METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A WATER VEHICLE

The invention relates to a method for operating a vehicle, in particular a watercraft, wherein the vehicle (1) has at least one internal combustion engine (19), in particular one emitting pollutants (35) contained in exhaust gas and/or in wastewater, wherein the current position (5) of the vehicle (1) is determined by means of a position determination system (61), and wherein a control and/or regulating device (17) is provided, by means of which automatically and/or automatically at least in dependence on the determined position (5) of the vehicle (1) and information on local pollutant regulations, in particular exhaust gas and/or water regulations, the quantity of at least one pollutant (35) emitted by the internal combustion engine is deliberately set and/or adjusted.