Important change: You have to add to your car first aid kit, otherwise you risk a fine
Created: 02/11/2022, 1:48 p.m
By: Markus Hofstetter
Motorists will have to upgrade their first aid kits this year.
If you don't do this, the first aid kit will be considered incomplete and you will be fined.
Munich - It is a little noticed, but all the more important piece of equipment in the car: the first aid kit.
Normally, when buying a car, people check whether a first-aid kit is available - after that it falls into oblivion.
This year at the latest, you should bring the first aid kit back to mind.
Because from 2022 you will have to upgrade it, it must be supplemented with two mouth and nose covers.
However, it is not yet clear whether it has to be an FFP2 mask or whether a medical mask is sufficient.
Car first aid kit must be supplemented with masks: the rule also applies after the pandemic
It is also not yet clear when exactly the new regulation will come into force.
Because the "mask requirement" in the car is to come with the next change in the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO) in the course of this year.
What is certain, however, is that it will also apply to the period after the corona pandemic.
In order to avoid possible fines, the first aid kit should be expanded to include two mouth and nose covers as quickly as possible.
To be on the safe side, you should get FFP2 masks.
Because if your car does not have a first aid kit or if this is not complete, this is a violation of the StVZO.
As a rule, a fine of five euros is then due.
If you are a vehicle owner and have someone else drive your car with an incomplete first-aid kit, you have to pay ten euros.
Car first aid kit must be supplemented with masks: also check the expiry date
While you're in the process of stocking up on your first aid kit, you should also check the expiration date printed on the box.
Bandages or compresses have an expiry date because they are packaged sterile.
As a rule, the durability of the materials is at least four years.
If the expiry date of certain dressing materials or the entire first aid kit has passed, it should be replaced.
Because at the next main inspection (HU) can otherwise be complained about as a minor defect.
A traffic check threatens a fine of up to ten euros.
Car first aid kit must be supplemented with masks: Quads must also have a first aid kit with them
Who in Germany needs to have a first-aid kit with them?
According to the StVZO, this applies to all trucks and cars, including quads.
Buses with more than 22 seats even have to carry two first-aid kits.
Excluded from the obligation are motorcycles, invalid wheelchairs as well as tractors and work machines in agricultural or forestry operations.
When buying a first aid kit, you must ensure that it complies with DIN standard no. 13164.
This defines the exact content.
If you want to assemble the first aid kit yourself, you must obtain the individual parts specified in the DIN standard.
According to ADAC, these are so far:
1 adhesive plaster, DIN 13019-A, 5 mx 2.5 cm
4 adhesive bandages, DIN 13019-E, 10 cm x 6 cm
2 bandages, DIN 13151-M
1 bandage, DIN 13151-G
1 bandage, DIN 13152-BR, 40 cm x 60 cm
1 bandage cloth, DIN 13152-A, 60 cm x 80 cm
6 compresses, 10 cm x 10 cm
2 fixation bandages, DIN 61634-FB-6
3 fixation bandages, DIN 61634-FB-8
2 triangular cloths, DIN 13 168- D
1 rescue blanket, 210 x 160 cm
1 first-aid scissors, DIN 58279-A 145
4 disposable gloves, DIN EN 455
1 first-aid brochure
2 wet wipes for cleaning the skin
1 14-piece ready- to-use plaster set
1 bandage K
What to do with expired parts from the car first aid kit: Dispose of or donate
What can you do with an expired first aid kit?
The expired contents should not be taken to the household pharmacy, but should be disposed of.
Because the material should also be sterile for first-aid services at home.
It would be better, however, to give the expired products to a provider of first aid courses such as the Red Cross.
These are usually grateful for such donations.
