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13. Cycling street
A cycling street is a street designed or legally designated to give cyclists a prominent position in mixed traffic. Motor vehicles may usually enter, but they must adapt their speed and driving behaviour to the presence of cyclists.
Depending on the country, cyclists may be permitted to use more of the carriageway and motor vehicles may be prohibited from overtaking them. The speed limit, priority rules, permitted vehicles and beginning and end of the street depend on local traffic signs and regulations.
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How should I interpret a cycling-priority street in Germany?
A signed Fahrradstraße normally permits bicycles and the personal light-electric vehicles covered by the Regulations. Other vehicle traffic needs a supplementary permission, but may cross at a junction to reach a continuing road. A Fahrradzone applies related rules over a signed area.
🔗 gesetze-im-internet.de • Germany StVO: §§5(4),8–9; Annex 2, signs 244.1–244.4
Which driving rules matter on a mixed cycling street in Germany?
The limit is 30 km/h. Permitted motor traffic must not endanger or obstruct cyclists and must slow further if necessary. Cyclists may ride side by side; overtaking remains subject to safe-clearance rules.
🔗 gesetze-im-internet.de • Germany StVO: §§5(4),8–9; Annex 2, signs 244.1–244.4
Which priority rules apply on cycling streets in Germany?
The bicycle-street rules expressly retain the remaining road rules. There is no automatic priority at every junction from the designation alone. Obey priority signs and signals rather than assuming the cycling route takes precedence.
🔗 gesetze-im-internet.de • Germany StVO: §§5(4),8–9; Annex 2, signs 244.1–244.4
Lane for cyclists.
English • Traffic sign 244.1 • Beginning of a cycle street.
Deutsch • Verkehrszeichen 244.1 • Beginn einer Fahrradstraße.
🔗 Sources
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🔗 Verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de • VzKat, Anhang (Gesamtübersicht)
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End of the lane for cyclists.
English • Traffic sign 244.2 • End of a cycle street.
Deutsch • Verkehrszeichen 244.2 • Ende einer Fahrradstraße.
🔗 Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Verwaltungsvorschriften-im-internet.de • VzKat, Anhang (Gesamtübersicht)
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
see disciption • Public domain • Source revision 2017-03-06. Wikimedia original unmodified.

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