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Why would you welcome a speed limit on the autobahn when you don't drive?!

• alrs 5y ago
  The title of the article suggests that a speed limit on the autobahn would reduce CO2 emissions.
  • t0mas88 5y ago
    1. It's a 0.3% reduction of the German CO2 emissions so that's not really a useful point. 2. Killing 100 people also reduces CO2 emissions, doesn't make it a good idea...
    • p1necone 5y ago
      0.3% is not an insignificant amount. Find a few more things like this to do to reduce emissions and it will add up.
      • lucb1e 5y ago
        Indeed, especially given the negligible amount of time this will add to a given commute, i.e. the majority of people's regular trips. Unless you drive from Munich to Hamburg at these speeds, but then you're just being a jerk to everyone who has to still live on this planet and should really be looking at the 300km/h trains. (Yes, they don't run every time they're scheduled for, but if more people put more money into the system, the system can improve.)
• dathinab 5y ago
  Because you might still sit in a (slow going) car on a highway and high-speed crashes involving other (slower going) cars can still end deadly for the passengers on the slow car. Most highways in Germany already have a speed limit and setting limits for the few areas where it's not the case sounds like a good think for me as I had some quite negative experience with people going way to fast (for the amount of traffic). But I also feel that the 130cap is a bit low, while taking over cars I would like to be able to go a bit faster. Like ~145?? or so?
• krylon 5y ago
  For environmental reasons. Also, AFAIK, a significant portion of traffic accidents on the Autobahn could be avoided by introducing a speed limit. But like I said, I do not consider it likely because it is not popular at all. And frankly, we have bigger fish to fry, both where the environment is concerned and things like traffic safety.