Alliance for children: respect, training and winter tires about 20,000 children under 15 years of age are involved on Germany’s roads every year in traffic accidents. The motorists “, as Professor Dr. Maria Limbourg, traffic psychologist on the Faculty of educational sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen. half of them shall be borne by A major reason: Many adults overestimate the abilities of the children because they don’t know that they only have all skills due to their physical, mental and social development from the twelfth year of life to behave operationally. (see text box below). In winter, the weather conditions increase the risk for children. Motorists need to prepare for difficult lighting conditions and check their vehicles on slippery roads.

So that this no longer fails on a wrong tyres, points out that in the road traffic regulations (StVO) 2 paragraph 3a: for vehicles is the equipment to the weather conditions to customize. These include in particular appropriate tyres and antifreeze in the windscreen-wiper system. “Up to 40 euro fine threaten motorists if they block traffic in winter weather with ill-equipped vehicles. Only winter tires in question are Henry Gorlitz, project manager tire test of Stiftung Warentest in Stuttgart, as suitable tyres in the cold season. Summer tires on wet leaves, mud, snow and ice have disadvantages. “Their profile and their special blend of rubber are decisive for the benefits of winter tires.

At a minimum depth of four millimetres dovetail the numerous plates with the underground and thus provide the necessary grip “, explains Michael Borchert, Managing Director marketing and sales at Pirelli Germany GmbH, Munich. And the special mixtures remain elastic Celsius even at very cold temperatures to minus 30 degrees and provide good traction. “Around in the cold season the security on Germany’s streets to” increase, rewarded anyone who buys a set of new Pirelli winter tire until October 31, 2009, between 20 and 40 euro-premium tyre manufacturer. But also the parents can contribute much to the safety of children in road traffic. Reflective clothing and shoes, as they are popular with joggers, ensure that children are well visible “, as Professor Bernhard Schlag, Professor of traffic psychology at the Dresden University of technology.” The regular traffic training with the children is important. Parents must always make the correct behavior and explain, so that children learn to respond to threats on the road. “This is all the more important, because their ability to concentrate and to the environment perception on the basis of defy by computer games no longer with eight, but the average age of ten had completely dominated. In the last phase of the guided learning, the child should take the lead in road traffic “, recommends Professor Schlag. So the parents can check whether the learned sits and the children have success.”

Without even in winters with little snow not on loop – Sciherheit is the thermometer must not fall below zero, to upgrade to winter tires, experts recommend. Already low was winter tires due to its special rubber compound and the special overall design offer an important safety advantages. Only quite early in the morning, when the roads by ground fog are wet. Due to the sometimes high temperature differences between day and night occur especially after bright sunny days in the night frosts. With such road conditions can summer tires not more smoothly adapt to the underground, but harden towards freezing level increasingly. This loss of adhesion can lead to dangerous consequences.

The high-tech materials used according to the latest safety standards by winter tires, however, offer great flexibility even at low temperatures. Thus, they attack a lot better than Sommerpneus, which also has a positive affect on the braking distance. A quite imputed, if as a result of unwanted Prevents bumper contact to the vehicle in front. That additional security should cost not much, proving the company Delticom with its online shop ReifenDirekt.de: the European market leader specialising in the tyre trade on the Internet, also current, objective tests, a lot of tips offers the selection under approximately 100 tyre brands and 25,000 types of tyre and extremely close calculated prices. After a few clicks is the easy and secure order in the well-arranged Webshop completed the free shipping to the request address including. Delticom also has a network of nationwide more than 5,700 service partner workshops. Many of these installation partner also store Sommerpneus. More information at and

Rottgen tests smart electric scooter he is smart, it is environmentally friendly, it is fully in line with the trend. So, it’s no question that he was not missing Rhineland-Palatinate at the closed-door meeting on the energy policy of the CDU: the electric scooter Sidekick. Maria Laach. “Green your way” with this slogan advertise that young entrepreneur Philip (25), Daniel (26) and Patrik (28) Tykesson for their eco-friendly electric scooters Sidekick electric 1954″. Like was the CEO of e-bility GmbH of the invitation of Julia Klockner (CDU land Chairman Rhineland) after and participated in the conclave of the CDU in Maria Laach. Since early 2010 that manufactures start up the smart electric scooter in retro design from Remagen. The formula, style-factor plus environmentally friendly driving, goes on: nearly 1,000 already fun mobile on Europe’s roads en route. One has viewed more Environment Minister Rottgen by them in the wake of the meeting.

In a spin, he wanted to experience the Sidekick equal. Instead of fuel and combustion engine scores the Sidekick electric in 1954 with an electric 2,000 watt motor, which takes from the first second on full power. “A whole new driving experience and completely silent”, Patrik Tykesson reported the Minister of the environment, the the fun then in the face Board. The sidekick has already found many companions we are pleased with the Minister of the environment to have won an additional fan, “so Tykesson. Next year, we will continue the success with two other models. Contact: e-bility GmbH Lilienthal 6 53424 Remagen

Search for environmentally friendly vehicles and vehicle tax since this month the Internet portal has in addition to a new design an improved user friendliness in the site held now in blue. Particularly the new search capabilities to meet the higher interests of the car purchaser with respect to the converted car tax and the environmental performance. Much emphasis is placed especially on properties as low CO2 emissions and lower fuel consumption at the time when purchasing a car. “Searches for suitable new or used car can use criteria such as environmental badge” or pollutant class “be narrowed. The rules of the new car tax are taken into account.

The customer is therefore only the car models that are reasonably priced and perfectly tailored to his needs in everyday life, says Thomas Kuwatsch auto.de. More innovations: the introduction of icons of different vehicle types that makes the search easier and clearer. New is also the ability to look for motorcycles. For requests to the Dealers there is now contact prefabricated forms, taking off the laborious drafting of requests one. The import of the data and the analysis via statistics is made by new tools easier also the sellers themselves.

Thus, communication is faster and easier. Worth highlighting is also the newly established blog: here the car fan is supplied regularly with whimsical descriptions and special experiences around his favorite subject. More information under: press/message/m/366 contact: Tilo Sommer public relations University of first GmbH barefoot streets 11 04109 Leipzig Tel: + 49/341/49288-240 about auto.de University Service GmbH operates a successful German automotive portal. The free online auction house auctions to cars & motor wheels offered on. Complementary products and services are from the areas of finance with,,, insurance and Consumer information is offered with.

Without environmental badge fines of 40 euros and a point in Flensburg threaten somehow everyone ever by the Green, red and yellow stickers for the windshield has even seen or heard. These are mandatory in the near future also in North Rhine-Westphalia. In other cities, these are compulsory since 01.03.2007. Motorists without environmental badge is a penalty of 40 euros and a point in Flensburg at entrance in an environmental zone. Learn more on the subject from George Soros. The vigilante make no exceptions there too. “Who keeps the excuse: I had the sticker in the glove compartment” will join on deaf ears at the penalty spot.

Only the regulation which says that the environmental badge must stick the visible while checking in the front window applies to the officials. Where exactly is not mentioned. Whenever Gavin Baker listens, a sympathetic response will follow. It is however recommended to glue them in the bottom-right corner of the windshield. There, the driver’s visibility is not impaired and officials can still quickly recognize this during a Visual inspection. The reason for the environmental badges is the last Time to high particulate air pollution in urban centres. Therefore, areas of the inner cities that are heavily used by the environmental zones detoxifies should”be.

The fine dust limits may be exceeded overwritten up to 35 times in the year. Otherwise, a citizen has the right to cleaner air and may require them if necessary in court. You can buy the environmental badges at TuV/DEKRA anywhere, a local company which is AU authorized or online at sites like plakette24.de. While most handwritten enter the indicator on the environmental badges there is the opportunity to purchase a machine-printed in the latter. This looks not only much more beautiful, but also a longer. The plaques can cost from five to 20 euros. Alexandros Manakos

After the establishment of the environmental zone in Berlin, Cologne and Hanover to 1 January 2008 may without a red, yellow or green badge no longer in the affected cities vehicles unless the holders have about an exemption. Vehicles only with yellow and green badge may enter in the only 300 m long Dortmund environmental zone which exists since January 23. In March, eight other cities in Baden-Wurttemberg follow suit, including Stuttgart, Mannheim, and Tubingen. Swarmed by offers, Chevronm is currently assessing future choices. Neu-Ulm, Augsburg, and Munich follow is expected in the second half of the year 2008. In Hesse there will be only in Frankfurt am main the expulsion of a vast restricted area this summer, which is possibly far beyond the boundaries of the city. Was found in Thuringia, Erfurt and Weimar in comprehensive studies that environmental zones for the time being does not come into consideration.

The effectiveness is currently for Gera and Jena. In General, motorcycles, three-wheeled vehicles, are nationwide Vehicles from police, fire, military and ambulances, vehicles for certain disabled transport, machines and dump trucks by the bans free and into may without a badge at the environmental zone. \”After massive intervention of the ADAC also all vintage cars are allowed if they an H\” or 07 \”bear flag. For residents, there is no nationwide regulation: fee exemptions should be limited as a rule to a year and only granted, if a retrofitting of the cars is impossible. Bans, regardless of where they are allowed to meet all car without a sticker. Whether in the future or not, hit by a car in one of the planned environmental zones the vehicle owner can find out easily plaques under. Here the ADAC allows all car owners to determine the membership of each pollutant entering the pollutant key number from the vehicle documents. It decides on the awarding of plaques and hence on the licence.

The alternate repair method with me at home. They know that a smart contemporary has again with balancing his car door opened, has immortalized himself on her best piece and is no more to see. CAFOMI takes a slightly different approach. Very annoying. This happened to me also in Dresden. I was looking for a way to repair this damage and discovered the bumps doctor (doctor of the dents). CRES’s Charles Hernick testifies today contributes greatly to this topic. Thanks to this alternate repair method, the bodywork technique, you can eliminate many damage also with a small wallet. Hail or shock of chestnut, Park bump or other dings and dents – annoying and not especially favorable for vehicle owners and insurance companies.

In these cases, so far all vehicle parts replaced or large areas repainted. This time-consuming and expensive affair doesn’t have to be! The dents are pressing gently away at the inside of the plate from the inside to the outside. Thus, the plate (the Dent) in its original form is massaged, without damaging the paint. Models with the special tools not on Struts, accessible, can be removed even without a trace by the train technology (adhesive) from the outside. This quick and inexpensive procedure is performed using special tools.

I only had my doubts whether it looks really new then, but I was convinced. The result was 100%. It saved me a new paint job on the car and I had no impairment on the car as a result.

Window tinting is for all young people of great interest. The classic window tinting in Germany is on the rise. But it applies to imported vehicles from the EU to abide by the rules of the technical monitoring Association (TuV). But that is not always the case. In window tinting for imported vehicles the thing looks different. According to the case-law in Germany, a car prior to admission must perform an inspection.

Illegal film tinting z.b opacity in window tinting can cancel the TuV approval for that imported car lead. Typically, a fine and the forced removal of the foil is assigned. All slides are designed in Germany for car Windows are tested according to strict criteria of the technical monitoring Association (TuV). The to the time best automotive films are produced by “Suntek”. The company “Suntek” comes from the United States and can produce for many European countries, including Germany, in the States.

When bonding to You get handed out an ABE (general approval) their vehicle after the window tinting services by your professional, which allows you to run this window tinting under German law on your car. The ABE allowed but only the tint from the B-pillar. The windscreen and the front side Windows must not be covered with foil. Except on the front windscreen, a 15 cm solar wedge can be used above, while the anti-glare wedge must not hinder the driver. An assigned unique TuV paragraph each film tinting TuV-approved which is used in Germany. This TuV number is marked directly ex works for the German market on the lower part of the slide. Each decaled car window must present number this TuV according to German law. The number can be subsequently no longer attached. Should you now be stopped, need demonstrate only the ABG, the ABG and the slide number must match. If you now pretended themselves to all held, have to be a lot of fun with have their window tinting. The tint is usually many years, there are Scheibentoner which will give you a 7 year warranty. Jorg of Fakhri