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Skriven 2007-04-23 08:21:00 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
    Kommentar till text 152 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
Ärende: Shootings
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Hello Björn!

On Sunday April 22 2007 16:57, you wrote to me:

 BF>>> Oh, some years ago I drove from Kiel to München and as far as I
 BF>>> remember it was only free speed the last 200 km where I was
 BF>>> driving at 245 km/h and nowhere else.

 MvdV>> That is my experience too. Unlimited speed in Germany is
 MvdV>> rapidly becoming theory.

 BF> Not if we are going to believe Ward above and don't they have
 BF> environmentalists in Germany.....?

Of course there are. But there also is a car industry with a strong lobby.

 MvdV>> There is no voter's majority for imposing a general speed
 MvdV>> limit, so what happens is that on more and more stretched you
 MvdV>> see *local* speed limits...

 BF> Don't know, is that possible?

Sure. Where the motorways run close to build up areas they justify the speed
limits with "noise" and "polution". It is just a matter of stretching the
notion "close". They do that here to impose speeds below the general limit of
120, so they can do it in Germany as well.

 BF>>> Safely at over 240.......that's not what I felt. It took for
 BF>>> ever to slow down and if something had happend I wouldn't be
 BF>>> sitting here today.

 MvdV>> They are starting to realise that with today's traffic density,
 MvdV>> these extreme speeds are no longer "safe". One way or another
 MvdV>> the days of unlimited speed are coming to an end. Either by
 MvdV>> imposing a general speed limit or by expanding the stretches of
 MvdV>> 'local' speed limits until they cover every meter of motorway

 BF> If I'm not mistaken there is a sign in Puttgarten saying that 120 km/h
 BF> is the recommended speed on Autobahn. Going down there in a couple of
 BF> weeks so I'll check.

There are signs like that at the Dutch/German border as well. But a
recommendation is just that: a recommendation. Watch for the real speed limit
signs. You may find that a real speed limit is already in effect when you see
that sign.

Cheers, Michiel

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