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With over 18 million members in May 2012, 1 is the largest automobile club in Europe is also the largest association rider in the world, with 1 5 million members.
Both the ADAC, and his former rival AvD the organizer of the Grand Prix of Germany, are members of the FIA and the DMSB The European Grand Prix former Eifelrennen ADAC 24 Hours of Nurburgring and many others races are organized by ADAC.
ADAC also operates a large fleet of mobile mechanics in yellow cars that assist motorists in trouble - the Yellow Angels ADAC runs its own modification center whereby ordinary vans are turned into mobile garages represent only pictures Ford Galaxies in 55 hours.
In addition, the ADAC provides 44 air ambulance helicopters for emergency medical rescues in Germany, strategically placed so that any place is a 15-minute air ambulance jets are used by the ADAC to save their members with a membership more or customers who have international travel insurance ADAC anywhere in the world in case of accident or extreme illness ADAC also offers its members the German non-residents, having signed contracts with car clubs around the world in the UK, it is possible to have a breakdown recovery by local AA while having a membership ADAC citation needed.
ADAC is editor of the magazine with the largest distribution in Germany, ADAC Motorwelt The magazine is also distributed in the German ADAC members outside of Germany, presents articles of common interest to all participants public traffic, such as product testing, safe driving tips and also places to visit by car or motorcycle.
On June 3, 2008, the ADAC has suspended its participation in the FIA Max Mosley scandal and its maintenance as FIA president after two.
ADAC has reciprocal agreements with a range of international subsidiaries, including.
ADAC was founded May 24, 1903 Hotel Hotel Silver Silber Stuttgart as Deutsche Motorradfahrer-Vereinigung German Motorbikers Association, with an annual fee of six marks 3 After a name change in 1911 he became the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club Prussian Eagle, which for many years was the main feature of ADAC badge was chosen as the symbol of the organization in appreciation of the support received from the German Kaiser who was also hereditary king of Prussia.
The helpdesk BREAK-DOWN ADAC was launched in Germany in 1927 4.
During the Nazi period from 1934, all motorists organizations and clubs have been replaced by Der Deutsche Automobil-Club eV the Car German club which was closely associated with the National Socialist body motor After the Second World War, ADAC was restored to Bavaria in 1946, and from 1948 he was also allowed to operate in other Western occupation zones in 1949, would become the Federal Republic of West Germany.
In 1954, Heinz Frölich became the first of this year's ADAC 56 patrol boat equipped with a motorcycle-sidecar combination, 5 of which the car side consisted of a large compartment filled with tools and parts for repairs on the edge These original drive ADAC Gelbe Engel yellow angels used motorcycles NSU Konsul 5.
At the end of 1962 ADAC announced the retirement of their motor-bike-sidecar combinations that would be replaced by 40 suitably equipped Volkswagen Beetles 6 equipment on new cars included a flashing skylights, repair tools, a radio communication device, cylinders of compressed air, a plurality of shovel and a broom, and a basic medical kit incorporating blood plasma-6.
In 1974, the organization had 3 8 million members at a time when there were 19 0 million registered passenger cars in Germany by 1990 membership has increased to 10 from 2 million to 35 5 million passenger cars registered in the country, so the ADAC membership has increased more than two times faster than the national property 7 drive growth during the twenty years that followed were greatly stimulated by German reunification.
May 2012 was when the organization welcomed its 18 millionth member, 1 had additional step being concluded in May 2013, the ADAC equipped its 10,000th vehicle roadside assistance, a Volkswagen Touran is fitted with hundreds of different tools and spare parts 8.
ADAC is an active member of EuroRAP Road Assessment Program European Germany 9 ADAC regularly publishes maps showing the security features of German roads 10.
These cards based on the road protection protocol EuroRAP Star Rating Score or Protocol is a measure of how a road protects road users in case of accident data on the characteristics of the road is collected by driving through roadside inspections using an RPS inspection vehicle specially equipped vehicle Straßentest German qualified assessors then rate the security characteristics and risks on the road and inspected using the standard formula to produce a note of safety assessment of stars comparable in Europe 11.
ADAC also undertakes roadside inspections on behalf of the other members EuroRAP, including the Foundation for road safety in the UK 12.
The European Campaign for the safe design of roads is a partnership of 28 major players in the European road safety which calls on the EC to invest in safe road infrastructure initiatives that could reduce deaths on European roads by 33 in less 13 a decade ADAC is the partner country in Germany.
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