Will my route cost me a fine?

Route planners will happily send you straight through a charging zone without a word. Tell us where you are going and we will name the schemes you will meet.

What the planner does

It plans the route like any other planner, with turn-by-turn directions, distance and driving time. Then it reads the route against 238 driving restriction schemes in 207 cities across 44 countries, and tells you which ones you would actually meet, where, and whether they apply at the time you would get there.

Restrictions on the way

Low emission zones, limited traffic zones, congestion charges, number-plate bans and pedestrian zones, shown inside the directions at the point where you reach them.

Country by country

The countries the route crosses, how far you drive in each, and any national vignette or sticker they require.

Timing

With a departure time, an estimated arrival at each city and whether its scheme is running then, including public holidays where the scheme depends on them.

Elevation and print

A height profile with total climb and descent, and a printable version of the whole result.

How to use it

1. Choose how you travel: car, motorcycle, van, truck, bus, bicycle, walking or hiking.
2. Enter where you start and where you are going. The town and the country are enough.
3. Add up to three stops on the way if you need them, in the order you will drive them.
4. Open the options to add a departure time, or to avoid toll roads, motorways or ferries.
5. Plan the route. Use the ⇅ button to reverse it, or the printable version to take it with you.

Countries that ask something of every driver

These apply on the country's roads, not inside one city, so they are easy to miss. The planner names them for every country your route crosses.

• Austria Vignette für Kraftfahrzeuge bis 3,5 t
• France Certificat qualité de l'air (vignette Crit'Air)
• Germany Plakette nach der 35. BImSchV (Umweltplakette)
• Romania Rovinietă (tarif de utilizare a rețelei de drumuri naționale)
• Slovakia Elektronická známka (electronic vignette)
• Slovenia E-vinjeta (e-vignette)
• Switzerland Motorway charge (vignette)

Try a route

• Munich to Milan by car
• Paris to Brussels by car
• Vienna to Ljubljana by car
• London to Bristol by van
• Budapest to Esztergom by bicycle

Questions drivers ask

What does this route planner check that others do not?

Besides the route itself, it names every low emission zone, limited traffic zone, congestion charge and similar restriction on the road you would take, out of 238 schemes in 207 cities across 44 countries, and the national requirements such as motorway vignettes and emission stickers in the countries you cross. Each one links to the authority's own page.

Why give a departure time?

Many schemes run only on certain days or hours. With a departure time the planner estimates when you reach each city and says whether its scheme is running then. Without one, it lists the schemes on the way.

Does it work for cycling, walking or a truck?

Yes. Choose the travel mode before planning: car, motorcycle, scooter, van, truck, bus, three kinds of bicycle, walking or hiking. The schemes on this site restrict motor vehicles, so a cycling or walking route shows directions and an elevation profile without zone warnings.

What if the route passes a city you do not cover?

The result says so plainly. A city with no record here is not a city with no rules, so the planner never reports an empty result as an all-clear.

Is the result legal advice?

No. Every rule comes from the authority that publishes it, with the date it was read, but the authority's own page is the final word. Check it before you travel.

Countries we coverWhat each kind of scheme meansHow we source and check this