Provided Information - Standards

ERIC-Operational-Management defined in 2002 a minimum standard for provided informations, which is meanwhile also accepted on EU-level in a recommendation to the European Commission.

Minimum definition of road-incidents for paneuropean use:

1. Traffic jams with a minimum length of 10 kilometres, independent from raison
2. Road closures because of road works, weather conditions, accidents etc. with a minimum duration of one hour
3. Over all bad or inefficiant traffic conditions caused by weather, strikes etc., which cause an estimated delay of minimum 30 minutes compared to normal driving times between A and B.
4. All kind of road works with a minimum duration of 4 hours, in case of lane closure with minimum duration of 2 hours.
5. Border waiting times with a minimum duration of 45 minutes

1. Complete highway-network of every ERIC-member-country
2. Network of main national roads, which are important for middle- and long-dstance connections
3. Main crossing roads in urban areas with a population of more than 100.000
4. Main mountain-passes, which are important for middle- and long-distaqnce connections or touristic relevant areas (for example Swiss and Austrian skiing areas)
5. Main road network in touristic areas (for example Adriatic coast)