Method and device for automatic adjustment of the speed

The invention relates to a method and means to automatically adjust the speed of a motor vehicle, according to the preamble of claims 1 and 19. To achieve this, that an electronic detection of the traffic sign, or the traffic situation is improved and thereby a more efficient adaptation to automatic Gechwindigkeitsregelungen is given, the invention proposes that the automatic speed adjustment is made on the basis of an automatic traffic sign recognition, such that the traffic sign recognition is logically coupled with an automatic detection of the distance-related validity range.