Patent ID: 7869934

Claim:
A method of providing traffic condition data in the context of a traffic condition recognition by a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a device for recognizing the position by using a digital road map stored on a data carrier, the method comprising the steps of: determining a type of road on which the vehicle is traveling by using the position recognition device and the digital road map; determining a category of the road on which the vehicle is traveling by using the position recognition device and the digital road map; using an assignment in the form of a table to assign at least one lower speed threshold (S 1 ) and one upper speed threshold (S 2 ) to the corresponding road type as well as to the corresponding category of the road on which the vehicle is traveling; using at least the lower speed threshold and the upper speed threshold for determining the traffic condition; and providing the determined traffic condition to at least one of a vehicle driver or a traffic data control center for at least one of review or retransmission to other vehicles.