1. A method for detecting front headlights and/or tail lights of a motor vehicle with a color camera sensor and a data processing unit, wherein the color camera sensor comprises a plurality of pixels which are sensitive only to red light, and a plurality of pixels which are sensitive to light colors other than red, characterized in that in a first evaluation stage for selecting potential motor vehicle headlights or tail lights in the image, only the intensity of those pixels which are sensitive to red light is evaluated.