1. A process for selecting traffic information received by or to be sent from a vehicle, whereby the selection is carried out in the vehicle in dependence on a type of road on which the vehicle is travelling at a given moment, comprising the steps of: carrying out at the vehicle a segment-by-segment determination of a geometric route of the vehicle, whereby information on a particular segment of the geometric route includes at least relative positions of starting and ending points of the segment; comparing the segment of the route to characteristic geometric parameters of road types; and, from this comparison, determining the road type currently being travelled and using the road type as a selection criterion.