An illumination system for a motor vehicle for illuminating a roadway section, comprising - an information system for providing or capturing a stop point, at which the motor vehicle has to stop, wherein the information system comprises a camera for capturing environmental data and a navigation system for providing predictive route data with respect to the stop point, and wherein the information system is formed to recognize a preset right of way situation for an additional condition for verifying the stop point and to perform observation of other traffic participants for recognizing the right of way situation, - an illumination device for projecting a calculated light distribution onto the roadway section, as well as - a control unit for calculating the light distribution, wherein - the calculated light distribution is a one-piece area, which does not exceed the stop point starting from a preset start section, which represents a lighting section proximal related to the motor vehicle, and - the control unit is formed - in that the calculation of the light distribution in the mentioned manner is only effected if the additional condition is satisfied, wherein the additional condition includes arrival of a pedestrian on a roadway, - with the aid of multiple trajectories of the pedestrian determined by the information system, to ascertain each one associated probability with respect to the arrival of the pedestrian on the roadway, - to examine a face of the pedestrian for determining a viewing direction of the pedestrian as an indicator for a direction of movement of the pedestrian by means of image processing and to consider the viewing direction of the pedestrian for recognizing the right of way situation, - to consider that trajectory with the highest probability for providing the stop point, and - with multiple stop points provided by the information system, to select that stop point for calculating the light distribution, which is at the shortest distance from the start section. - an information system for providing or capturing a stop point, at which the motor vehicle has to stop, wherein the information system comprises a camera for capturing environmental data and a navigation system for providing predictive route data with respect to the stop point, and wherein the information system is formed to recognize a preset right of way situation for an additional condition for verifying the stop point and to perform observation of other traffic participants for recognizing the right of way situation, - an illumination device for projecting a calculated light distribution onto the roadway section, as well as - a control unit for calculating the light distribution, wherein - the calculated light distribution is a one-piece area, which does not exceed the stop point starting from a preset start section, which represents a lighting section proximal related to the motor vehicle, and - the control unit is formed - in that the calculation of the light distribution in the mentioned manner is only effected if the additional condition is satisfied, wherein the additional condition includes arrival of a pedestrian on a roadway, - with the aid of multiple trajectories of the pedestrian determined by the information system, to ascertain each one associated probability with respect to the arrival of the pedestrian on the roadway, - to examine a face of the pedestrian for determining a viewing direction of the pedestrian as an indicator for a direction of movement of the pedestrian by means of image processing and to consider the viewing direction of the pedestrian for recognizing the right of way situation, - to consider that trajectory with the highest probability for providing the stop point, and - with multiple stop points provided by the information system, to select that stop point for calculating the light distribution, which is at the shortest distance from the start section.