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German highways are special when it comes to this. Many of them have no speed limit at all. If traffic permits, you can travel at 180 mph and it's perfectly leg
by yawaworht1978 5y ago
German highways are special when it comes to this. Many of them have no speed limit at all.
If traffic permits, you can travel at 180 mph and it's perfectly legal.
You will see many Porsches doing so, you will see the electronically limited BMS do 155mph and you will see that things like vans travel at 100-110 mph as if it's a normal thing.
This 60kph speed limit would simply look out of place on an Autobahn as they call it, and I gather this stem is only to be used on the motorway, specifically designated.
Sounds incredible until you witness it yourself.
- ctdonath 5y agoIt is. Imperative is “keep right”, and watch your rear view mirror as much as the road ahead. Doing 140mph and getting passed frequently is amazing.
- nicbou 5y agoGerman drivers are generally well-trained, and the mandatory car inspections means that cars are in good driving condition. The Autobahn is also in excellent condition compared to the Canadian highways I know. I'd say that most cars drive at around 130-140 km/h in the center lane, and 170 km/h isn't unusual. This requires people to keep the left lane free, something I yet have to witness in North America. But beyond that, the Autobahn is really boring to drive on. It's just like any other highway: almost straight, and completely isolated from the world around it.