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The "well they drive fast in Germany every day" argument doesn't hold water either. 1) Even on the parts of the autobahn with unrestricted speeds, 130km is sti
by nck4222 7y ago
The "well they drive fast in Germany every day" argument doesn't hold water either.
1) Even on the parts of the autobahn with unrestricted speeds, 130km is still the recommended upper limit, and you're more liable in a collision if you go faster than that.
2) Many people in Germany don't agree with unrestricted speeds, and politicians have compared it to gun law debates in the US.
3) Germany has higher than average deaths per 1000 km driven (for an EU country).
- jaclaz 7y ago>3) Germany has higher than average deaths per 1000 km driven (for an EU country). Source? On Wikipedia similar data doesn't seem like confirming this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r... The referenced paper: https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/irtad-road-safety-annual-report-2018_2.pdf https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/irtad-road... (page 21) places Germany as "better" than Netherlands, France, Austria and Belgium (the latter is on par with the US)