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> f we all drove 160mph road tolls would skyrocket. You can bring up the autobahn if you like Okay, I will. 99% of autobahn traffic I have seen drives 200kmph
by Beldin 3y ago
> f we all drove 160mph road tolls would skyrocket.
You can bring up the autobahn if you like
Okay, I will. 99% of autobahn traffic I have seen drives 200kmph or less. 160 mph is 257.5 kmph - a quarter more than 99% of autobahn traffic.
200 kmph is fast if it's busy, and most cars can't go significantly beyond that. Aiming for 260 is dangerous for folks driving 200, let alone those driving 100 (yes, that is not an uncommon speed - also not in the unrestricted areas).
In other words: bonkers by autobahn standards.
- lttlrck 3y agoI'd love to see the stats on median speed on the autobahn, time of day. Most people are just trying to get from A to B without any drama, the drama increases significantly as you approach 200. I suspect the median is closer to 160... And then there is the construction that always put a crimp in things.
- rocket_surgeron 3y agoI was born in Germany and have lived there off and on for several years. I've also lived all over the US. It's my general impression that the "typical" speed on unrestricted stretches of the autobahn and long, flat, rural, stretches of the US interstate system are roughly the same. It's cool to see M5s and Fiat Alhambras (lol) zooming past at the rev limiter but most people get up to 85mph/136kph and chill out. Germans love their campers so half the vehicles on the roads are towing caravans and going slowly anyways.