Light moped

Sachs 301 engine

A light moped is a moped (motorized bicycle) that is exempt from wearing a helmet at a maximum speed of 20 km / h .

features

The requirements are:

• design-related maximum speed 20 km / h
• Motorization: maximum 30 cm³ displacement, maximum 0.5  kW
• Rim diameter: between 26 and 28  inches
• Tire width: maximum 1.75 inches
• Empty weight: maximum 30 kg
• Length of the crank: at least 169 mm
• Noise level maximum 65  db (A)

The legal basis for today's lightweight scooter is lightweight moped exception Regulation (StVRAusnV) of 26 March 1993, the precursor of the first light moped exception regulation was of 26 February 1987, which came suspended on February 28 1990th

Traffic law

The light moped is a moped in Germany under traffic law, the legal details are listed in the article there.

If the light moped has an electric drive, then it also belongs to the term e-bike , which since December 14, 2016 has been defined in Section 39 of the StVO as "single-seat two-wheeled mopeds with electric drive that move at a speed of more than 25 km / h switches off automatically ".

Cycle paths may be used outside of built-up areas, inside town only if they are explicitly approved for moped vehicles, regardless of the type of drive or, in the case of an electric drive, are approved for e-bikes.

Examples

The only representative of the light moped with combustion engine in Germany so far was the Saxonette with the Sachs 301 engine.

Web links

Wiktionary: Moped  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordinances on exceptions to road traffic regulations. BGBl. I 1993, 395. StVRAusnV
2. ↑ Federal Law Gazette No. 17 of March 12, 1987, pages 755 and 756.
3. ^ First ordinance to change the road traffic regulations, announced in the Federal Law Gazette on December 13, 2016, in force since December 14, 2016