In welchem Zustand man fährt
You are riding somewhere new and need to check the map on your phone. What do you do?
Erklärung: Holding a phone while riding is forbidden and costs 55 euros. The rule is about the hand, not the speed — creeping at a red light still counts as riding.
You want to listen to music on the way to work. What do you do?
Erklärung: Headphones are not banned as such; impairing your hearing is. In practice that means one earbud, or both kept low enough that the street still reaches you.
You have had three large beers at dinner and your bicycle is outside. What do you do?
Erklärung: They apply to bicycles too. At 1.6 per mille it is a criminal offence, and one usual consequence is losing or never getting a car licence. Below that you are liable as soon as anything goes wrong.
A friend asks for a lift on the back of your bicycle for two streets. What do you do?
Erklärung: The only passenger allowed is a child under seven in a proper child seat, and only if the rider is over sixteen. An adult on the rack makes the bicycle unsteerable and unbrakeable.
You want to zip up your jacket while riding along an empty street. What do you do?
Erklärung: Riding no-handed is expressly forbidden, and it takes away your brakes for exactly as long as it lasts. Empty streets have potholes too.
You are asked to take a four-year-old to nursery on your bicycle. What do you do?
Erklärung: A child under seven may be carried, in a seat made for it, by a rider over sixteen. The seat has to hold the child and keep their feet away from the spokes.
An adult riding without a helmet in Germany is breaking the law.
Erklärung: There is no helmet law here. Wear one anyway — no rule in this topic protects you as cheaply as a helmet does in the one fall that matters.
Being caught badly drunk on a bicycle can cost you your car driving licence.
Erklärung: Yes. From 1.6 per mille it is a criminal offence, and the authorities routinely question your fitness to hold a licence afterwards — even though the offence happened on two wheels.
At what blood alcohol level does cycling become a criminal offence in Germany?
Antwort:
1.6 per mille
Erklärung: And from about 0.3 you are liable as soon as you make a mistake or crash.
What may you not do with a phone while riding?
Antwort:
hold it in your hand
Erklärung: A mount is fine. The offence is the hand, whatever your speed.
Who is the only passenger you may carry on a bicycle?
Hattest du es gewusst?
Antwort:
a child under seven in a child seat
Erklärung: And only if the person riding is over sixteen.
What does the German word "freihändig" describe?
Antwort:
riding with no hands
Erklärung: Freihändig fahren is forbidden — and it is also riding without brakes.
Is a helmet compulsory in Germany?
Antwort:
no
Erklärung: Not for adults and not for children — and still worth wearing every time.
What is the test for whether headphones are allowed while riding?
Hattest du es gewusst?
Antwort:
your hearing must not be impaired
Erklärung: Quiet enough that a bell, a horn or a car behind you still gets through.
While riding you may hold your phone to read a map, as long as you ride slowly.
Erklärung: A phone may not be in your hand while you ride, at any speed. A handlebar mount is fine; otherwise stop first.
A police officer stops you for a check, and you are riding without a helmet. What follows from the helmet?
Erklärung: No helmet law exists for bicycles. Wearing one is still sensible — it just is not an offence to go without.
On an empty street you may ride freihändig for a moment.
Erklärung: At least one hand stays on the handlebar at all times, on any street. Riding with no hands is an offence.
Riding a bicycle with headphones in is banned in Germany.
Erklärung: There is no headphone ban. The rule is that your hearing must not be impaired — one earbud, or both kept low enough that a bell or a horn still gets through.
Headphones on a bicycle are fine as long as they do not impair your … ?
Antwort:
hearing
Erklärung: A bell, a horn or a car behind you still has to get through.
You may give an adult friend a lift on your rack if you ride slowly.
Erklärung: The only passenger allowed is a child under seven in a proper child seat, carried by a rider over sixteen. Riding slowly changes nothing.
A child may ride along in a child seat on your bicycle if it is younger than how many years?
Antwort:
seven
Erklärung: And only if the person riding is over sixteen.