Method of operating a rear view camera system of a motor vehicle upon detection of a flasher, rear view camera system and motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for operating a rear view of the camera system (2) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein by means of an image detection means (3) of the rear view camera system (2) providing a sequence of images (15) of a surrounding area (9) behind the motor vehicle (1) is, and the sequence of images (15) on a display (10) is displayed, wherein a flasher (14) of one (9) vehicle in the surrounding area located (13) is detected by the rear view camera system (2) and due to the detection of the flasher (14) from the images (15) separate warning signal (17) is generated, with which the detected flasher (14) is signaled to the driver of the motor vehicle (1).