Help from the city police control center

You can call at any time if you need help or information.

The telephone number is: 0611 31-4444.

Important laws
There are many different traffic laws in Germany. The most important traffic laws are

The Road Traffic Act (StVG)
The Road Traffic Regulations (StVO)

The police monitor traffic, which makes traffic on the roads safer.

In addition to monitoring traffic, the police check the speed of moving vehicles, for example. There are many other tasks that the police perform to monitor traffic. These tasks are carried out by the municipal police and the state police.

There are many rules in traffic that you have to follow. However, sometimes people do not follow these traffic rules. In order for traffic to be safe, it is very important that the municipal police ensure that everyone abides by these rules.

The part of the city police that is responsible for traffic belongs to the "traffic police". The "traffic police" ensure safety and order in road traffic. It does this by controlling traffic.

Its tasks include

• General traffic monitoring
• Finding violations of traffic regulations, for example parking violations, speeding violations, red light violations, etc.
• Compulsory unstamping of vehicles
• Towing away vehicles for traffic violations
• Removal of unregistered vehicles from the road
• Regulation of traffic on the roads
• Fire department patrols
• Receiving information from people about faults with parking ticket machines
• Checking that all rules for special use on the roads are observed