In order to improve the safety of a self-balancing vehicle (1) which vehicle (1) has at least one step surface (5, 6) and two drive wheels (7, 8), the two drive wheels (7, 8) being drivable independently of one another for which purpose each of the two drive wheels (7, 8) is assigned an electric motor (16, 17), these electric motors (16, 17) being controllable by an electronic control unit (18) which can be connected to a number of sensor units (19, 20) , with the help of which the tread occupancy can be determined, a method for safely operating the vehicle (1) is proposed which is characterized in that, in the event that no driver is standing on the at least one tread (5, 6), one of a driving mode of different safety mode is provided, in which safety mode the movement of the vehicle (1) with the aid of a limit value monitoring device (21) for exceeding at least one movement limit ertes is monitored and a measure to influence the movement of the driverless vehicle (1) is carried out if such an overshoot is detected.
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