Even Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer - although he had set up the working group - said that the recommendation of a speed limit sei gegen jeden Menschenverstand (is against all common sense).
Andreas Scheuer looking at speed limits in other countries: Irresponsible. Against all common sense (©Stuttmann). |
Red Baron's car will accelerate to more than 120 mph, but I rarely go faster than 80 mph on an autobahn*. I do not accept the argument of the adversaries of a speed limit: On about 40% of the autobahns, there already are speed limits, while on the other 60%, you may drive as fast as traffic permits ... until you get stuck in a Stau (traffic jam). While the motor is idling, the adversaries argue that CO2 emissions are more significant than driving more than 130 km/h on stretches with only minor traffic.
*Being an old man, I only drive about 3000 miles in a year, covering long distances instead by train at speeds up to 186 mph
Red Baron has driving experience on motorways in France, Italy, Switzerland, and the US. I always enjoyed stress-less driving when all vehicles move at a moderate but synchronized speed. In those countries, neither gas is wasted, nor CO2 is emitted by useless acceleration and braking as on German autobahns, where a few people drive hard to gain a couple of minutes going from A to B.
Yesterday the Federal Government decided that free citizens will keep their free speed.
I instead think, "It is high time that Germany's holy cow is slaughtered."
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Me too.
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