German Bicycle Laws. German Bicycle Laws In Europe, everybody rides or has ridden bikes and drivers are tolerant of the. Here are a few guidelines. This page contains is. Germany. Since 2. Cyclists can be found guilty of. Reading the local newspaper in 2. Bicycle Germany Start Page. This website is about bicycle holidays or bike vacations in Germany and some its neighboring countries. The Deutsche Reitpony or German Riding Pony is a very popular pony breed in Germany. It is described as a 'miniature warmblood' with refined, horse-like. Learn horseback riding or enjoy a horse trip in the saddle: Germany (Berlin): Horseback Riding, Riding Stable, Riding Academy, Trailriding, Horse Riding Vacation. Other common infractions each with its separate fine include an adult. The following is extracted using Google Translations from the actual bicycle. Germany. I am not a fluent speaker of German so there may be a mistranslation.
Therefore, Tim and Maxa Burleigh and Bicycle. Germany LLC. have to disclaim the accuracy of the information on this page. While they came from several websites, most of the information. You can. see section headings in German, of course. You can paste them into Google Translate. German is a rusty as mine. The translation is in conversational style not legalese. It is a little easier. Any humor below is mine and certainly not a part of German. Ever know a funny lawyer? If I deviate from translating the law, I will try. The only exception to this basic rule is that bikes ridden by impaired. You must ride single file; even in bicycle lanes. A cycle path separated by a painted line is part. Cycle. paths also include those delineated on sidewalks where a curb separates the sidewalk. Some. field cycle paths through farming country (Feldwege), one occasionally. The tractors have. Cyclists should stop. You must give a hand signal for. The signal. for stopping is one arm extended and the forearm pointing down - at least this is. American traditions. For the stop signal, it is best to use the arm most. And be. careful when you choose to use the arm on the side that controls the rear wheel. Unless you are. on a major through street with the yellow diamond, (see photograph) marking the. This is especially true. Another sign, shown below. If you are coming from. Those cars and other traffic are bigger than you and you if you try. Back to the top. A stop sign means stop; even if you are from California. They probably have a first to call, first to serve policy. They will keep. going leaving you to pick yourself up. An intersection with only one painted crosswalk means that. You may not cross wherever you want to. Also. if you walk your bicycle across, cars are required to stop for you and most cars. If you ride your bicycle across, you are no longer a pedestrian and laws. If you cause an accident while. If you are riding with traffic. Again, you must obey automobile laws. Bicycles are never allowed on the Autobahn. However, children up to. Children up to age 1. It makes sense for the adult to ride on the sidewalk with the. And we see that whenever we see someone riding with a child. There may be an exception for racing bicycles. You cannot share time and space with a car door. You will. see a round blue sign telling you that you should share the sidewalk with pedestrians. The sign on the right means you share equally. Remember pedestrians. If you are on the sidewalk you have to cross intersections with a walk signal. The special speed limits are: Never exceed. Km/h in built up areas like cities and towns; and never ever exceed 1. Km/h. . A little known law that I have not seen enforced is that when. Km/h. It does make some sense. Remember, you are. If your blood alcohol exceeds the limits below you. I do not know what they would do if you were a. Less if your behavior is impaired. As of 1 April 2. 01. Road Traffic Act (Stra. Fines may be as follows: failure. Also Note: Police can arrest. It is verboten to. A red rear taillight that stays lit when stationary. At least two yellow reflectors. In daylight and good visibility bicycles may be used without lights. Racing bike exceptions: Racing bikes are not required to meet the above. However, if riding at night, all bikes, including racing bikes are required. A Racing bike is defined as less than 1. Mountain. bikes are not road bikes so are exempted from certain requirements (unless ridden. Two independently acting braking. Required for dispensing acoustic. Non- blinking front headlamp to. A red rear taillight that. In the USA, blinking. Germany. And we know of no one who has been stopped. At least two yellow reflectors on each wheel. Alternatively reflectors. Wheel reflective. The law says that lights. I cannot find a law in St. VZO. requiring helmets. However that is probably only a city rule or a rule in the state of Hesse. Before. that the rule of thumb was that for childres helmets are not mandatory but strongly. For older people, helmets are recommended but not required. The. law provides the characteristics of a good bicycle helmet as: Hard outer shell. Air vents, which are connected by wide, and air. Bars on the air vents to protect against insects . Adults: Helmets improve visibility, if you don’t have other equipment. That said, look for signs that indicate an exception for bicycles. Maintain. full control of your bicycle at all times in traffic. Such items include open umbrellas. Baby buggies have the right of way. Trailers for bikes must be less than 8. However, if a car is coming from the other direction and the parked car is. In other words, you must wait. This can get interesting. The locals have it down but it seems like pandemonium. What follows is excerpted with permission from. Gilbert Hanson. Some of the photos are attributed to . Bikes. must travel in the same direction as traffic. That is, you must travel on the right. The red area is for bikes the gray area to the right of that is. Occasionally, when there is no bike path on the correct side of the street, you. The. second picture to the right shows an intersection where the light is red and cars. Bicycles can wait between the two dotted. Bicycles enter this area from the red bike path on the right. Note. the arrows on bike path and the entrance into the bike waiting zone. Frequently bike paths are indicated by a color change from that where pedestrian. Note. third photo on left shows a bicycle path made from red stone but the pedestrian. At. the intersection in the lower left, the cars on a red light must wait behind the. Bicycles have a separate left turn lane in the center. These. pictures may look confusing but they are logical when you are actually on the path. Obey the same rules. Take an active, aggressive position in traffic (e. But when there are bike paths, follow the arrows and the signals put there for. By the way, Germany has millions of bicycle commuters. Most of them would. If you are riding in a train buy a ticket. That seems simple but once in Germany. It is possible that is the case on streetcars. Schaffner/Schaffnerin), normally will check. They even check the tickets you buy for your bicycle. There are signs posted. Now, let us review some. Just click any photograph to. Then click your back arrow to return to this text. You have right of way from. The sign on the left. Yielding to traffic from the right is the usual. The. sign to the left designates a pedestrian way but bicycles are allowed too. You should. share the sidewalk with pedestrians and, if they do not see you, let them know with. Always yield to pedestrians. This is the end of the bike lane. Use the street. Do ot enter. The street is probably one- way coming toward you. It indicates that bicycle riders can ignore the Do Not Enter sign but. The. sign on the left is the start of a pedestrian only zone. Unless you see a bicycle . Dangerous to cyclists. The caution sign with an exclamation mark is advisory and not a law. Beneith. the sign it says cyclists dismount. These signs appear in places where there have.
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