Party bike
A bar bike, in Germany also known under the designations protected Beer Bike and Bike Party, is a four-wheeled bicycle group, which is driven by pedals. In addition, it is equipped with a breakfast bar, a beer tap, and often a music system. Purpose of the vehicle is to allow a combination of locomotion and celebrations. The bar bicycle was invented in 2000 under the name Fietscafé of the Dutch brothers Zwier and Henk van Laar in the village Kootwijkerbroek (village of Barneveld ).
Operation
The bar bike works on the basic principle of the bicycle. The passengers sit facing each other at a table and the pedals that drive the vehicle. A driver steers and brakes.
Dissemination
In Germany bar bikes will normally be rented in major cities from commercial suppliers for parties, social outings and sightseeing tours. In the UK, the Netherlands, the United States and Ireland are comparable vehicles spread. Currently, there are 34 cities in Germany providers in the Netherlands are 27 bar bikes in operation and in the U.S. 20 (October 2012).
A Fietscafé in Utrecht, Netherlands
As Pedal Pub marketed bar bike in Minneapolis
A pedal bus in Dublin, Ireland
A party bike in Hermosa Beach, California
Bar bike at night in Arizona
A ' LimoBike ' in Amsterdam
Criticism
Be criticized counter bicycles on the one hand because of the often drunken passengers, on the other hand, because the relatively large, up to one ton heavy and slow vehicles represent a significant traffic congestion especially in large cities.
The driving around from bar bikes in the middle of the towns signaling " drinking and driving, but goes together ," argues the German police union. Full drunken had no place in the traffic.
ADAC welcomes a ban on bar bicycles on public roads, because alcohol consumption and on the road, do not match his view.
Legal situation
Dusseldorf forbade the first city in Germany to a beer bike owner the use of public roads without a special permit. Against complained the commercial operators by multiple instances. On August 28, 2012, the Federal Administrative Court ruled that counter bicycles in Germany not allowed to drive on public roads because they do not meet the street legal public use, but rather represent requires a permit special use by " the vast destination [ ... ] performing [ ... ] Events on the street " is and not on the road ," so the event character in relation to the change of location prevails ". Even before the Administrative Court failed an operator who wanted to sue the city of Münster for issuance of a special use permit.
Cars similar
- The Conference Bike