General
Rules For Driving The Nürburgring:
General:
The Nürburgring is made available for tourist drives on days when it is
not being used for racing or testing. For these days, the following rules
are to be obeyed. These are:
1 - Driving:
1) Driving on the Nürburgring is only permitted using vehicles which comply
with the law and which have a minimum speed of 40 km/h.
2) Every driver must own a valid drivers license and a valid ticket/permit
issued by Nürbrurgring GmbH.
2 - Use of the Nürburgring:
1) Joining and leaving the Nürburging is only allowed at the official
entrances and exits.
2) The Nürburgring is a one-way road and marked as such. It is driven
clockwise.
3) Vehicles must drive on the right, in particular when overtaken, on
crests, in bends or in case of breakdown.
4) On the whole Nürburgring, including the grass next to the track, stopping
is strictly forbidden. It is also forbidden to drive the wrong way on
the track.
5) Vehicles which have to be recovered from the track must also be recovered
in the correct direction.
6) The use of snow-chains and spiked tires is prohibited.
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- Velocity
1) Regulations regarding speed, as defined under Art. 3, Sect. 1 of the
German Highway Code, must be adhered to. [Which Laurens
tells us essentially says that you must be in full control of your vehicle
whatever speed you're travelling at, a most sensible approach to traffic
law - Ben]
2) Racing is prohibited. This includes attempting to set speed records
with individual vehicles.
3) The directions of safety cars and marshalls are to be followed. In
particular, the signal for "no overtaking". [I guess this
means yellow flags - Ben]
4) The speed limits in the start/finish-area have to obeyed by all visitors
to the Nürburgring.
5) The places marked as "construction site" have to be
driven slowly. The indicated speedlimits have to be followed. [Presumably
a reference to coned-off areas where armco repair, etc, is being undertaken.
Also, when the T13 diversion is in place, there is usually a speed limit
for that section. - Ben]
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4 - Liability and damage:
1) Nurburgring GmbH shall have no liability whatsoever.
2) Accidents as well as any damage to the track, the verges, the fences,
the crash barriers or any other Nürburgring property must be reported
to the staff of the Nürburgring GmbH. The cost of repairing any damage
and of any track closure must be paid by the person responsible. The cost
per hour can be viewed on request.
5 - Other:
1) Driving on the Steilstrecke and the sliproads ["rescue roads"]
is prohibited.
2) Filling up with fuel and oil is only allowed at the official fuelling
points. The engine must be turned off when refueling, as well as when
stationary at the start/finish.
3) The instructions of the staff of the Nürburgring must be followed.
4) Photo-, film-, and video-recordings are only allowed to be commercially
distributed with written permission of the Nürburgring GmbH.
[Since this, a complete ban on photography and video filming on the track
has been introduced, and in 2004 offenders will be banned - Ben]
6 - Penalties
For breaking any of these rules, the offender is charged DM100 (one hundred
Deutchmarks - about €50). Nürburgring GmbH has the right to ban the
offender from using the track.
Click here to see a scan of the original text in German
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