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> It may even be bumpier than the current standard for German public roads, which are generally of exceedingly high quality. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/image

> It may even be bumpier than the current standard for German public roads, which are generally of exceedingly high quality. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/794/698/475.png http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/794/698/475... > But the real fun is that the general speed limit is 100kph (62mph) off the autobahn and outside of towns, even for relatively small and curvy roads. Well they certainly remain to exist, but sadly there is a tendency since ~10 years or so to stick a 70 speed limit anywhere where the road deviates the tiniest bit from a ruler. Nowadays they are often coupled with "no overtaking" signs. Apparently the level of driving skill has sunk so low, that people neither know how fast they can drive through a curve, nor can they realize for themselves that overtaking in a curve is forbidden anyway and they shouldn't need signs to remind them of that. > I'm in southern Germany at the moment, visiting my girlfriend's family. In the south road conditions are a bit better, but still many municipal and country roads are in either poor or piss poor condition.

KozmoNau7 8y ago
Up north, I expect the roads to be more similar to the ones in Denmark that I'm used to, ie. potholed, frost damaged and sort-of repaired. Honestly, you have no idea how good you have it road-wise, compared to Denmark or the UK or especially the US. Down here in the Schwarzwald/Schwaben area, they really are in amazing condition and the majority of roads are still 100kph or at least 80kph in the trickier sections. Sure, there are a few villages with blanket 30kph limits (WTF) and the occasional 70kph sections around tricky intersections. But other than that, it's very good still, and 100kph on some surprisingly curving roads. Mostly unlimited autobahn too, although I know they're reigning that in as well.
- sandworm101 8y ago
  >> Honestly, you have no idea how good you have it road-wise, compared to Denmark or the UK or especially the US. But roads are easy when in a small country with a dense population like Germany. Heck, you can drive from one side of Germany to the other in a single tank of gas. Compare that to properly large roads like those in Canada, or Russia. (I'd add Australia but the weather is so good there that they have no word for pothole.) How small Germany is compared to one of Canada's medium-sized provinces. https://mapfight.appspot.com/de-vs-british.columbia/germany-british-columbia-size-comparison https://mapfight.appspot.com/de-vs-british.columbia/germany-...
  - KozmoNau7 8y ago
    Not a lot of that is very densely populated though, and doesn't need very many roads. You need to compare areas with roughly the same population density, and when I do that, Danmark and the UK and the US completely fail to measure up to Germany. The average population density of Germany is ~46 times greater than British Columbia. So yeah, obviously you get some long stretches of badly-maintained roads in BC. That wasn't my point, though. The roads in comparable situations between Denmark and Germany lean very heavily towards Germany having much higher quality. For goodness' sake, they'll put up "Straßenschäden" signs for even tiny little holes in the asphalt. In Denmark, they won't put up a warning sign until someone falls in, and sometimes not even then.
    - blattimwind 8y ago
      > The average population density of Germany is ~46 times greater than British Columbia. ... and accordingly traffic is much denser, and roads will see a lot more wear.

KozmoNau7 8y ago

Up north, I expect the roads to be more similar to the ones in Denmark that I'm used to, ie. potholed, frost damaged and sort-of repaired. Honestly, you have no idea how good you have it road-wise, compared to Denmark or the UK or especially the US. Down here in the Schwarzwald/Schwaben area, they really are in amazing condition and the majority of roads are still 100kph or at least 80kph in the trickier sections. Sure, there are a few villages with blanket 30kph limits (WTF) and the occasional 70kph sections around tricky intersections. But other than that, it's very good still, and 100kph on some surprisingly curving roads. Mostly unlimited autobahn too, although I know they're reigning that in as well.

sandworm101 8y ago
>> Honestly, you have no idea how good you have it road-wise, compared to Denmark or the UK or especially the US. But roads are easy when in a small country with a dense population like Germany. Heck, you can drive from one side of Germany to the other in a single tank of gas. Compare that to properly large roads like those in Canada, or Russia. (I'd add Australia but the weather is so good there that they have no word for pothole.) How small Germany is compared to one of Canada's medium-sized provinces. https://mapfight.appspot.com/de-vs-british.columbia/germany-british-columbia-size-comparison https://mapfight.appspot.com/de-vs-british.columbia/germany-...
- KozmoNau7 8y ago
  Not a lot of that is very densely populated though, and doesn't need very many roads. You need to compare areas with roughly the same population density, and when I do that, Danmark and the UK and the US completely fail to measure up to Germany. The average population density of Germany is ~46 times greater than British Columbia. So yeah, obviously you get some long stretches of badly-maintained roads in BC. That wasn't my point, though. The roads in comparable situations between Denmark and Germany lean very heavily towards Germany having much higher quality. For goodness' sake, they'll put up "Straßenschäden" signs for even tiny little holes in the asphalt. In Denmark, they won't put up a warning sign until someone falls in, and sometimes not even then.
  - blattimwind 8y ago
    > The average population density of Germany is ~46 times greater than British Columbia. ... and accordingly traffic is much denser, and roads will see a lot more wear.