Terms of Use of Blitzerfux.de
This English translation is provided for convenience only. The German version (Nutzungsbedingungen) is legally binding.
Last updated: July 2026
Great to have you here. So that you know what you are getting into, these terms of use explain briefly and clearly how Blitzerfux works, what we do for you and what we do not, and which rights and obligations you have. Please read them before you submit your enquiry.
§ 1 Scope and provider
(1) Blitzerfux.de (hereinafter the "Portal") is a service of Kanzlei Werner Werts Rechtsanwalt, Anton-Bruckner-Str. 18, 91052 Erlangen (hereinafter "we", "us" or "the law firm").
(2) These terms of use apply to the use of the Portal and to the gratuitous contract for the free initial case review that you can conclude with us via the Portal.
(3) This service is aimed at consumers. The professional law governing lawyers, in particular the Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO – German Federal Lawyers' Act) and the Berufsordnung (BORA – Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers), remains unaffected in any event.
§ 2 What the Portal provides
(1) Via the Portal, we provide you with a technical infrastructure through which you can describe your case in the area of road traffic offences (fine matters) and submit documents to us, such as your fine notice (Bußgeldbescheid) or hearing form (Anhörungsbogen).
(2) On this basis, we offer you a free initial review of your case and, where appropriate, an offer to take on your mandate.
(3) In addition, the Portal provides calculators (for example fine and points calculators) and overviews such as the catalogue of fines (Bußgeldkatalog). These tools deliver automated, non-binding orientation values. They do not constitute legal advice in individual cases, do not replace a review by a lawyer and do not establish a mandate relationship. We do not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of these tools.
(4) The free initial review relates to fine matters and road traffic offences (Verkehrsordnungswidrigkeiten). Other matters, in particular road traffic criminal law (Verkehrsstrafrecht), are excluded from the free initial review; where appropriate, we will make you a separate offer for these (§ 7).
§ 3 How the user contract is concluded
(1) By submitting your enquiry via the Portal, you make an offer to conclude a contract for the free initial case review.
(2) A confirmation of receipt or a request for further information is not yet an acceptance of your offer. The contract is only concluded when we begin reviewing your information.
(3) We may decline your enquiry without stating reasons. There is no entitlement to the initial review or to the acceptance of the mandate. If we decline, you must ensure yourself that any running deadlines are met (§ 8).
§ 4 Your obligations
(1) Your information must be truthful and complete. Only then can we assess your case correctly.
(2) Please send us the official documents you have received so far in full, so that we can proceed from the current stage of the proceedings.
(3) If anything material changes after your enquiry and before we have contacted you, please notify us without delay by e-mail to geblitzt@blitzerfux.de.
(4) Use of the Portal is reserved for persons with full legal capacity. If you are a minor or your legal capacity is restricted, a contract is only concluded with the consent of your legal representatives.
§ 5 How the initial review works
(1) After receiving your documents, we will contact you and give you a free initial assessment of your fine matter.
(2) If it is a good fit, we will at the same time make you an offer to take on your mandate.
(3) For matters outside fine proceedings, in particular road traffic criminal law, § 7 applies.
§ 6 Taking on the mandate
(1) A mandate relationship is only established once you grant us a signed power of attorney and we accept the mandate. Only then will we act for you as your lawyers.
(2) There is no entitlement to the acceptance of the mandate. Until a mandate has been validly established, you remain responsible for meeting your deadlines yourself (§ 8).
§ 7 Costs
(1) The initial review of your fine matter is free of charge. It is carried out on the basis of the data and documents you provide to us.
(2) If a mandate is established, our fees are governed by the agreement made with you or, failing that, by the Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG – German Lawyers' Fees Act). If you have legal expenses insurance, we will, if you wish, obtain a coverage confirmation for you. Without legal expenses insurance, you will receive a transparent offer in advance.
(3) We provide paid services only upon your express instruction and only after informing you in advance of the expected costs. Without such an express instruction, you will incur no costs beyond the free initial review.
(4) For matters outside fine proceedings, in particular road traffic criminal law, we may make you a separate offer for a paid initial assessment or representation. Such an offer only becomes effective if you expressly accept it.
§ 8 Important: Deadlines – please read carefully
As long as no mandate exists, we do not monitor or meet any deadlines for you. Until the moment you have granted us a signed power of attorney and we have accepted the mandate, you yourself are responsible for meeting any running deadlines and for taking the necessary steps yourself.
This is important because deadlines in fine proceedings are short. As a rule, you can only file an objection (Einspruch) against a fine notice within two weeks of service (§ 67 para. 1 of the German Act on Regulatory Offences – Gesetz über Ordnungswidrigkeiten, OWiG). Once this deadline expires, the notice becomes final and binding and can usually no longer be challenged.
Therefore, please do not rely on your enquiry via the Portal or an ongoing initial review to meet any deadline. As long as you have not received a mandate confirmation from us, take care of meeting the deadline yourself in good time, if in doubt by filing an objection yourself.
§ 9 Duration and end of the user contract
(1) The contract for the free initial review ends as soon as we have provided you with the initial assessment or have unsuccessfully attempted to reach you via the contact details you provided.
(2) We may terminate the contract for cause if it turns out that your information is incorrect or incomplete in material respects.
§ 10 Liability
(1) We are only liable for damage if we or one of our agents have breached a material contractual obligation (cardinal obligation) or if the damage is due to gross negligence or intent.
(2) If we breach a material contractual obligation through slight negligence only, our liability is limited to the damage that was typical for the contract and reasonably foreseeable at the time the contract was concluded. A material contractual obligation is an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely.
(3) Our liability under an assumed guarantee or an assumed procurement risk, for injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz) and under other statutory provisions whose liability cannot be excluded or limited in advance remains unaffected. Likewise unaffected are the professional-law requirements regarding liability for lawyers' work (in particular § 52 BRAO), which apply to any subsequent mandate.
(4) These limitations of liability also apply in favour of our legal representatives, vicarious agents and employees.
§ 11 Right of withdrawal
(1) The free initial review is free of charge. There is no statutory right of withdrawal for it, because you incur no costs as a result.
(2) If you later instruct us to provide a paid service by means of distance communication (such as taking on your mandate), you as a consumer are in principle entitled to a statutory right of withdrawal. We will inform you about this right of withdrawal and how to exercise it separately and in good time before you place the instruction, as part of the mandate documents. If, in an urgent matter, you wish us to start work before the withdrawal period has expired, we will obtain your express declaration to that effect beforehand.
§ 12 Data protection
You can find out how we process your personal data in our privacy policy at blitzerfux.de/en/datenschutz. In addition, the professional-law requirements on attorney confidentiality apply (§ 43a BRAO).
§ 13 Consumer dispute resolution
Rechtsanwalt Werts is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board within the meaning of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz, VSBG).
§ 14 Final provisions
(1) We may amend these terms of use for the future, for instance in the event of a change in the law or an adjusted range of services. For an enquiry you have already submitted, the version published on the Portal at the time of submission applies.
(2) Should any provision of these terms of use be or become invalid, the remaining content remains valid. The invalid provision is replaced by the statutory rule.
(3) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state in which you have your habitual residence remain unaffected.
Last updated: July 2026