Method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle , having the steps of: - activating a lighting apparatus of at least one headlight of the motor vehicle in order to provide a high beam, wherein - a predetermined luminous flux is generated by the lighting apparatus when the high beam is provided, - detecting at least one further road user in a vicinity of the motor vehicle , - ascertaining a distance between the motor vehicle and at least one further detected road user , and - adapting the predetermined luminous flux which is generated by the lighting apparatus when the high beam is provided depending on the ascertained distance, wherein - the luminous flux generated by the lighting apparatus is adapted in such a way that an illuminance generated by the lighting apparatus in a region of the at least one further road user has a predetermined value, wherein the region is associated with an outer surface of the at least one further road user facing the motor vehicle , - in order to adapt the luminous flux of the lighting apparatus, an electric current intensity and/or an electric voltage with which the lighting apparatus is supplied is adapted, - at least two further road users in the vicinity of the motor vehicle are detected, the respective distance to the at least two further road users is ascertained, and the luminous flux generated by the lighting apparatus is adapted depending on the lesser of the respective ascertained distances, characterised in that - the lighting apparatus has a plurality of lighting means, wherein in order to adapt the luminous flux provided by the lighting apparatus, the respective luminous flux of each of the lighting means is adapted and the same luminous flux is provided by each of the lighting means. - activating a lighting apparatus of at least one headlight of the motor vehicle in order to provide a high beam, wherein - a predetermined luminous flux is generated by the lighting apparatus when the high beam is provided, - detecting at least one further road user in a vicinity of the motor vehicle , - ascertaining a distance between the motor vehicle and at least one further detected road user , and - adapting the predetermined luminous flux which is generated by the lighting apparatus when the high beam is provided depending on the ascertained distance, wherein - the luminous flux generated by the lighting apparatus is adapted in such a way that an illuminance generated by the lighting apparatus in a region of the at least one further road user has a predetermined value, wherein the region is associated with an outer surface of the at least one further road user facing the motor vehicle , - in order to adapt the luminous flux of the lighting apparatus, an electric current intensity and/or an electric voltage with which the lighting apparatus is supplied is adapted, - at least two further road users in the vicinity of the motor vehicle are detected, the respective distance to the at least two further road users is ascertained, and the luminous flux generated by the lighting apparatus is adapted depending on the lesser of the respective ascertained distances, - the lighting apparatus has a plurality of lighting means, wherein in order to adapt the luminous flux provided by the lighting apparatus, the respective luminous flux of each of the lighting means is adapted and the same luminous flux is provided by each of the lighting means. <EOS>