Method for displaying accelerations of vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead of a vehicle in said vehicle, in which the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead are captured, data on the acceleration of the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead are captured, first vehicles (F6 - F8) driving ahead with a first acceleration are ascertained from the data on the acceleration, and first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) are generated on a display surface (3.1, 6), wherein each first vehicle (F6 - F8) driving ahead is assigned a first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) which indicates that the first vehicle (F6 - F8) driving ahead, which is assigned to the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3), has the first acceleration, wherein the first acceleration is a negative acceleration, the magnitude of which is greater than or equal to a specified threshold value, wherein second vehicles (F1 - F5) driving ahead with a second acceleration are ascertained from the data on the acceleration, wherein the second acceleration is a negative acceleration, the magnitude of which is less than the specified threshold value, a positive acceleration or zero, and second graphical objects (9, 9.1 - 9.5) are generated on the display surface (3.1, 6), wherein each second vehicle (F1 - F5) driving ahead is assigned a second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5) which indicates that the second vehicle (F1 - F5) driving ahead, which is assigned to the second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5), has the second acceleration, the positions of the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead relative to one another are captured, wherein the first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical objects (9, 9.1 - 9.5) are arranged on the display surface (3.1, 6) in such a way that the positions of the first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical objects (9, 9.1 - 9.5) on the display surface (3.1, 6) represent the positions of the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead, which are assigned to said objects, relative to one another, wherein a first feature of a first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) depends on the magnitude of the acceleration of the first vehicle (F6 - F8) assigned to the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) and/or the first feature of a second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5) depends on the magnitude of the acceleration of the second vehicle (F1 - F5) assigned to the second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5), wherein the first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) differ from the second graphical objects (9.1 - 9.5) in at least one second feature, wherein the first feature is the size of the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical object (9.1 - 9.5) and the second feature comprises the colour, the shape and/or a fill pattern of the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical object (9.1 - 9.5). the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead are captured, data on the acceleration of the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead are captured, first vehicles (F6 - F8) driving ahead with a first acceleration are ascertained from the data on the acceleration, and first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) are generated on a display surface (3.1, 6), wherein each first vehicle (F6 - F8) driving ahead is assigned a first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) which indicates that the first vehicle (F6 - F8) driving ahead, which is assigned to the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3), has the first acceleration, wherein the first acceleration is a negative acceleration, the magnitude of which is greater than or equal to a specified threshold value, wherein second vehicles (F1 - F5) driving ahead with a second acceleration are ascertained from the data on the acceleration, wherein the second acceleration is a negative acceleration, the magnitude of which is less than the specified threshold value, a positive acceleration or zero, and second graphical objects (9, 9.1 - 9.5) are generated on the display surface (3.1, 6), wherein each second vehicle (F1 - F5) driving ahead is assigned a second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5) which indicates that the second vehicle (F1 - F5) driving ahead, which is assigned to the second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5), has the second acceleration, the positions of the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead relative to one another are captured, wherein the first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical objects (9, 9.1 - 9.5) are arranged on the display surface (3.1, 6) in such a way that the positions of the first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical objects (9, 9.1 - 9.5) on the display surface (3.1, 6) represent the positions of the vehicles (F1 - F8) driving ahead, which are assigned to said objects, relative to one another, wherein a first feature of a first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) depends on the magnitude of the acceleration of the first vehicle (F6 - F8) assigned to the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) and/or the first feature of a second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5) depends on the magnitude of the acceleration of the second vehicle (F1 - F5) assigned to the second graphical object (9, 9.1 - 9.5), wherein the first graphical objects (8.1 - 8.3) differ from the second graphical objects (9.1 - 9.5) in at least one second feature, wherein the first feature is the size of the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical object (9.1 - 9.5) and the second feature comprises the colour, the shape and/or a fill pattern of the first graphical object (8.1 - 8.3) and/or second graphical object (9.1 - 9.5).