Police control report 2018

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Motorcycle noise

Debate about the volume of motorcycles

Police control report 2018
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Police control report 2018

Police control report 2018

Police control report 2018

Police control report 2018

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In the Bavarian Forest holiday region, the “Lower Bavaria control group” could be seen at work.

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Gray area: retrofit brake lever without KBA number, but with an unclear legal position.

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Well-lit: Driving without a dB killer costs from 90 euros plus administration fees.

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Measured: Less than 1.6 mm profile costs 60 euros and earns one point.

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Unscrewed: If the gas stop is missing, the performance does not match the driver’s license.

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Offense: Without a valid driver’s license. Everything was fine at KTM.

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The route: below the Grober Arber (1,456 m) is popular. Controls were carried out in two places.

Sports & scene

Police control report 2018

Report on police controls in 2018
Control is better …

Apparently, trust alone is not enough, as the noise and accident figures prove. Bavaria has 2018 in all administrative districts “Motorcycle control groups” introduced by the police. In the Bavarian Forest holiday region, the “Control group Lower Bavaria” watch at work.

Michael Schumann

08/03/2018

Colleague who wanted to leave here wanted to turn around when he saw the control!” Suddenly the relaxed, almost chatty atmosphere at the control point in the Bavarian Forest gave way to concentrated attention. Three police officers stand around the Aprilia RSV 4 while their driver hesitantly removes his helmet:”Driver’s license and vehicle papers please!” While driving away in a civilian BMW, Chief Police Officer Markus Volkl happened to see the Aprilia driver’s alleged attempt to escape and, by virtue of the authority of his uniform, asked him to drive back to the checkpoint immediately. The boy’s face that comes out from under the helmet grins somewhat embarrassed. Meanwhile, police chief Daniela Kleinert and her colleague Frank Stadler from the Lower Bavaria Motorcycle Control Group examine the around ten-year-old Aprilia. Stadler shines a flashlight into the retrofitted Leo Vince bags, then nods with satisfaction: “db eaters are included, tires are okay, the rest is standard.” And to the driver: “I don’t understand why you wanted to leave before us? We don’t bite. Here, please, your papers, and have a good trip.”

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Cooperation between Germany and the Czech Republic

It’s a hot summer Saturday. Officials of the control group have positioned themselves in three places on the street above the village of Bayerisch Eisenstein. Twice for a classic stop control that is targeted and exclusively aimed at motorcyclists. And once for the general speed control down in the local area. The border with the Czech Republic runs right through Bayerisch Eisenstein, Železná Ruda is the name of the municipality on the other side. Because many Czechs travel by motorcycle in this popular holiday region, a uniformed person from the Czech police supports the Bavarian officials in cross-border cooperation with the controls.


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It was checked in two places.

And the Czech colleague has to step in as an interpreter. The Bavarian police officers have waved out a Czech KTM rider whose 690 single-cylinder is shooting much too loudly from the open Akrapovic pot. One thing is clear: administrative offense – expired operating license, the man has to pay. 90 euros, which are due on the spot for him as a foreigner. But he only has crowns with him. And a debit card. The Czech policeman takes his compatriot’s ID as a deposit and then sends him back to Bayerisch Eisenstein to withdraw euros, where there is an ATM.

More safety for motorcyclists

The motorcycle control group in Lower Bavaria consists of 13 officers. Everyone has something to do with motorcycles, they drive themselves, one of them trained as a motorcycle mechanic before going to the police force. The group was created in 2017 based on the model of the one from Upper Bavaria, which has existed since 2014, which mainly controls mountain routes such as Sudelfeld and Kesselberg, but also on the highways of the Alpine foothills. “We are not interested in spoiling motorcyclists’ fun”, says Markus Volkl, who asked the Aprilia driver to do the inspection. Volkl is the deputy head of traffic at the police headquarters in Lower Bavaria. “Our aim is to create more safety for motorcyclists, to identify and sanction black sheep”, he says and means mainly speed sinners and riot bikers whose machines are illegally loud.


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Driving without a dB killer costs around 90 euros.

Volkl’s colleague Police Chief Inspector Melanie Ott explains the background: In 2017, the number of bikers killed in accidents in winding and sometimes mountainous Lower Bavaria rose significantly for the first time – everywhere. There are no classic accident black spots, which requires comprehensive controls in addition to prevention. And in every second of the 18 fatal crashes in Lower Bavaria last year, excessive speed was one of the causes of the accident. Therefore, no speedier should feel safe here, said the Commissioner. As in the future in all other administrative districts of Bavaria, where control groups have also been in use since 2018: “Our goal is to increase the risk of discovery.”

Front runner 54 km / h too fast

That Saturday in Bayerisch Eisenstein, of 365 measured cars and motorcycles, 88 were discovered that were faster than the 50 km / h permitted. Among them was a 42-year-old German motorcyclist as the front runner who was flashed at 104 km / h (200 euros, two points, one month driving ban). On the other hand, the quota at the stop controls only for motorcycles was rather low: With around 300 bikes, some of which the officers looked deep into the exhaust and papers, there were only 17 complaints. Including several, in the opinion of the police, inadmissible brake levers, bought as cheap China goods on the Internet. Or worn tires, removed dB eater and, on a Ducati, a dangerously open clutch cover. The Duc had to make the way home by ADAC transporter.


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Retrofit brake levers without a KBA number are in the gray area.

On the other hand, a Suzuki Intruder driver was allowed to continue. But only after he had had to promise the police officer that he would wear a real motorcycle helmet and not a dark-colored fire helmet in the future. In the area of ​​such warnings, the control officers can use their discretion generously: “He was understanding and allowed himself to be talked to normally. That is more important to me than that I take 15 euros from him”, says Robert Huber *, “Hello, have a good trip.” When the old Suzuki is two curves away again and you can still hear the V2 roar, a colleague looks over at Huber questioningly: “Why didn’t we look at the exhaust??” Huber shrugs his shoulders and mumbles something “old, insulation, burnt out … let it be.”

Commentary Michael Schumann (MOTORRAD reporter)

No motorcyclist is happy when he sees the trowel and has to stop. Neither do I. But if that were always within the framework as here, then I would think that’s fine. Because these officials didn’t want to annoy anyone. It was important to them that, by and large, everything had to fit – that is, a safe motorcycle and a suitable driver’s license. And if someone has to pay a lot because he has screwed out the dB eater and is on the road with a roaring pipe, then that’s fine with me. The noise is on the point of me too. What I find borderline, however, are the complained, because allegedly inadmissible brake levers. According to MOTORRAD research, one can argue about whether such retrofitted levers, if they do not correspond to the original and do not have a KBA number, are expressly forbidden.


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Mike Schumann on the apparently unclear legal situation regarding the admissibility of accessory brake levers.

Which neither TuV nor IVM want to officially confirm. Why? Because of course they should be banned. Because so that we don’t get ourselves wrong: This is not a plea for potentially dangerous cheap levers from China! But one thing against the legal gray area on such an important topic. It cannot be that the question of the price of the brake lever is the basis for a decision for or against a police complaint. Just the statement: “For example, if it’s an LSL lever, we can assume that everything is okay” may testify to the officer’s expertise, because many police officers have certainly never heard of LSL, ABM or Rizoma. But it also shows that clear conditions are required here.

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