Unicycles and the law in Germany

[Wolfgang Stroessner]

Hello everybody!

I read Jodie McNeill's request about legal considerations in New South Wales.
This is a very interesting question as I'm riding my uni very often on the road.
So I wonder if you could give me some advise for the same topic under German
law. There are some more specific questions I am interested in:

1. Can I legally ride on the road?
2. Can I legally ride on the sidewalk?
3. Am I made to have lighting like bikes?
4. In Germany there is a traffic sign called "Stopschild" (with a car you have
to stop in front of such a sign, by bike you have to stop and put at least
one foot to the floor). Is it ok, when I idle or bounce at such a sign for
some seconds or is a dismount compulsory?

Thanks in advance,
Wolfgang

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