The last time that I was on it it was. On a road with no speed limit and I'm driving my grandfathers beatle. Had a front view seat to the left hand lane. Because anything Porsche, MB or some italian cars, OWNED the left hand lane. Didn't dare try to go there. Stayed with the trucks.dieseldorf said:'meister, are the road surfaces as perfect as they appear in the video
BERLIN (Reuters) - Nearly two in three Germans believe a speed limit should be introduced on the car-loving nation's notoriously fast autobahns, according to a new poll.
The European Union's environment commissioner Stavros Dimas and environmental activists in Germany have said speeding on the autobahn wastes energy and called for a speed limit. German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee has rejected the idea.
The poll for ZDF television published on Friday showed 54 percent of Germans favor a speed limit of 130 kph (80 mph) while another 10 percent would like a limit below that level. Some 35 percent said they did not want any speed limit.
At least a third of German motorways have a speed limit while the rest carry only a recommended top speed of 130 kph where legally drivers can, and often do, travel as fast as they like.
German car firms like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, which pride themselves on producing powerful vehicles, fear speed limits on the autobahn would remove some of the allure of their vehicles and harm sales.
The survey also showed that 56 percent of Germans believe flights should be taxed at a higher rate because of the environmental damage they cause.
If anyone is interested, here is an excerpt and link explaining Fourdiesel's point:Fourdiesel said:Interesting that in the news feeds I saw they stated that the ostensible reasin for considering the new speed limit restrictions was to help Germany meet the new CO2 "requirements". Haven't they been listening to Al Gore?: All they have to do is buy "carbon equivalents" and they can say they have done their part. They might even buy them from Mr Gore!
Sarcasm intended.
When I was stationed in Berlin in the 80's we had to use an East German autobahn to drive to the west, of course. I was always struck by how well maintained that stretch of autobahn was maintained, and can't really comment on the rest of the East, since I wasn't really allowed elsewhere. It would be especially striking when I would fly home for leave and arrive at the Metro Detroit airport, then drive home across some of the worst kept highways I'd ever seen. Who'da thunk that the "Motor City" in the middle of our capitalist world would have roads that were so much worse than a Communist satellite of the USSR? LOL!TDIMeister said:`Dorf, by most North American standards the road conditions here on the Autobahn are generally pretty good, but parts of the former Eastern part of Germany are still less developed. ...Municipal roads are not so ideal as the Autobahns, but probably still better than most cities in North America.
JoeBleed said:way to go cnn for making 2 windows pop up to see a simple video...
but on the story. I thought they already had speed limits on the autoban in some places due to trafic conjestion. Granted they are talking about a speed limit on the whole road and i don't think they shoudl do it really. Least some people get to enjoy it.
I will have to watch it again when i get home but that didn't sound like a diesel. wonder what kind of milage they would get with a diesel.
EU is getting more pushy by the day.
I hadn't heard that Gore is cashing in on the carbon credit thing but I'm not suprised - After all polititions NEVER lie! and Gore IS a politition (he is certainly NOT a scientist)Keiller said:This duo has done more than anyone else to advance the alarmism of man-made global warming.
With little media monitoring, both Strong and Gore are cashing in on the lucrative cottage industry known as man-made global warming.