Method for displacing an operating position of a mobile operator terminal for the purpose of operation by a driver in a vehicle, comprising the following method steps: A) providing the operator terminal in a starting position, B) detecting the presence of the vehicle, C) determining the operating position of the mobile operator terminal, D) automatically moving, pivoting and/or displacing the operator terminal into the determined operating position, E) detecting the absence of the vehicle, F) automatically moving, pivoting and/or displacing the operator terminal into the starting position; wherein step C) comprises the following method steps: a) providing a distance sensor device at a coordinate origin of a Cartesian coordinate system with an x, y and z direction (24, 28, 26), wherein the distance sensor device comprises a sensor that can be displaced in the x and z direction (24, 26) and is configured to determine a distance in the y direction, b) providing the vehicle with a driver's side at a distance from the distance sensor device in the y direction, c) determining the distance in the y direction, d) determining a height of a bonnet of the vehicle by determining the distance in the y direction as the sensor is displaced in the z direction and detecting a change in the determined distance, e) determining an x position of an A pillar of the vehicle by determining the distance in the y direction as the sensor is displaced in the negative x direction and detecting a change in the determined distance while taking the determined height of the bonnet into account, f) determining the operating position by subtracting a predefined y distance value from the distance in the y direction determined in step c), by adding a predefined z distance value to the height of the bonnet determined in step d), and by adding a predefined x distance value to the x position of the A pillar determined in step e), wherein steps c) to f) are carried out automatically by means of the distance sensor device; and wherein the sensor can be displaced in two mutually orthogonal directions, and the distance determined in the y direction is orthogonal to the x and z directions. A) providing the operator terminal in a starting position, B) detecting the presence of the vehicle, C) determining the operating position of the mobile operator terminal, D) automatically moving, pivoting and/or displacing the operator terminal into the determined operating position, E) detecting the absence of the vehicle, F) automatically moving, pivoting and/or displacing the operator terminal into the starting position; wherein step C) comprises the following method steps: a) providing a distance sensor device at a coordinate origin of a Cartesian coordinate system with an x, y and z direction (24, 28, 26), wherein the distance sensor device comprises a sensor that can be displaced in the x and z direction (24, 26) and is configured to determine a distance in the y direction, b) providing the vehicle with a driver's side at a distance from the distance sensor device in the y direction, c) determining the distance in the y direction, d) determining a height of a bonnet of the vehicle by determining the distance in the y direction as the sensor is displaced in the z direction and detecting a change in the determined distance, e) determining an x position of an A pillar of the vehicle by determining the distance in the y direction as the sensor is displaced in the negative x direction and detecting a change in the determined distance while taking the determined height of the bonnet into account, f) determining the operating position by subtracting a predefined y distance value from the distance in the y direction determined in step c), by adding a predefined z distance value to the height of the bonnet determined in step d), and by adding a predefined x distance value to the x position of the A pillar determined in step e), a) providing a distance sensor device at a coordinate origin of a Cartesian coordinate system with an x, y and z direction (24, 28, 26), wherein the distance sensor device comprises a sensor that can be displaced in the x and z direction (24, 26) and is configured to determine a distance in the y direction, b) providing the vehicle with a driver's side at a distance from the distance sensor device in the y direction, c) determining the distance in the y direction, d) determining a height of a bonnet of the vehicle by determining the distance in the y direction as the sensor is displaced in the z direction and detecting a change in the determined distance, e) determining an x position of an A pillar of the vehicle by determining the distance in the y direction as the sensor is displaced in the negative x direction and detecting a change in the determined distance while taking the determined height of the bonnet into account, f) determining the operating position by subtracting a predefined y distance value from the distance in the y direction determined in step c), by adding a predefined z distance value to the height of the bonnet determined in step d), and by adding a predefined x distance value to the x position of the A pillar determined in step e), wherein steps c) to f) are carried out automatically by means of the distance sensor device; and wherein the sensor can be displaced in two mutually orthogonal directions, and the distance determined in the y direction is orthogonal to the x and z directions.