A method for performing a driving maneuver with involvement of a first and a plurality of second vehicles (18a to 18f), wherein a traffic flow gap is generated by the driving maneuver, which is multiple lanes (16a to 16f) wide, comprising the following steps: a) the first vehicle, which requests the traffic flow gap, periodically transmits corresponding request signals at least to a plurality of second vehicles (18a to 18g) situated upstream of the location of the desired traffic flow gap in the traffic flow (step 120); b) the second vehicles (18a to 18g) receive these request signals, wherein at least the second vehicles (18a to 18g), which intend to comply with the request, transmit corresponding signaling signals (step 140); c) examining if due to the reception of the signaling signals transmitted in step b), a minimum number of second vehicles (18a to 18g) sufficient for covering the multiple lanes (16a to 16g) of the desired traffic flow gap, which intend to comply with the request, can be determined, to block a corresponding number of lanes (16a to 16f) with a corresponding number of second vehicles (18a to 18f), wherein the vehicles receive and evaluate the signaling signals of the respectively other vehicles among each other, such that the second vehicles (18a to 18f) involved in realizing the driving maneuver themselves determine if a sufficient number of second vehicles (18a to 18f) is already present (step 160); d) if step c) is affirmed, the second vehicles (18a to 18f) participating in the driving maneuver for generating the traffic flow gap are informed (step 180); e) the second vehicles (18a to 18f) participating in the driving maneuver agree on the beginning of the driving maneuver and match their trajectories with each other (step 200), wherein the second vehicles (18a to 18f) participating in the driving maneuver reduce their speed over a presettable path distance or a presettable period of time such that they drive next to each other in their lanes with low speed or come to a stop; f) one of the second vehicles is determined as a maneuver leader, wherein the maneuver leader communicates with the first vehicle to transfer at least one characteristic of the traffic flow gap to the first vehicle (step 220); and g) the first vehicle evaluates the at least one characteristic of the traffic flow gap transferred by the maneuver leader, to use the multiple lanes (16a to 16f) wide traffic flow gap (step 240). a) the first vehicle, which requests the traffic flow gap, periodically transmits corresponding request signals at least to a plurality of second vehicles (18a to 18g) situated upstream of the location of the desired traffic flow gap in the traffic flow (step 120); b) the second vehicles (18a to 18g) receive these request signals, wherein at least the second vehicles (18a to 18g), which intend to comply with the request, transmit corresponding signaling signals (step 140); c) examining if due to the reception of the signaling signals transmitted in step b), a minimum number of second vehicles (18a to 18g) sufficient for covering the multiple lanes (16a to 16g) of the desired traffic flow gap, which intend to comply with the request, can be determined, to block a corresponding number of lanes (16a to 16f) with a corresponding number of second vehicles (18a to 18f), wherein the vehicles receive and evaluate the signaling signals of the respectively other vehicles among each other, such that the second vehicles (18a to 18f) involved in realizing the driving maneuver themselves determine if a sufficient number of second vehicles (18a to 18f) is already present (step 160); d) if step c) is affirmed, the second vehicles (18a to 18f) participating in the driving maneuver for generating the traffic flow gap are informed (step 180); e) the second vehicles (18a to 18f) participating in the driving maneuver agree on the beginning of the driving maneuver and match their trajectories with each other (step 200), wherein the second vehicles (18a to 18f) participating in the driving maneuver reduce their speed over a presettable path distance or a presettable period of time such that they drive next to each other in their lanes with low speed or come to a stop; f) one of the second vehicles is determined as a maneuver leader, wherein the maneuver leader communicates with the first vehicle to transfer at least one characteristic of the traffic flow gap to the first vehicle (step 220); and g) the first vehicle evaluates the at least one characteristic of the traffic flow gap transferred by the maneuver leader, to use the multiple lanes (16a to 16f) wide traffic flow gap (step 240).