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Daytime running lights from 2014 - also for e-bikes?

The second package of the "Via sicura" road safety program will be implemented from 1 January 2014. This includes, among other things, the obligation to ride with lights on during the day. Does this obligation also apply to electric bikes?

Motor vehicles such as cars, vans, trucks, cars and motorcycles have had to ride with their lights on during the day since 2014. According to the Federal Roads Office "Astra", mopeds, e-bikes and bicycles are exempt from this obligation, as are vehicles that were put on the road before 1970.

The remaining measures of the "Via sicura" road safety program are to come into force from 2015. These include quality assurance in driving aptitude assessments, updating the minimum medical requirements (including differentiated restrictions on driving licenses for senior citizens), mandatory follow-up training for offenders, the use of data recording devices and alcohol immobilizers and the introduction of evidential breath alcohol testing.Daytime running lights on bicycles or e-bikes are now not required by law, but still give cyclists greater visibility in road traffic. The German lighting specialist Busch und Müller introduced the daytime running light to its product range back in 2010 under the name "Licht 24".

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