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I was wondering in which way remote controlled "toy" cars are treated from law side in the European Union and especially Germany while being on public (play) streets or sidewalks.

I put "toy" in quotes, because I am mostly interested in the bigger ones used e.g. in sports/ competitions.

Searching the web, I came to REGULATION (EU) No 168/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles.

Based on this, I would say that they are vehicle category L6e-A, but these would e.g. require a suitable driving license and type approval, which is not appearently both not required for these kind of cars.

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    Is your toy faster than 6 km/h and equipped with a seat? Otherwise the EU regulation doesn't apply. "treated from law side" is very broad. Can you be more specific?
    – Roland
    Commented Aug 25, 2022 at 8:28
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    What are "public (play) streets"?
    – user35069
    Commented Aug 25, 2022 at 9:10
  • @Rick This came from dict.leo.org. In German they are called "Spielstraße", where children are allowed to play and cars have to drive very very slow and take care for them.
    – Torsten Knodt
    Commented Aug 29, 2022 at 6:07
  • @Roland The ones for the children are probably not faster than 6km/h. However, I never clocked them. The ones they use in competitions for sure are much faster than that. The fastest RC car I have ever read of can at least drive 100 km/h. Seats, at least ones in which humans fit, for sure they do not have due to their size. I did not want to write type approval here, because there could be e.g. requirements for self certification. The question is at the end, if an accident happens or something like that, which laws are applied.
    – Torsten Knodt
    Commented Aug 29, 2022 at 6:13
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    "Spielstraße" is colloquial. The official term is "Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich" (traffic-calmed area).
    – Roland
    Commented Aug 29, 2022 at 6:23

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