Oktoberfest introduces cycling pants to stop surreptitious filming under skirts

The Teufelsrad, or wheel of hell, is one of the oldest attractions during Oktoberfest. The premise is simple: A group of people sit on a spinning plate and whoever can stay seated the longest wins.

In connection with this, thousands of videos have appeared online. It is about clips where you look under women's skirts and which have received millions of views, the BBC writes. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, at least 32,000 such videos are circulating on social media and some people are making big money from the content.

Since a couple of years ago, the organizer Elisabeth Polaczy has therefore been handing out figure-hugging shorts - so-called cycling pants - to women before the ride. In this way, she hopes to protect the women from being exposed to stealth videographers.

- I want to do everything I can to make people feel safe, she tells the BBC.

This year, at least one man has been arrested on suspicion of filming under women's skirts at Oktoberfest, according to the channel. Last year the police made ten arrests and the year before that seven. The annual folk festival runs in Munich for two weeks and ends this weekend.

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