A method for the automated control of the longitudinal movement of a motor vehicle is provided. In this method, the automatic positive acceleration process in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is effected by actuation intervention at the drive train (20) of the motor vehicle according to the acceleration variable (11), and in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, automatic deceleration is achieved by actuation intervention at the driveline (20) and / or braking system (21) of the motor vehicle; the acceleration variable (11) is determined from the jerk variable (10,17), the jerk variable (10,17) is limited in absolute terms and the jerk variable (10,17) is defined in the drive operating mode (8). In the driving operation mode (8), from the actual longitudinal velocity (3) of the vehicle and the actual vehicle longitudinal acceleration (4), it is possible to determine the longitudinal acceleration (12) of the vehicle in view of the maximum positive positive operation mode (14, 15) of the maximum drive mode of operation, the vehicle longitudinal deceleration (13) and the limit of the jolting variable (10), the motor vehicle is adjusted to a predetermined longitudinal speed of the vehicle (16).