Where can the de-registered car be parked and in what period of time can it be towed? Questions that are asked often. Often you can see deregistered cars outside on the streets without a license plate. However, the owners of these vehicles are threatened with ...
Continue reading "Now the (overpriced) fine catalog is almost over!
It was to be expected. The prices for tickets are tough! Misconduct is getting really expensive now, but there is also good news: contrary to all fears, the driver's license is not withdrawn so often! This is the short summary of the reform ...
Continue reading "EA288 engine in the diesel scandal: Another setback for VW at OLG level
In the diesel scandal, VW AG suffered another setback at OLG level relating to the EA288 engine. After the consumer-friendly judgment of the Cologne Higher Regional Court of February 2021, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court is now also going to ...
Continue reading "Motorhome and driver's license: this is important to note!
Unfortunately, camping fans are having a hard time at the moment. Because of the pandemic, most of the campsites are currently closed. This is one thing that annoys campers, because none of this is understandable for a long time. In the motorhome it is ...
Continue reading "DAS: Even small car tuning can be very expensive!
Please note: The following text applies to Austria and cannot be transferred one-to-one to Germany. However, many things are regulated very similarly or identically in this country too. In spring, the number of tuned vehicles increases. Without proper typing and ...
Continue reading "Brussels: no final combustion ban after all?
The automotive industry is relieved, the ban on combustion engines seems to be off the table in Brussels. As President of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Hildegard Müller says about the currently published recommendation for emissions regulations: "The submitted plans for the new Euro 7 standard for ...
Continue reading "When cheap vehicle tuning turns into an expensive fiasco!
When a cheap offer turns into an expensive fiasco! Be careful with supposedly heavily discounted tuning parts from the network! The police show no tolerance for prohibited (illegal) vehicle conversions. State power has been taking particularly tough action against black sheep from the tuning scene for years. ...
Continue reading "Requirements for the operation of registration-free vehicles
The Vehicle Licensing Ordinance, or FZV for short, determines whether a vehicle needs a license or can be used on public roads without a license. But: even if a vehicle does not require registration, certain rules and conditions apply that must be observed. Without an operating permit, a ...
Continue reading "Drunk driving: New court ruling intensifies MPU compulsory!
A ruling by the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig lowers the alcohol limit from which an MPU (medical-psychological examination) can be ordered from 1,6 to 1,1. Traffic offenders only get their driver's license back after the mandatory MPU has been passed. The MPU, which ...
Continue reading "Speed sticker on the truck - the meaning!
50, 60, 70 or 80 km / h? Many trucks are equipped with a whole range of speed stickers on the rear. But what are the different labels for? Here is the answer. First things first: In Germany, the stickers that ...
Continue reading "Follow-up license plate for agricultural trailers!
Section 18 of the StVZO, the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations, serves as the legal basis for the compulsory registration of motor vehicles of various types. From a permissible maximum speed of 6 km / h, an official license plate must be attached to each vehicle. The relevant administrative ...
Continue reading "Speed sticker - compulsory in the vehicle?
While summer tires must always be approved for the maximum speed entered in the vehicle documents, there is an exception for winter tires and all-season tires (all-weather tires) with M + S identification. The maximum speed indicated on the M + S tire does not necessarily have to correspond to the entered maximum speed of the ...
Continue reading "Speeders may also have to hand in their car with us!
In Switzerland it has long been commonplace and in Austria in the starting blocks: harsh penalties for speeders. What many do not know, whoever ruthlessly exceeds the permissible maximum speed, can also lose his car in Germany under certain circumstances. What could …
Continue reading "Stamped AU badge damaged or illegible? The info!
A new sticker on the license plate may not only be necessary when the next general inspection is due. This can also happen, for example, if the sticker (s) on the license plate has come off a high-pressure cleaner. A dirty or oily surface can also ...
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