@article{ref1,
title=""Pedelecs": legal principles, technical properties, acceleration and brake tests of a rapidly growing group of road users",
journal="VKU Verkehrsunfall und Fahrzeugtechnik",
year="2015",
author="Fischer, Hendrik",
volume="53",
number="2",
pages="70-80",
abstract="The article deals with power assisted bicycles, which are called pedal-electric cycles or abbreviated &quot;pedelecs&quot;. First, the legal principles related to electric bicycles are explained. Hereby also the classifications of different types of pedelecs in some countries of the European Union are compared. Subsequently the technical properties of these bicycles are described. The main part of the article deals with driving experiments, in which different test persons conducted acceleration and braking tests. By the recorded accelerations and decelerations it was possible to calculate distances and speeds of the electric bicycles. The determined values may be used as connecting factors especially for accident reconstruction. Due to an increasing number of sold pedelecs, an increase in the number of accidents, in which pedelecs are involved can be expected.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0724-2050",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}