A method of operating a lighting device of an automobile and train sound proof motor vehicle

A method of operating a lighting device (2, 3) of a motor vehicle (1), detects an object by means of detecting means (6) and is controlled so the lighting device (2, 3) that the object in one (of the illumination device 2, 3 ) light distribution generated (4, 5) is hidden in which senses the contour of the object and the illumination device (2, 3) is controlled so that the area within the contour in the generated light distribution (4, 5) is at least partially hidden.