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Sachsenring

Conditions of participation and insurance

1. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

  • Every participant in a driving safety course on the Sachsenring has to have a valid driving licence.
  • Participants use their own car in driving safety training. Under winter conditions, all cars used for training purposes have to be equipped with winter tyres. If desired, we will be pleased to organise rental cars for you at the current rates.
  • Seat belts have to be fastened at all times during driving safety training.
  • Wearing a crash helmet is compulsory during Race Track Training and Perfection Drift Training.
  • Each driver may be accompanied by one person. Children below the age of 12 may definitely not be in the car during training. The Sachsenring Road Safety Centre will not take out any accident insurance for passengers. During driving safety training, accompanying persons are not permitted to drive a car themselves on the grounds of the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre. Only participants of a driving training course may be present at the theory seminar. Please, DO NOT bring any pets to the driving safety training.
  • Orders given by the instructors of the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre have to be obeyed. Repeated gross violation of orders given by the instructors may lead to the exclusion of the respective person from further training. Moreover, the excluded person will have no claim whatsoever to demand any reimbursement of the course fee. In such a situation the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre will also accept no liability for any resulting damage.
  • The organiser or instructor can cancel, stop or postpone the training if
    * less than 8 participants have been registered, or
    * the weather conditions do not permit the training without endangering the participants or the cars used, or
    * technical reasons make an unhindered training impossible.
  • The rules of the German Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) and the Regulations governing the suitability of vehicles for road traffic (StVZO) are in force everywhere on the grounds of the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre.

2. CONDITIONS OF INSURANCE for car intensive training, car perfection training 1 and 2 and van-intensive training

  • Cars used in driving safety training that have a fully comprehensive insurance are generally covered by their existing insurance.
  • Cars without fully comprehensive insurance can be OPTIONALLY INSURED as follows:
    * car, max.cover: 25,000.- Euro: premium per vehicle: 10.00 Euro
    * car, max.cover: 50,000.- Euro: premium per vehicle: 15.00 Euro
    * van up to a load of 1 ton: max. cover: 50,000.- Euro: premium per vehicle: 16.15 Euro
  • Excess in case of damage will be: 500.00 Euro per car and 1,000.- Euro per van.
  • The above premium provides cover for one day; if desired, it can be added to the price of the training at the time of making the booking. The premium must be paid in advance: at the latest on the day of the training, on location and before the beginning of the practical part of the training. The excess stipulations shall not be affected by this.
  • Verkehrssicherheitszentrum Sachsenring will provide no accident insurance for passengers.
  • During road safety training there is NO insurance cover for all non-standard parts added to the vehicle's exterior such as roof racks, roof boxes, additional lights, etc.
  • On the day of the training the instructor in charge will explain the conditions of insurance in detail in the course of the theoretical introduction (i.e. before the practical part). If there should be any questions, they should be asked and settled right there and then.
  • Vehicles will have NO insurance cover when returning to the starting line on the training tracks or changing to another training track and during sightseeing and introductory tours.

3. CONDITIONS of INSURANCE for car perfection training 3, drift and race track trainings as well as for driving a formula or Clio racing car or a kart and being a passenger in a 'racing taxi', 'drift taxi' and a 'rally taxi'

  • Participants taking part in the above mentionned activities resp. activity modules do so at ther own rist, exempting Verkehrssicherheitszentrum Sachsenring from all liability.
  • No liability will be accepted for persons driving on the circuits of Verkehrssicherheitszentrum Sachsenring outside road safety training. Before the beginning of a respective activity, erery customer will be given opportunity to familiarise themselves with the full text concerning the exemption from liability and will have to sign a respective waiver.
  • Anybody who, in the course af an activity, causes damage on the premises of Verkehrssicherheitszentrum Sachsenring (e.g. to crash barriers, lawns, etc.) has to pay full compensation. The instructor in charge has to be notified of any damage AT ONCE, or - at the very latest - immediately after the end of the training.
  • If any of the following cars are used, excess in case of damage is 3,000.- Euro:
    * formula Junior racing car
    * Renault Clio touring-car
    * BMW 320i
    * Mercedes CL 500
    * Mitsubishi EVO 9

4. CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

  • All invoices - except those for gift vouchers - have to be paid in full within 14 days of receiving the invoice.
  • Invoices for gift vouchers have to be paid immediately. Gift vouchers can only be cancelled by the buyer. However this will incur a handdling fee of 10% of the invoice amount.
  • If the customer fails to appear for the booked training without having effectively cancelled the contract in advance, the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre is entitled to the whole gross price agreed on.
  • Cancellation of the contract by the participant has to be in writing and must be sent by mail or by fax. The period of notice begins on the day on which the notice is received by the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre. In case of doubt, the customer has to prove that the notice has been received at the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre.

PERIODS OF NOTICE

If the customer cancels the contract ...

  • within 14 days of making the booking, no cancellation fee will be charged.
  • up to 9 months before the agreed date of the training, the customer will be charged 20% of the contracted gross price.
  • between 8 months and 7 months before the agreed date, the customer will be charged 35%
  • between 6 months and 90 days before the agreed date, the customer will be charged 50%.
  • between 90 and 30 days before the agreed date, the customer will be charged 75%.
  • as from the 29th day before the agreed date, the customer will have to pay 90% of the agreed-on gross price.
  • The client is at liberty to prove that the damage to the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre caused by his/her cancellation respectively absence without prior cancellation was either nonexistent or substantially lower than the agreed-on cancellation fees. If the client is able to provide conclusive proof of such claim, the lump-sum fee will be accordingly reduced or waived completely.
  • Up to thee months before the event, the Sachsenring Road Safety Centre (Verkehrssicherheitszentrum Sachsenring GmbH&Co.KG) has the right to cancel an agreed date if this is necessitated by a change in the date of a large-scale event or by the addition of a new large-scale event. No damages claims of the hirer will be accepted.


Verkehrssicherheitszentrum Am Sachsenring GmbH & Co.KG

Am Sachsenring 2
09353 Oberlungwitz

Phone +49 (0) 37 23 / 65 33 0
Fax +49 (0) 37 23 / 65 33 55

office hours:
daily: 8am – 5pm