Method for determining a dynamic vehicle distance (Adyn) between a following vehicle and a preceding vehicle of a platoon, a V2V signal being transmitted wirelessly between the following vehicle and the preceding vehicle, the method comprising at least the following steps: - determining a current maximum following vehicle deceleration (zMax_FF) of the following vehicle; - determining a current maximum preceding vehicle deceleration (zMax_VF) of the preceding vehicle; - determining the dynamic vehicle distance (Adyn) in the following vehicle from a braking distance difference (sB), the braking distance difference (sB) indicating a difference between a preceding vehicle braking distance (w_VF) specified by the maximum preceding vehicle deceleration (zMax_VV) and a following vehicle braking distance (w_FF) specified by the maximum following vehicle deceleration (zMax_FF); characterized by the step of - determining a current transmission time (t1, t2, t3) for transmitting the information that the preceding vehicle has initiated an emergency braking process to the following vehicle; the step of determining the dynamic vehicle distance (Adyn) including additionally taking a transmission path into account, the transmission path (s) indicating the traveled path of the following vehicle between the initiation of an emergency braking process by the preceding vehicle and the initiation of an emergency braking process by the following vehicle, the transmission path (s) being dependent on the current transmission time (t1, t2, t3) calculated from a time of sending, at which the V2V signal was sent by the preceding vehicle, and a time of receipt, at which the V2V signal is received at the following vehicle, the time of sending being contained in the V2V signal in the form of a time stamp, and a dead time (tT) and a response time (tS) additionally being taken into account, in addition to the transmission time (t1, t2, t3), in order to ascertain the transmission path (s), the dead time (tT) corresponding to the time for processing the transmitted V2V signals and outputting a brake request to the following vehicle, and the request time (tS) corresponding to the time from the output of the brake request until a braking pressure is actually built up at the brakes of the following vehicle. - determining a current maximum following vehicle deceleration (zMax_FF) of the following vehicle; - determining a current maximum preceding vehicle deceleration (zMax_VF) of the preceding vehicle; - determining the dynamic vehicle distance (Adyn) in the following vehicle from a braking distance difference (sB), the braking distance difference (sB) indicating a difference between a preceding vehicle braking distance (w_VF) specified by the maximum preceding vehicle deceleration (zMax_VV) and a following vehicle braking distance (w_FF) specified by the maximum following vehicle deceleration (zMax_FF); - determining a current transmission time (t1, t2, t3) for transmitting the information that the preceding vehicle has initiated an emergency braking process to the following vehicle; the step of determining the dynamic vehicle distance (Adyn) including additionally taking a transmission path into account, the transmission path (s) indicating the traveled path of the following vehicle between the initiation of an emergency braking process by the preceding vehicle and the initiation of an emergency braking process by the following vehicle, the transmission path (s) being dependent on the current transmission time (t1, t2, t3) calculated from a time of sending, at which the V2V signal was sent by the preceding vehicle, and a time of receipt, at which the V2V signal is received at the following vehicle, the time of sending being contained in the V2V signal in the form of a time stamp, and a dead time (tT) and a response time (tS) additionally being taken into account, in addition to the transmission time (t1, t2, t3), in order to ascertain the transmission path (s), the dead time (tT) corresponding to the time for processing the transmitted V2V signals and outputting a brake request to the following vehicle, and the request time (tS) corresponding to the time from the output of the brake request until a braking pressure is actually built up at the brakes of the following vehicle.