How this site checks the rules
How This Site Checks the Rules
Every rule, price and fine on this site is read from the official page that sets it, and every page says on which day that was done.
Where the facts come from
- Rules and fines: the ministry, police force, road authority or city council that sets them, on its own website.
- Vignettes and tolls: the operator's own shop and tariff pages, never a reseller.
- Hire cars: each company's own published rental terms.
- Charging prices: each operator's own tariff page, per kWh with VAT and no subscription.
The sources are listed and linked at the bottom of each page. When an official source does not publish something, the page says "not published" rather than filling the gap with a guess. When two official sources disagree, both are given.
What the "Checked" date means
The date under each title is the day that page's rules were last read against its sources. When a source changes and the page is corrected, the date moves with it.
The trip planner and the 12-month calendar are built from the other pages. They show the most recent date among the pages they draw on, and every item links to its own dated page. The car kit list shows the day its own list was checked.
A rule that changes on a known day, such as a new toll or a zone that tightens, is shown as a dated "Rule change" notice on the page it affects, from the day it applies.
Prices that move every week
- Fuel: the European Commission's Weekly Oil Bulletin for every EU country, and the national open data for Italy, France and Spain; the UK government's weekly road fuel prices; Statistics Norway's monthly prices. Each figure shows its date.
- Fast chargers per country: the European Alternative Fuels Observatory and Eurostat's motorway lengths.
- Currencies: the European Central Bank's reference rates, with their date.
On your phone with no signal
Pages you open, and the ones you save from the trip planner, are kept on your phone with the day they were saved. With no signal, the page says which day that was, and after 30 days it reminds you to check the official link before you rely on it.
What this site does not do
It does not sell vignettes, stickers, registrations or tickets, and it never links to the resellers that charge more than the official price for them.
Some links to other companies are partner links: each one is labelled "Partner link", and the site earns a commission if you book or buy through it. Ads on the site are shown by Google AdSense. Neither partners nor advertisers have a say in what a page says, and placements are not for sale.
Photos come from Unsplash and Pexels and are credited on the photo credits page.
Found a mistake?
Write in with the page, the line and, if you have it, the official link. It is checked at the source, corrected, and the page's date moves.
The site is written by skynomad, who drives more than 30,000 km a year across Europe.