Method of aligning a swivelable vehicle sensor

A method of aligning a vehicle sensor, arranged on a motor vehicle and swivelable about at least one axis, the sensor being alignable in a direction of an attention angle determined as a function of an actual driving situation, the method comprising the acts of:

• detecting a presence of a traffic route leading into a probable driving route of the motor vehicle;
• and
• swiveling the sensor to select the attention angle such that a receiving range of the vehicle sensor when aligned in the direction of the attention angle at least partially contains the traffic route leading into the probable driving route of the motor vehicle,
• wherein, when at least one traffic route leading into the probable driving route is present in a vicinity of the motor vehicle, the sensor is swiveled to select the attention angle such that the probable driving route is not monitored by the sensor, and
• wherein, when no traffic route leading into the probable driving route is present in the vicinity of the motor vehicle, the attention angle is selected such that the receiving range of the vehicle sensor resulting from the alignment largely contains the probable driving route of the motor vehicle.