1. A method of recognizing a road sign (Hz, Zz) by a camera from a traveling vehicle, comprising steps: acquiring at least one image of surroundings of the vehicle by the camera, determining that at least one road sign (Hz, Zz) is present in the at least one image of the surroundings of the vehicle, determining a motion blur in the at least one image in an image segment thereof in which the road sign (Hz, Zz) is situated, subtracting out at least some of the motion blur in the image segment, which results in a sharpened image segment, and recognizing the road sign (Hz, Zz) while taking account of the sharpened image segment.