fog detection device (1), comprising a first
optical transmitter (S1) that emits
first light with a first spatial intensity distribution (I1) and a first direction of emission in the direction and around a first
optical axis (1) generating a first beam of light (11); a second
optical transmitter (S2) which, at a time offset from the first
optical transmitter (S1), emits second light with a second spatial intensity distribution (I2) and a first emission direction in the direction of and around a second
optical axis (2) which is not parallel to the first
optical axis (1), generating a second beam of light (12); an optical
receiver (E) which is oriented with its receiving direction in the direction of and around a third optical axis (3) which is not parallel to the first optical axis (1) and / or not parallel to the second optical axis (2), to receive reflected
first light with a first spatial
sensitivity distribution (E1) and reflected second light with a second spatial
sensitivity distribution (E2) and to output a first output
signal corresponding to the intensity of the received, reflected
first light and a second output
signal corresponding to the intensity of the received, reflected second light; an evaluation unit (8) configured to form a quotient of the first and second output signals and to assign a
fog state to the quotient only if the quotient does not differ by more than a predetermined amount from a predetermined
fog threshold value, which was determined or specified as the quotient of a first fog intensity and a second fog intensity prior to the calculation, wherein the first fog intensity corresponds to the first output
signal obtained when the first light penetrates a substantially spatially uniform fog distribution and the second fog intensity corresponds to the second output signal obtained when the second light penetrates a substantially spatially uniform fog distribution.