jmasciulli
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I believe the real story is that she saw him approaching fast and she got scared and crashed her own car. He didn't even run into her. It was her own inexperience which lead to the crash... This is just off the top of my head. Maybe someone can find the real story...Yes it's true that there have been calls for limits on the autobahn here, I think that one of the biggest factors to this was sometime last year, there was a man who killed a woman and her child. Apparently he was running at or near 250kph when he ran into the back of the womans car. The autobahn has been changing for the last few years, there are less and less places ( and driving situations ) where you can open it up and just cruise. I find that most of my driving is done in the 160-180kph, the traffic is so heavy most of the time that higher speeds are just not possiable. If the Germans did "limit" the speeds here, I imagine it would be limited to 160kph (France is 130kph)
Isn't that why they have a right lane?...Maybe not everyone in Germany belongs on the autobahn.
80mph seems kinda low.
Maybe start with 100mph and then lower as needed.
I just wish areas of the US had a higher speed limit. Across the middle US - limits should be raised. Isn't that the point of a "free"way? Get their fast?
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Are you freaking kidding!?!? Here in the States?!?!? Where driver's licenses are almost like birthrights!?!?!? No way should we be going any faster than we're going. I'd love to personally, and have proven myself able to handle it (a few contralegal jaunts on the rural byways), but we don't have, by and large, as good a group of drivers as in any one European country.I just wish areas of the US had a higher speed limit. Across the middle US - limits should be raised. Isn't that the point of a "free"way? Get their fast?
Are you freaking kidding!?!? Here in the States?!?!? Where driver's licenses are almost like birthrights!?!?!? No way should we be going any faster than we're going. I'd love to personally, and have proven myself able to handle it (a few contralegal jaunts on the rural byways), but we don't have, by and large, as good a group of drivers as in any one European country.I just wish areas of the US had a higher speed limit. Across the middle US - limits should be raised. Isn't that the point of a "free"way? Get their fast?
People here just don't know how to drive! (And I'm 100% red-blooded American...this is no outsider making a comment like this.)
Mike
AMEN! I saw plenty of them yesterday during my 500 mile jaunt. Too many ought not to be driving, let alone being given more latitude to be stupid!Are you freaking kidding!?!? Here in the States?!?!? Where driver's licenses are almost like birthrights!?!?!? No way should we be going any faster than we're going. I'd love to personally, and have proven myself able to handle it (a few contralegal jaunts on the rural byways), but we don't have, by and large, as good a group of drivers as in any one European country.I just wish areas of the US had a higher speed limit. Across the middle US - limits should be raised. Isn't that the point of a "free"way? Get their fast?
People here just don't know how to drive! (And I'm 100% red-blooded American...this is no outsider making a comment like this.)
Mike