Launched by transport software specialist PTV Group, the Truck Parking Europe app not only details the official parking spaces available for trucks but also provides information on the supply of additional commercial vehicle parking spaces, which can often be found off the main roads. The app displays them on a digital map, including distance information and average rating. All important background information and facilities are shown with just one click:

Drivers can see at a glance what is offered at these stops:

• Category Comfort: Showers, accommodation, restaurants, Internet hotspot, lavatories and medical care
• Category Safety & Security: Fences, video surveillance, floodlights, 24/7 monitoring, police station
• Category Infrastructure: Petrol station, truck wash and truck repair shop

In addition, the group plans to display parking availability in real time.

TranPTV adds that the app is a "learning" system and says that all data stored to the app can and should be checked, edited and evaluated by the truck drivers themselves. Moreover, drivers can also add new truck stops and the corresponding attributes and then share the information with their community.

Available in eight languages (German, English, French, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Italian and Spanish), the app can be downloaded free of charge and is available now for iOS devices, with the Android app to follow in December 2013. Users simply have to look for “Truck Parking Europe” in their app store and download the app. Once installed, they can use it right away.