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In Germany, the max. allowed speed for trucks this large is 80 km/h. Therefore, no need to overtake, if she drove 80 km/h. Or, try to honor the speed limit in
by chopin 11y ago
In Germany, the max. allowed speed for trucks this large is 80 km/h. Therefore, no need to overtake, if she drove 80 km/h.
Or, try to honor the speed limit in construction areas, which are at least 80 km/h, sometimes 60 km/h. Especially in the latter situation, it is guaranteed that a truck WILL tailgate you, sometimes honking. Around here it is pretty dangerous to honor such speed limits even if they are justified.
And not to talk about bad weather conditions. Just a few days ago I needed to drive though heavy mist with pretty bad visual conditions. Trucks where overtaking all the time despite seeing nothing. If there had been a traffic jam it would have been impossible to stop quickly enough.
- cooking_liquid 11y agoWhile on paper the allowed speed is 80 km/h, in fact it is 89 which is the hard-wired technical max speed of most trucks. Additionally, driving 89 is not prosecuted. In a capitalist world, a trucking company whose trucks sticked to 80 km/h would vanish very soon. Therefore 89 km/h is the standard speed. If a driver decides to go slower than that, trucks will try to pass them, period. Additionally, there is the "Richtgeschwindigkeit" for cars of 130 km/h in Germany as you may be aware of. That being said, I do not endorse tailgating or speeding in any way. I just wanted to add another perspective.