Method for setting up traffic monitoring for a monitoring location, wherein the method comprises the following steps: outputting a display signal to a user interface, wherein the display signal is suitable to effect, by means of the user interface, a display of at least one image symbol (114, 116, 313, 315, 413, 517, 518, 618, 916, 919, 1314, 1413, 1618, 1713) in a combined overview for the monitoring location, which image symbol relates to at least one configurable parameter of the traffic monitoring, wherein the at least one image symbol (114, 116, 313, 315, 413, 517, 518, 618, 916, 919, 1314, 1413, 1618, 1713) can be influenced by gestural interaction with a user in order to configure the at least one configurable parameter; reading in a user input signal from the user interface, wherein the user input signal represents an input of a user for configuring the at least one parameter, which input is made by the gestural interaction with the at least one image symbol (114, 116, 313, 315, 413, 517, 518, 618, 916, 919, 1314, 1413, 1618, 1713) and recognized by gesture recognition; and configuring the at least one configurable parameter according to the user input signal to set up the traffic monitoring, characterized in that the at least one configurable parameter is at least one configurable vehicle parameter, wherein the at least one configurable vehicle parameter represents a vehicle class, and in that the vehicle class can be influenced by pinching with two fingers and/or spreading with two fingers as the gestural interaction, wherein a smaller vehicle class is selected by pinching and a larger vehicle class is selected by spreading. outputting a display signal to a user interface, wherein the display signal is suitable to effect, by means of the user interface, a display of at least one image symbol (114, 116, 313, 315, 413, 517, 518, 618, 916, 919, 1314, 1413, 1618, 1713) in a combined overview for the monitoring location, which image symbol relates to at least one configurable parameter of the traffic monitoring, wherein the at least one image symbol (114, 116, 313, 315, 413, 517, 518, 618, 916, 919, 1314, 1413, 1618, 1713) can be influenced by gestural interaction with a user in order to configure the at least one configurable parameter; reading in a user input signal from the user interface, wherein the user input signal represents an input of a user for configuring the at least one parameter, which input is made by the gestural interaction with the at least one image symbol (114, 116, 313, 315, 413, 517, 518, 618, 916, 919, 1314, 1413, 1618, 1713) and recognized by gesture recognition; and configuring the at least one configurable parameter according to the user input signal to set up the traffic monitoring, characterized in that the at least one configurable parameter is at least one configurable vehicle parameter, wherein the at least one configurable vehicle parameter represents a vehicle class, and in that the vehicle class can be influenced by pinching with two fingers and/or spreading with two fingers as the gestural interaction, wherein a smaller vehicle class is selected by pinching and a larger vehicle class is selected by spreading.