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Yes, we Germans generally stop at red lights (even a lot of pedestrians do so). I guess most of us respect most of our traffic laws (except for speed limits).
by raftaa 10y ago
Yes, we Germans generally stop at red lights (even a lot of pedestrians do so). I guess most of us respect most of our traffic laws (except for speed limits).
- ygra 10y agoI think the only speed limit generally not observed is 60 km/h in construction sites on the motorway, which seems to be interpreted by pretty much everyone as »Continue driving 80 km/h«. Otherwise, at least around here, it's just a few drivers that go faster than allowed but the vast majority keeps to the limits.
- jonasvp 10y agoThat's actually not correct. One example from Düsseldorf: http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/duesseldorf-tempo-30-zwei-drittel-fahren-schneller-aid-1.6674090 http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/duesseldorf-... (2/3rds of drivers in a 30km/h zone are breaking the speed limit). 30 km/h and even 50 km/h are respected pretty much nowhere except where there are stationary traffic cameras. I ran across an article recently (can't seem to find it again) where 90% of German drivers voluntarily admitted to not keeping to the speed limit. For most people, breaking the speed limit does not seem a big deal. Then they run over a kid and say "I didn't mean to do that"! Well, they did in a way - keeping to the speed limit is not hard.