Method for monitoring a vehicle , when driving along a section control route, by means of at least one unmanned aerial vehicle and of a further unmanned aerial vehicle , wherein the aerial vehicle has a sensor device and the further aerial vehicle has a further sensor device for detecting the vehicle , wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining a measurement position (A) using data that represent a previous detection of the vehicle , and determining a further measurement position (B) using data that represent a previous detection of the vehicle ; providing , by a controller , a control signal for steering the aerial vehicle into the measurement position (A) via a communication device for wireless communication with the at least one aerial vehicle , in order to detect the vehicle from the measurement position (A), and providing a further control signal for steering the further aerial vehicle into the further measurement position (B) via the communication device , in order to detect the vehicle from the further measurement position (B); and receiving a measurement signal that represents a detection of the vehicle by the sensor device from the measurement position (A) and receiving a further measurement signal that represents a detection of the vehicle by the further sensor device from the further measurement position (B), wherein, in an evaluation step, the measurement signal and the further measurement signal are evaluated, in order to monitor the vehicle , and in the receiving step , the measurement signal and the further measurement signal represent a signal provided by reading out an onboard unit of the vehicle by means of the sensor device and the further sensor device , wherein, in the determining step , the measurement position (A) represents a starting point of the section control route and the further measuring position (B) represents an end point of the section control route, wherein, in the evaluation step, the measurement signal and the further measurement signal are evaluated in order to determine an average speed of the vehicle . determining a measurement position (A) using data that represent a previous detection of the vehicle , and determining a further measurement position (B) using data that represent a previous detection of the vehicle ; providing , by a controller , a control signal for steering the aerial vehicle into the measurement position (A) via a communication device for wireless communication with the at least one aerial vehicle , in order to detect the vehicle from the measurement position (A), and providing a further control signal for steering the further aerial vehicle into the further measurement position (B) via the communication device , in order to detect the vehicle from the further measurement position (B); and receiving a measurement signal that represents a detection of the vehicle by the sensor device from the measurement position (A) and receiving a further measurement signal that represents a detection of the vehicle by the further sensor device from the further measurement position (B), wherein, in an evaluation step, the measurement signal and the further measurement signal are evaluated, in order to monitor the vehicle , and in the receiving step , the measurement signal and the further measurement signal represent a signal provided by reading out an onboard unit of the vehicle by means of the sensor device and the further sensor device , wherein, in the determining step , the measurement position (A) represents a starting point of the section control route and the further measuring position (B) represents an end point of the section control route, wherein, in the evaluation step, the measurement signal and the further measurement signal are evaluated in order to determine an average speed of the vehicle . <EOS>