I'm happy I've been able to drive at high speed on the autobahn, but don't imagine it will last. It's excessively wasteful of energy for one thing. It's remarka

I'm happy I've been able to drive at high speed on the autobahn, but don't imagine it will last. It's excessively wasteful of energy for one thing. It's remarkable how much more efficiently your car can operate at just 55mph vs 75mph. Driving at 150mph? Quite the gas/electricity guzzler. I could see this killing the autobahn as we know (knew?) it before the safety concerns do it in. The one thing German society has going for it that the US never will is pretty strict social adherence to 'rules of the road', such as leaving the left lane open, using turn signals, etc. If/when that social trust breaks down, culturally, I imagine it would be hard for a highly-populated, high-speed highway to exist.