Method for controlling a headlight arrangement for a vehicle, the headlight arrangement having two mutually spaced headlights (1, 2), in the case of which method - a road user (11, 12) is detected in the driving direction in front of the vehicle, and - it is possible to produce a first overall light distribution in the case of which the light range is greater on a first side of a center axis than on the other, second side of said center axis, and the light range on the other, second side reaches up to a cut-off boundary so that a detected road user is not blinded, wherein the first overall light distribution is produced by the superposition of a first partial light distribution of the first headlight and a second partial light distribution of the second headlight, wherein the greater light range on the first side of the centre axis is produced by the light emission of both headlights (1, 2), and - it is possible to produce a second overall light distribution which is produced by the superposition of the first partial light distribution of the first headlight and the second partial light distribution of the second headlight, in the case of which the overall light distribution can be regulated so that it has a central area having a light range in the direction of at least the detected road user that is smaller than the distance to the detected road user, and which has on both sides next to the central area two lateral areas (S 1, S 2) having light ranges that are greater than the distance to the detected road user, wherein - the distance is defined such that, if the detected road user is another vehicle, said distance reaches up to the bumper of the other vehicle or that, if the detected road user is a cyclist or pedestrian, said distance reaches up to the point at which the detected road user touches the ground, characterized in that - upon switchover from the first overall light distribution to the second overall light distribution, in order to avoid blinding of the other road user during the switchover from the first overall light distribution to the second overall light distribution, firstly the light range of at least the second headlight is reduced on the first side of the center axis at least to the extent that it is smaller than the distance to the detected road user (11, 12), thereafter the light emission direction of the second headlight is swivelled about a perpendicular swivel axis and thereafter finally the second overall light distribution is produced. - a road user (11, 12) is detected in the driving direction in front of the vehicle, and - it is possible to produce a first overall light distribution in the case of which the light range is greater on a first side of a center axis than on the other, second side of said center axis, and the light range on the other, second side reaches up to a cut-off boundary so that a detected road user is not blinded, wherein the first overall light distribution is produced by the superposition of a first partial light distribution of the first headlight and a second partial light distribution of the second headlight, wherein the greater light range on the first side of the centre axis is produced by the light emission of both headlights (1, 2), and - it is possible to produce a second overall light distribution which is produced by the superposition of the first partial light distribution of the first headlight and the second partial light distribution of the second headlight, in the case of which the overall light distribution can be regulated so that it has a central area having a light range in the direction of at least the detected road user that is smaller than the distance to the detected road user, and which has on both sides next to the central area two lateral areas (S 1, S 2) having light ranges that are greater than the distance to the detected road user, wherein - the distance is defined such that, if the detected road user is another vehicle, said distance reaches up to the bumper of the other vehicle or that, if the detected road user is a cyclist or pedestrian, said distance reaches up to the point at which the detected road user touches the ground, characterized in that - upon switchover from the first overall light distribution to the second overall light distribution, in order to avoid blinding of the other road user during the switchover from the first overall light distribution to the second overall light distribution, firstly the light range of at least the second headlight is reduced on the first side of the center axis at least to the extent that it is smaller than the distance to the detected road user (11, 12), thereafter the light emission direction of the second headlight is swivelled about a perpendicular swivel axis and thereafter finally the second overall light distribution is produced.