A method for checking a perception of a visual warning by a vehicle user, the driver assistance system in motor vehicles

The invention relates to a method for checking a perception of a visual warning in a motor vehicle (1) to a vehicle user (8) of the motor vehicle (1) by the vehicle user (8), are carried out in which the following steps: - disposed outputting the visual warning at a predetermined position (14) within the motor vehicle (1) by means of in an inner space (6) of the motor vehicle (1) display element (3) of the motor vehicle (1); - detecting a viewing direction (9) of the vehicle user (8) by means of a camera (4) of the motor vehicle (1); - determining a viewing zone (10) of the vehicle user (8), in which the vehicle user (8) perceives information based on the viewing direction (9); - Check that the visual warning within the viewing zone (10); in which - the visual warning of an evaluation system (5) of the motor vehicle (1) than from the vehicle user (8) is assumed to be detected when the visual warning within the viewing zone (10).