Traffic club

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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

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

Clubs with a focus on bicycles

Clubs with a focus on motorcycles

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

Individual evidence

  1. Die Welt: Kfz protection letters beat the ADAC on price , accessed on March 18, 2013
  2. Good advice: Automobile clubs: Enormous price differences ( Memento from December 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 18, 2013
  3. Focus: PANNENHILFE: Engel under pressure , accessed on March 18, 2013