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Since 4 December paragraph two of the Highway Code now states that there is mandatory winter tires “on ice, packed snow, slush, ice or hoarfrost. It applies a flat rate for “motor vehicles” and thus, according to transport ministry for motorcycles.


“That’s not true,” argues the Federation of Motorcyclists BVDM. Reason: The controversial law known as quasi-definition of winter tires (a legal definition does not exist yet) a European Directive (92/23 EEC), but relating specifically only to four-wheeled vehicles. Since motorcycles have two wheels, however, they are therefore not affected by the winter tires are required (see interview). Even several state police had joined in this opinion. The mentioned in the interview “internal training document” had to be withdrawn in the meantime, however, after MOTORCYCLE information. Way by the police is concerned motorcyclists therefore hardly be expected. And there already are first affected.

Thus, the Bochum Dieter Damm acted immediately after the new rules are a fine of 40 € and a Flensburg-point one, because the tires on his Suzuki GS 500 F is not the letters M + S (mud and snow) had. His crime: He was on a dry road and four degrees plus in the morning went by bike to work. During his way back it began to snow lightly against 15 clock since he was stopped. A crying injustice, finds the 50-year-old Bochum, which goes far in all weather conditions “when driving on ice anyway.” After all, it would be with the Heidenau K 66 silica (below) actually made his Suzuki for a rubber that meets not only the pro forma to a winter tire on the appropriate claims.

The law can be used for bikers but more severe consequences than fines and have points. “The automobile liability insurance may take the driver into the joint liability if the accident is the wrong tires,” Ergo, the insurance was for winter tires mandatory announce the same. In other words, who will run for smoothness of the pile has only himself to blame.

In a similar encounters horny Ingo Strater, who makes a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Transport MOTORCYCLE point out that “participation is on the road during the said weather conditions on motorcycles, regardless of the choice of tires is particularly dangerous.