Method for controlling the light emission of a headlamp of a vehicle

The method involves reading a hazard warning signal received by a receiver. A check is made whether a hazard position indicated by the hazard warning signal lies within a tolerance range on a current route traveled by a vehicle (100). A radiation characteristic of light emission of a headlight (105) of the vehicle is changed to another radiation characteristic if the hazard position lies within the tolerance range on the current route traveled by the vehicle. The latter radiation characteristic is determined based on the hazard warning signal. The radiation characteristic includes brightness, viewing angle, width and size of a track region ahead of the vehicle. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a device for controlling light emission of a headlight of a vehicle (2) a computer program product comprising a set of instructions to perform a method for controlling light emission of the headlight of the vehicle.