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Visit Germany. The right stretch of Autobahn at the right time and you can still experience this. I just did two days ago.
by ajmurmann 2y ago
Visit Germany. The right stretch of Autobahn at the right time and you can still experience this. I just did two days ago.
- timeon 2y agoIt depends where in Germany. Many parts of Autobahn have local speed regulations.
- Archelaos 2y agoTo be exact: Out of 25,758 km Autobahn in Germany 18,115 km have no speed limit (70.4%) and another 1,608 km (6.2 %) have gantries without speed limit under favourable conditions (construction sites not taken into account).[1] There are also some other roads that are not included in these figures because they are not classified as Autobahn, but Autobahn-like carriageways. Germany has around 3,350 km of them, a few without speed limit.[2] [1] Source: ADAC report from 2024-04-22 (in German), see https://www.adac.de/verkehr/standpunkte-studien/positionen/tempolimit-autobahn-deutschland/ https://www.adac.de/verkehr/standpunkte-studien/positionen/t... [2] For examples see the German Wikipedia article "Autobahnähnliche Straße" at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn%C3%A4hnliche_Stra%C3%9Fe#Deutschland https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn%C3%A4hnliche_Stra%C3%...
- ajmurmann 2y agoThat's actually a much higher percentage without speed limit than I expected. I wonder if the stretches without speed limit are usually order traveled and thus less experienced. Anecdotally I used to drive between Bonn and Paderborn a lot and the speed limit would only go away once out of the densely-populated Ruhr area.
- baq 2y agoNote insurance companies can not pay out if you drive too fast even if there’s no limit.