Method for emergency braking of an ego-vehicle , in which a first environment detection system of the ego-vehicle traveling in a direction of travel (F) detects an object in the front space in front of the ego-vehicle , an autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS) being provided which is in an AEBS standby mode (AEBS-GM) during travel outside an emergency braking situation (ES), and the autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS) being switched over to an active AEBS mode (AEBS-M) if an emergency braking situation (ES) is detected outside a reliable target detection situation (ZES), using an AEBS cascade (AEBS-K) consisting of a first driver warning (DW), subsequent partial braking (TB) and subsequent emergency braking (EB), characterized in that, if the object is detected in the front space , it is determined that a reliable target detection situation (ZES) is present (St3) if at least the following target detection situation criteria (ZES-K1-K3) are fulfilled: - the detected object is a front vehicle (v_VF > 0) traveling in the direction of travel (F) (ZESK1), - the front vehicle is followed over a minimum following period (t min ) (ZESK2), - in the minimum following period (t min ), the same front vehicle is followed (ZESK3), and the autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS) being switched over to an active AEBS following mode (AEBS-FM) if an emergency braking situation (ES) is detected in a reliable target detection situation (ZES), in which mode emergency braking (EB) is carried out without waiting for a previous phase in which a driver warning (DW) is emitted. a first environment detection system of the ego-vehicle traveling in a direction of travel (F) detects an object in the front space in front of the ego-vehicle , an autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS) being provided which is in an AEBS standby mode (AEBS-GM) during travel outside an emergency braking situation (ES), and the autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS) being switched over to an active AEBS mode (AEBS-M) if an emergency braking situation (ES) is detected outside a reliable target detection situation (ZES), using an AEBS cascade (AEBS-K) consisting of a first driver warning (DW), subsequent partial braking (TB) and subsequent emergency braking (EB), characterized in that, if the object is detected in the front space , it is determined that a reliable target detection situation (ZES) is present (St3) if at least the following target detection situation criteria (ZES-K1-K3) are fulfilled: - the detected object is a front vehicle (v_VF > 0) traveling in the direction of travel (F) (ZESK1), - the front vehicle is followed over a minimum following period (t min ) (ZESK2), - in the minimum following period (t min ), the same front vehicle is followed (ZESK3), and - the detected object is a front vehicle (v_VF > 0) traveling in the direction of travel (F) (ZESK1), - the front vehicle is followed over a minimum following period (t min ) (ZESK2), - in the minimum following period (t min ), the same front vehicle is followed (ZESK3), the autonomous emergency braking system (AEBS) being switched over to an active AEBS following mode (AEBS-FM) if an emergency braking situation (ES) is detected in a reliable target detection situation (ZES), in which mode emergency braking (EB) is carried out without waiting for a previous phase in which a driver warning (DW) is emitted. <EOS>