neutral position in spite of the steered front wheels 2 the motor vehicle 1 a thus moves in a curve inside the boundary 12 a.