A control method for a driver device (210, 310) of an automotive lighting device, wherein the driver device is suitable for supplying electricity to said automotive lighting device and comprises a first input (212, 312, 312') for receiving an electricity supply, a switching circuit (214, 314, 3140) for selectively connecting said first input to the automotive lighting device and for selectively limiting the intensity of the electric current provided to the automotive lighting device, and a second input (216, 316, 316') for receiving a control signal for the switching circuit wherein the control signal is a Pulse Width Modulation, PWM, signal, and wherein the method comprises the steps of: - detecting the presence of an electricity supply on said first input using a detection circuit; - upon said detection, controlling said switching circuit (214, 314, 314') using the control signal (216, 316, 316'), so that said first input (212, 312, 312') is connected to the lighting device, and so that the intensity of the electric current flowing through the first input is limited to a predetermined value, the driver device (210, 310) comprising a DC/DC converter (215, 315) comprising an input and an output, the DC/DC converter comprising an input connected to the ground through a first capacitor, the switching circuit comprising an output connected with the input of the DC/DC converter, wherein the switching circuit comprises: - an electricity supply input, connected to the driver device's first input (212, 312, 312'), - a control signal input, connected to the driver device's second input for receiving the control signal (216, 316, 316'), characterized in that the method further comprises applying the control signal to the control signal input, wherein the switching circuit further comprises: - a Zener diode, comprising an anode and a cathode, - a second capacitor, comprising a first and a second capacitor terminal, - a resistor, comprising a first and a second resistor terminal, - a first power switch and a second power switch, said switches being power transistors of the P-channel enhancement-mode MOSFET type, respectively comprising a first and second gate, a first and second source, and a first and second drain, - the control signal input being connected by a single first node to the first gate, the second gate, the anode, the first resistor terminal, and the first capacitor terminal, - the first source, the second source, the cathode, the second capacitor terminal and the second resistor terminal being connected together in a second node, - the first drain being connected to the electricity supply input, - the second drain being connected to the output of the switching circuit. - detecting the presence of an electricity supply on said first input using a detection circuit; - upon said detection, controlling said switching circuit (214, 314, 314') using the control signal (216, 316, 316'), so that said first input (212, 312, 312') is connected to the lighting device, and so that the intensity of the electric current flowing through the first input is limited to a predetermined value, the driver device (210, 310) comprising a DC/DC converter (215, 315) comprising an input and an output, the DC/DC converter comprising an input connected to the ground through a first capacitor, the switching circuit comprising an output connected with the input of the DC/DC converter, - an electricity supply input, connected to the driver device's first input (212, 312, 312'), - a control signal input, connected to the driver device's second input for receiving the control signal (216, 316, 316'), - a Zener diode, comprising an anode and a cathode, - a second capacitor, comprising a first and a second capacitor terminal, - a resistor, comprising a first and a second resistor terminal, - a first power switch and a second power switch, said switches being power transistors of the P-channel enhancement-mode MOSFET type, respectively comprising a first and second gate, a first and second source, and a first and second drain, - the control signal input being connected by a single first node to the first gate, the second gate, the anode, the first resistor terminal, and the first capacitor terminal, - the first source, the second source, the cathode, the second capacitor terminal and the second resistor terminal being connected together in a second node, - the first drain being connected to the electricity supply input, - the second drain being connected to the output of the switching circuit.