Bicycle

Bicycles with electric motors are popular: every fifth person over the age of 55 owns a pedelec. This is the result of a recent representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute Kantar Public on behalf of the German Road Safety Council (DVR). “The pedelec has become part of everyday life for older road users: 71 percent of over 55-year-olds ride their electric bike at least once a week,” says DVR President Manfred Wirsch. “Tour de Freude – sicher unterwegs mit dem Pedelec” (Tour of Joy – safe cycling on a pedelec) is the name of the DVR’s nationwide prevention campaign to prevent accidents involving pedelecs.