About every two years, there's some major push by environmentalists in Germany, to bring a speed limit to the autobahn system. Presently, Germany is one of the two countries left in the world where 'no limits' are generally the rule (Afghanistan is the other country).
For those who've never been to Germany, it's true that roughly 70-percent of the nation's autobahns are no-limit, but it also applies safety values, which means if it's raining.....you should only be driving to a safe limit (using common sense). Most B-roads (normal roads) will be near 90-to-100 kph. The other 30-percent of autobahns? It'll typically be around 100 kph in urbanized areas, and 130 kph in areas where safety practices are applied (mountainous or rough roads).
The newest pitch, I noticed today via the news, is a pitch signed off by one association of the police (NRW's police association). The limit being discussed is 130 kph.
The odds of this going through? Eventually, I think one of the states will go and mandate it, and five or six states will follow within a few years. Bavaria might end up being the last area of Germany with the no-limit situation.
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