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I was doing 160km on (most of) the Autobahn from basically the top of Germany to the bottom.

• belter 5y ago
  Sounds incredibly dangerous. You mentioned you had most of the voyage at -5C. Were you worried about road ice? Lived in Germany several years and it was not unusual to get wild game cross the street at the worst times. Most Authobahn have protections against, but some parts are badly maintained and I have seen some crossings... "Wild Boar Crash Test Highlights Growing Accident Risk" https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/road-carnage-wild-boar-crash-test-highlights-growing-accident-risk-a-690156.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/road-carnage-... In 2010 for example... "...A total of 27 people died and 3,000 were injured in a quarter of a million collisions with wild animals on German roads in 2009, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of animals that perished in the process..."
  • Gareth321 5y ago
    I was not worried. The Autobahn is one of the safest road networks in the world because of how well it's maintained and how well drivers follow the rules. Of course one should always stay vigilant. I've done the trip many times before and know the potential hazard zones. Wild animals jumping out at high speed is a risk almost anywhere in the world. According to your stats, that risk is exceedingly low compared with the actual miles driven each year.