Snow tire Law: There is no set date to where you have to put on snow tires, but the law clearly states that under icy conditions (Black ice, Snow, Slush, Ice and Frost) you must not drive without snow tires on your vehicle. In Germany we go by the rule “O. to O.”, October…
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May is a strange weather month in Northern Europe. The past few Aprils in Frankfurt have had a high number of quite warm and sunny days, even if they start out with cool temperatures in the mornings. As May began, however, the temperatures have headed south, or, gone down. You have the heat running, and…
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I know a lot of people know the sirens from back home, being used for Tornado alarms or wildfires.We too use sirens, but not just for bad weather. So here are the common uses and signals for the German sirens, you really only have to worry about the first one, that’s the warning for imminent…
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