Traffic club
A traffic club is an organization that represents the interests of all or certain road users . The most common form with the largest number of members is the automobile club . It offers members car-related services such as breakdown assistance , insurance , travel and buyer information. In addition, some automobile clubs see themselves as lobbyists for drivers. Other traffic clubs are e.g. B. were founded out of ecological objectives and as lobby organizations, but usually also offer the members traffic-related services. The clubs stand with each other and with other providers, such as B. Insurance, in constant competition for members and membership fees.
Clubs with a focus on automobiles
In German-speaking countries
- General German Automobile Club (ADAC), largest automobile club in Germany
- Auto Club Europa (ACE), the second largest automobile club in Germany
- General German Motorsport Association (ADMV)
- Automobile Club of Switzerland (ACS)
- ACV Automobile Club Traffic (ACV)
- Automobile Club of Germany (AvD)
- Car, Motor and Cyclists Association of Austria (ARBÖ)
- Car and Travel Club Germany (ARCD)
- Brother Aid Automobile and Road Safety Club (BAVC)
- Driver protection (KS)
- Mobil in Deutschland eV, founded in 2009, with a focus on the insurance business
- New automobile and traffic club (NAVC)
- Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club (ÖAMTC), the largest automobile club in Austria
- Touring Club Switzerland (TCS), largest automobile club in Switzerland
- Württembergischer Automobilclub 1899 (WAC), oldest still existing automobile club in Germany
- Automobile Club of Luxembourg (ACL), the only automobile club in Luxembourg.
Historic automobile associations
On November 12, 1895, France's oldest automobile club was founded in Paris : Automobile Club de France (ACF). A co-founder was Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe .
On September 30, 1897, the first German automobile association was founded in Berlin : the Central European Motor Vehicle Association (MMV). The select committee included: Factory director and engineer Carl Benz (Ladenburg), Gottlieb Daimler (Cannstatt), engineer Rudolf Diesel (Munich), and others. a.
The oldest German automobile club still in existence in Stuttgart today is the Königlich Württembergische Automobilclub (KWA), which was entered in the register of associations in February 1899. The founding members were Robert Bosch , Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach . From the end of the monarchy until today it has been called WAC-Württembergischer Automobilclub 1899 eV
Under the leadership of the German Automobile Club (DAC), the Württemberg Automobile Club (WAC), the Frankfurter Automobile Club (FAC), the Berlin Automobile Club, the Cologne Automobile Club and the Bavarian Automobile Club (BAC) came together to form a cartel . More local and state clubs were brought into being in quick succession, and these also joined the cartel. As early as 1909, the DAC, which had been called the Imperial Automobile Club (KAC) since 1905, had 30 member clubs.
In addition to the Württemberg Automobile Club 1899, there are other former cartel clubs today: the Berlin Automobile Club, the Frankfurt Automobile Club and the Schleswig-Holstein Automobile Club.
Clubs with an ecological focus
- Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) - represents the interests of all road users for environmentally friendly and well-connected togetherness.
- Swiss Traffic Club (VCS)
- Austrian Transport Club (VCÖ)
- FUSS (Fachverband Fußverkehr Deutschland) represents the interests of pedestrians.
Clubs with a focus on bicycles
- ADFC (General German Bicycle Club) , represents the interests of cyclists in Germany.
- HPV (Human Powered Vehicles ─ Germany eV) , additional focus: recumbent cyclists
- ARGUS (Working Group on Environmentally Friendly Urban Transport) , Austria
- Pro Velo Switzerland
- European Cyclists' Federation (ECF ), umbrella organization
- IHPVA (International Human Powered Vehicle Association)
- WHPVA (World Human Powered Vehicle Association)
Clubs with a focus on motorcycles
- Kuhle Wampe motorcycle club , a club that is also active in general politics
- Biker Union , representation of interests for bikers, rockers and motorcyclists in Germany
- Blue Knights , an association specifically for police officers, customs officers and bailiffs
- Red Knights International Firefighters Motorcycle Club , association specifically for firefighters and their relatives
Furthermore, there are numerous motorcycle clubs , which are not, however, traffic clubs in the narrower sense, since their main focus is neither on representing traffic-political interests nor on traffic-related services and assistance.
Special traffic clubs
- Pro Bahn represents the interests of public transport passengers, in particular rail users.
- The Deutsche Verkehrswacht is dedicated to traffic education and traffic awareness.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Welt: Kfz protection letters beat the ADAC on price , accessed on March 18, 2013
- ↑ Good advice: Automobile clubs: Enormous price differences ( Memento from December 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 18, 2013
- ↑ Focus: PANNENHILFE: Engel under pressure , accessed on March 18, 2013