He probably confused kilometers/h with miles/h. 120 miles/h is about 200 km/h. If the VW California would only manage a maximum of 120 km/h, it would be the absolute slow seller for us. 😉
That's 74mph. The maximum speed limit in the US is 80 mph (128 kph). From the 70's til 1995 the national speed limit was 55 mph (88 kph) to save gas. When you drive that speed on the freeway it feels like you're going nowhere.
@@anunearthlychild8569cute that you think 200 kph was fast. no, seriously. my fastest on the autobahn was 220 kph. when i was younger i used to drive quite often as fast as 180 to 200. you get quite comfortable when you do this more often. now that im married ive become a chill driver, moving maybe 140 to 150 or often only 120 which is pretty slow by germanys standard tbh 🤷🏻♂️
Last time I visited Germany I was 17 and had no driver license, but my English GF got one. Even on the narrow Devon country roads she drove as fast as the devil flees from holy water, means, felt as fast as a flash. In Germany she drove my dad's car , which at the time was a Mercedes S-Class, on those autobahn parts without speed restrictions well over 200 km/h if possible. Mostly she made it possible. Even nowadays she feels the need for speed. And that makes her my personal Racer X.
Eisenhuttenschdaht. Ich lach mich kaputt... Nicht über die Aussprache... Aber über die Perspektive. Herrlich. So viel Wahrheit so erfrischend verpackt...
Because they (“tourists”, you mean other Europeans) behave in a normal way. Nothing more annoying than overtaking a car and suddenly spotting a lunatic in your mirror that thinks he has the right to push you aside, expressing so by signing. Not going to happen, patience is a virtue.
@@lynnm6413 In Germany you currently pay about 4000 € for your driver's license thanks to inflation. So I don't think Amercians pay about 2000 € for theirs.
Just write before coming. I can drive you. Just did this with an African friend. Just when I reached 130 (which is nothing), his face became green and he was whispering.. Slow down pls. 😂😂😂😂😂 At 180 he forgot his name..😅😂
I remember German cars didn't used to come with cup holders ... The Americans said why not??? The Germans said because when you are driving you are supposed focus on driving not eating and drinking in the car.
... and the missing cup-holders were a problem for BMW. They didn't sell many cars in the US and wondered why. They hired a marketing agency to look for the issue. Simple result. The missing cup holders. Americans didn't like that. BMW changed that and since then, they're good on US market ;)
@@francoforte4788... true but it was still an example of a different attitude towards driving. I've driven the Autobahn many times, done the Stelvio Pass and other high Alpine passes (Grossglockner, Timmelsjoch, Jaufenpass etc.).and of course drive regularly here in the U.S. .. there is a marked difference in drivers (for whatever reasons .. not sayong one is better than the other ... Often it is quality of the roads and drivers following the rules and having to follow the rules more often).
@@heikebungener9188 Yes. Now :) In the 80s, 90s German cars had not. Now they have it all ;) Uhh... not true. When I got my Mercedes E-Class Coupé, it had non, but you could buy it and replace it at a drawer in the middle console :)
I don't understand why people get so worked up about German autobahns. They usually think that 'some sections have no upper speed limit' means that everyone is driving their Bugattis everywhere at 200 miles an hour, like Formula 1 or Nascar, ignoring all rules and its really unsafe. It isn't. When everyone knows, understands, respects and follows good road safety practices, responsible, safe driving becomes habit for all road users. I have driven in the UK, Germany and the USA. The Brits are respectful, responsible drivers, German drivers are safe, always aware of other road users and the US was like 'ignore everyone else, this road is for you, you paid real actual money at the petrol station, if anything happens i'll just get a better lawyer'......
"When everyone knows, understands, respects and follows good road safety practices" Sadly, that is never ever going to happen. At least motorists start to get the hang of what "Rettungsgasse" means.
Next time you have to drive in Marocco. You will learn, that you can drive without respecting any traffic laws. Regard traffic lights as disco lights and ignore them. What amazes me most is, that it works in a miraculous way.
PS the blue sign means that you're allowed to drive only 7 kilometers per hour. It's called "Spielstraße" (Play Street), because it's allowed to play on the street
@@performancegold8562 Nah, if in the 80s you told a saxon that they sell bananas in East-Berlin, they managed to get it up to 110 km/h ... flintstones style.
@@performancegold8562...but only when you are free to choose to test-drive it for.a limited time just like that. Certainly not if you were an East German and you had to wait for this "car" 20 years but only if you were ideological stable... 🤔
@@_Professor_Oak nope. Not everyone uses the american way of writing numbers. For us Germans and I think most other Europeans the , and . are switched. The . is for thousand, hundred thousand, million etc. while the , is the dezimal (decimal?) sign. 420,668 mph therefore means 420.668 for Americans. We also don't say stuff like zero point five we'd say zero comma five. In Germany I've seen a thousand written in multiple different ways - some write 1.000, others use the 1'000 or don't use a sign at all and write 1000.
"The highways in Germany are straight and flat" LOL. That's because he drove only between Dresden and Berlin. The northeast, and northern Germany in general is pretty flat. The more west and south you drive, the hillier the landscape gets and the Autobahn as well. Just FYI.
Fun Fact: The blue sign they showed means "Spielstraße" (Playroad). You are not allowed to drive trough that street at more than walking speed, because kids play there. It's a common sign in east germany, often near preschools.
And the sign right behind is for the hight of the bridge. It is good to know the space between bridge and ground if you drive for example a big truck or bus.
Newsflash it is possible, middle of Germany and many eastern parts allow it and I often enough had 240 and up on my display. Some colleagues always drive too fast and fly there with 270.
Yes, German Autobahns are statistically 4 times safer than US Highways, even mileage based. 4 times more fatalities per million miles at 70mph max shows that speed limits don't necessarily get along with safety.
The blue sign means "Spielstrasse" (play street). Beware you could encounter playing kids on this street. Playing allowed for kids. Max speed is 7 Km/h or 4 miles/h.
@@hijiri0794 Das ist die richtige Bezeichnung dafür, ja, und bedeutet: „Kein Gas geben“. Ich stelle aber fest, ich muss immer wieder bremsen, weil mein Auto gern auch ohne „Gas geben“ zu schnell fährt.😃
120 km/h is really low level! A colleague of mine one day brought me home for the weekend. He drove a VW Passat Station Wagon, so I wasn´t aware what to expect. The 6-speed gear should have been a warning sign! When he floored the pedal on the autobahn I saw the speedometer needle shooting up to the 260 km/h mark. Which is 162 miles/hour! Never before and never after that i reached my home so fast - and so soaked in sweat! Later I bought a car with a 6-speed, too, but 220 km/h (137 mph) was more than enough for me! Fun fact: While driving that high speed he was talking on the phone also!
All Volkswagen? Are you high Tom?? We have Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Opel and a lot more. All faster than most Volkswagen (except VW Golf RC 32, Golf GTI, etc.).
That blue sign he showed is for a "Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich" a "calm traffic area". You must watch out for playing children more in that zone and can only go a maximum of 7kmh, which is walking speed. A lot of people confuse it for a "Spielstraße", a "play road" but that's wrong. A spielstraße is completely restricted for cars and marked by two signs paired together. A round sign of a red circle above a white rectangle sign of a single child with a ball
The other traffic sign is a warning that the following passage (can be seen in the background) has a clearance height of 3.30 m. This is important for trucks.
Then Tom Hanks should have driven with our acquaintance who likes to drive fast on the Autobahn in his Audi quatro turbo at around 220 km / h , i think he would have been really scared.😅
The sign at 9:30 is founded originally from/in the Netherlands in the late 80s or early 90s (I don't know it exactly anymore). It means, that you are entering a (speelstraat - dutch - or verkehrsberuhigte Zone - german) you have to drive there very slow because of the children who play there on the street. It is not a sign to laugh at, but it a serious message for car drivers to drive very slow and be careful. Speelstraat means: it is a street where children are playing in that area.
From Dresden to Berlin, thats a slow and old Autobahn with many speed limits. If you like to drive realy fast. take the A20 (north of Berlin to Lübeck).
130 kmh is okay for overtaking trucks and reaching the destination quite quickly-but also economically. Who drives faster has fun, provided that traffic density and construction work allow it. From time to time, you can also see business people who drive in the pack so around 180-230 kmh. It has a bit of a NASCAR Daytona feeling. (haha) In principle, anyone can drive you on the Autobahn, the question is: how fast do you want to experience it? Sunday morning on the free three-lane 200 kmh are also relatively unspectacular. With 2 lanes with truck traffic it is already a little more exciting. xD If you like it really exciting, then make a professional driven cab trip on the race track Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Fastest roller coaster in the world you can have with four tires... ^^
On the German Autobahn, most people follow the rules strictly, only using the left two lanes to overtake. and going away when someone is faster. Indeed there is a drive-right-side rule (drive right when you can) and you can pay a penalty for not doing so. So the number of accidents is 4 times less per 100000 cars than in the US. But therefore also a driver's license is much more difficult to get and expensive.
You should know that there is a recommended speed of 130km/h. If there is an accident that exceeds the recommended speed, in 95% of cases you will be partially to blame and the insurance company will not pay for the damage! Not even many Germans know that! So full throttle only when free. Unfortunately, there are always people who just pull out and don't pay attention to the traffic behind them.
To be so much concerned about car driving in Germany seems strange to me, when there's US counties where 16 years old Teenagers are aloud to carry around pumpguns without any restrictions (Missouri for instance).
Fanny, i am german American and grew up in germany and last time i hat ppl from the states Visit me we whent on a Trip and had to take the Autobahn from colone to the Border (netherlands) i was the driver and Took off 😅 200 kmh and everybody was quiet and was holding on to there seats haha ! But thats just normal ! And we where in a bmw btw 😂
Funny! And I hope you americans don't believe all of that! Not everybody here drives a Volkswagen. Not every Autobahn is like a straight run way for air planes. We don't have so much plain area like the US. And from Dresden to Berlin in 17 minutes (200 km) is not possible. And he drove all that in a cabriolet because of the air pushing his face back. :-D He drove 130 / 140 km/h with a VW Multivan (that is normaly able to drive 150/160). A very nice car. But a lower car would have been better for the driving experience. ;-) You can drive on a German Autobahn without any problems. Stay as far right if there is enough space on the line and start driving with 100 / 110 km/h. So you can overtake trucks without problems because they are only allowed to drive 80 km/h (in reality they drive 85 km/h because of the difference between what you see on the display and the calibrated speedometer of the trucks. At the beginning you feel the lines more narrow than the US lines. And in Germany there often is "only" a two or three lane Autobahn. The sign at 10:00 is "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich" or "Spielstraße". Everybody has to look after anybody else. Doesn't matter if it is a car, bike or a wlaking person. And every vehicle is only allowed to drive as fast as a person walks. About 10 km/h. Normally you have these signs in areas with many houses with kids. The sign is a West German sign. Eisenhüttenstadt is a GDR city.
Hey Tom Hanks...BMW,Porsche,Mercedes are all german constructions,not only Volkswagen and 120 km/ per hour means there is a granny driving. Did this Razor ex guy wear a hat and was a bit older? I love the fact that you Americans can not pronounce the ü in Eisenhüttenstatt as well as ä or ö, it allway sounds so 😂 but i give you credit for at least know german words. Thanks for this funny Video
fun fact: he talks about 120 as if that was fast, but we drive from village to village with that speed if we can on the countryside. autobahn "begins" to be serious at 180. "fast" is 240+. 100kmh equals 62mph, 240kmh equals 149mph.
The truth is, you barely can go "as fast as you want" in Germany. You can only do that, if there are no speed limitations. But most of the time, there are. Also, you can only do that if there is not a lot of traffic. Most of the time, you will experience crowded autobahn in Germany, and for the better half of the time you will be crawling through orphaned construction sites.
Go Rent a Car, drive on your own, it's easy 2 drive there ! Only 3 rules! Overtake only on left side, and don't stay on the left Lane if you're not overtake someone else, If there is no speed limit drive so fast if you want but don't endanger other drivers !
Tom Hanks is a legend. The freeways in the US are not a free for all. Some people do drive slow in the left lane when they shouldn't, but overall driving is more orderly than in some other countries I've been in like Italy or Mexico.
130 km/h? Don‘t get me wrong, that‘s what I normally drive today - much more relaxed and does not consume nearly as much fuel. But it is not „fast“! You will be passed by cars going well over 200 km/h. I was driving to Berlin several years ago on a Saturday. Almost no traffic (very unusual), a beautiful, sunny dry day, and I decided to just go what was reasonably possible. I hit 220 km/h a time or two. But not to be recommended most of the time!
even if you go 220 there might be a bunch of porsches in your back pressuring you to make space. That is imho not an experience common in eastern germany, more like southern, south western experience.
Just consider the originally video to be more than 11 years old. Yeah even in 2012 130km/h was not that fast... I have to drive ~50000km a year and 200km/h + are a "standard" speed if traffic allows it... 120km/h is kind of boring to me...
I have an RV with a rather modest motor and much height, and even with this thing I can get to 130km/h. I just don't do it normally because it takes to much fuel.
Lol 120 140 xD my bycicle goes that fast downhill here in germany (no it doesn't. I know that. I hit 80 once tho.). Autobahn 250 but I find it uncomfy cause every little correction of the steering wheel has such an huge impact. 200 is fine and chill tho.
You may consider the Nürburgring (a famous race track, also in Germany). You can even use the "Ring Taxi" to get driven there. And most of the cars are legal street cars - more, less or even not tuned. It should be much more satisfying - just have a look on some Nürburgring videos. :-)
Tom is actually not wrong about the VW's .. about every second to third car in Germany is a VW ( now if you count the variants of Audi, Seat and Porsche which are all owned by VW you get even more :) )
I think it's great that we don't have a speed limit on the Autobahn here in Germany,, but since there is so often traffic jams or construction sites, you can usually only drive slowly.
@@hellemarc4767 In reality it's even less because within these 70% of Autobahn without speed limit those parts of the Autobahn where temporary speed limits exist do get included in the "no speed limit" category of the Autobahn. This means that on a lot of stretches of the Autobahn which are technically without a speed limit you still have to follow a speed limit for most of the day. Never trust a statistic you haven't manipulated yourself.
@@dnocturn84 Why do you say "though"? Did I say something contradicting this? I'm aware of the fact that construction sites are included in the "no speed limit" category since these are not permanent speed limits. Since jeansh7325 already pointed out that construction sites cause you to slow down, I didn't feel the need to repeat it.
I have been to Germany the last 10 days and i let my wife drive, because I'm too interested in the surrounding landscapes. As long as you are keeping to the rules, everything is OK. there is really nothing to be afraid of. You just have to constantly look in the mirror to know whats going on behind you, so you can leave the left lane at the right time when someone faster needs it. And if you can't, because two trucks decide to do an elephant race, you just have to put the foot down a bit more for a short time. As Tom said, the streets are smooth and more or less straight, nothing fearful happens, if you go 180 km/h for a short time.
why does it scare you ?I think driving on the autobahn is pretty chill. maybe you can ask your local driving school to give you some lessons in autobahn driving. My aunt did this. she had her licence for over 20 years but she never drove. She was really scared to drive, so one day she decided to overcome her fear and went back to a driving school and took some lessons. it really helped her, shes driving like a pro now.
I was born and raised in Germany, and I am never going to take the Autobahn again if it's avoidable in any way. It's not about how *you* drive. You can do everything right and still end up tailgated or in a huge traffic jam because of a rescue helicopter deployment. It's about the people who feel like they own the place and are constantly encouraged in that.
autobahn is nothing special, when you think you going pretty fast then there is some guy who blast past at light speed .... 120 kmh is normal speed 200 is very fast and most cars are locked on 250 cant go faster or you need a proper sports car
We drove across Europe German and Austrian speed limits are insane! We tried staying in the slowest lane when we could but lorry drivers tried to intimidate us by getting so close and flashing lights. Never ever again. Think my knuckles are still white
In Germany, we have to take a few driving lessons on the motorway at driving school. That makes sense, because you have to get a feel for it. When it comes to speed, you not only have to keep an eye on the vehicle directly in front of you, but also some vehicles in front of and behind you. If you have practice, it's a lot of fun, but I also know Germans who don't like to drive on the motorway.
If lorry drivers were flashing you, you were definately going too slow…we have a law that says you can get fined for going significantly slower than the ‚traffic flow‘, which in this case you were if the trucks even complained. Under 100km/h is basically just waiting for Autobahn police to pull you over if you don‘t get phoned in by someone thinking you are driving drunk, going so slowly.
@@lynnm6413 You are just fine at 80-90kmh on the right lane in flow with the semi trucks... No police will pull you over for that speed. If you go slow as 60 or even slower, then yes, they can pull you over, because the minimum required speed for entering the autobahn is 60kmh. If you are driving a vehicle which from factory is not capable of going at least 60kmh you are not allowed to enter the autobahn.
I enjoyed listening to old Hanks lark around. His quite the Hollywood elder now and remains well liked. Good choice lad. Looked like Germany was a hoot for you, bit of a duck out of water but you did well. I went to Europe 6 countries in 6 weeks driving most of it but not a V Dub. So many beautiful cities, I would struggle to pick a favourite. There's a young couple from the US who have just finished a tour of Australia. They have a vlog called One Pack Wanderers. Check them out for some ideas, you could be surprised.
120 is not fast at all and dont forget we have do go to 'fahrschule' (driving school) to get a license so i guess (sorry) a road here in germany is safer than in the us ! And you cant drive any trashcan here in germany your car needs tüv to be allowed to drive on the streets that all means to me that I would be much scared to drive in america cause I know they drive in circle in got there license for a few bucks instead of nearly 1800€ ! Sorry aber die amis können kein auto fahren 😁 These blue sine means Spielstraße you have to be aware for kids playing on the streets mostly in suburbs the other some means that the bridge or tunnel in the background is x m high so truckers know if they can pass that!
As long as we have a Street sign for it, it isn´t considerd fast. The blue Sign is called "Spielstraße" or Play Street. it meens Cars are only allowed to drive walking speed (Schrittgeschwindigkeit) and they should be aware of children playing in the street.
The meaning of the blue traffic sign: This is a "play street" where the children are allowed to play on the street and the cars and all vehicles, no matter which one, are not allowed to drive faster than walking speed = 5 km/h.
The Volkswagen California has a top speed of around 220 km/h, depending on the age of the model it can also be slower. But the model in the video should be able to drive that fast.
Apologies if someone has already said this: Flying down the Autobahn at top speeds is hardly ever possible, unless you try doing it at night (= few cars) or on Sundays / German holidays (no trucks on the roads). The reality of German Autobahns is that too many of them have only two lanes in each direction. They are full of trucks that are under time-pressure and hence have to overtake each other, thereby slowing down traffic significantly. So basically you would speed up, only to slow down again in a few meters because either one truck is passing another, or a much slower car is overtaking a truck. The idea many foreigners have that German Autobahns can be used like a racing track is hardly ever realistic.
Of course I knew this back in 2005 when we moved from Denmark to Luxembourg, but on the first night driving back to Denmark we were doing 190 km/h ready to pass a row of lorries doing maybe 85 km/h when suddenly a lorry infront of me started overtaking the others. I thought we were going to smash into the back of that lorry but fortunately we "stopped" maybe 15 metres before impact. Since then I never try overtaking rows of lorries at that speed. And you are right. it is quite seldom when you can go faster than 160 km/h for more than a minute or two before you have to slow down again or somebody is trying to overtake you doing 230 or more. Only last spring when petrol was expensive for a few months I was one of the fast cars doing 150 km/h, but now it is back to normal again And now we have bought an electric car so we will usually only do 130 or less so we don't need to care about the state of the battery all the time 😂
Suggestion, if you are back in Germany, drive from Berlin to Hamburg on the "autobahn". The section is not too long and at the beginning there is still a speed limit of 120 for a long time. Then it is lifted on about 180 kilometers. There is not much going on in the morning between 10 and 12 o'clock, so it won't overwhelm you.
Idk, my experience... driving on the Autobahn with someone who likes to go fast was almost always horrifying. They were either talking on the phone, texting or waiting for me to admire their driving skills while going 180 to 200 km an hour. I was just afraid for my life. And I am German. XD But maybe that is just me, I have always felt quite content on a bicycle. :P
we have a law that is telling you, you have to drive on the right side of the Autobahn called „Rechtsfahrgebot“ to get space for the faster people on the left
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I LOVE autobahn: I take my old and ugly 70HP sh*tbox car (Skoda Forman) and drive it FULL throttle all the way, which means just short of 150kph (sometimes 165kph downhill) and seems like parts will start falling off anytime. Then imagine the looks of Germans in new VW's and Audi's driving slow because they can save the planet and ME not giving a sh*t about fuel consumption or eventual potholes. Yeah baby! AUTOBAHN! 😀
Arround Berlin Ring is Speed Limit, most 120 km/h and on many other,, Autobahn" But....On Highway 2 Berlin - Magdeburg-Hannover on a part with not Limit last year a Bugatti Driver had over 400km/h. It was on youtube, a Milliönär from Slovakia or other Land. Eisenhüttenstadt was built in 50s in the deepest East of Germany on the Border to Poland. First new Iron Industrie after WWII. Old Name in 50s was STALINSTADT. A Tribute to the Soviet Dictator.
If you are not prepared for Autobahn and have no clue what is going on then you will have the scariest real-life experience of your life. My wife was making jokes of me like "No way, you are lying, you just want to scare me". After 10 minutes on the unlimited autobahn she was screaming her lungs out "What is this? We are going to die! Stay right, stay right! Oh my god..." and then some Porsche flies by at 250+kmh folllowed by a pumped BMW :-)
British driver here. 120-140 kph is SLOW on the Autobahn ! I cruise all day at 160 kph (100 mph) and it's relaxed. I only have to be careful not to be run over by the fast drivers - 200-250 kph (125-155 mph). That bus Tom was driving will easily do 100+ mph.
The first time I flew into Frankfurt and got a Taxi to my hotel, never again. It felt like that the driver was an F1 driver it was scary. And why are german taxis a cream colour? Volkswagen taxis no all the taxis in Frankfurt are Mercedes.
All Taxis in Germany used to be Mercedes in skin colour, because no one in their right mind would chose this color …. It makes them easily distinguishable from other Mercedes
Why are US citizens always use the german word "Autobahn" and not the english word "Highway"? 😄 It's the same meaning.... It's very strange. How come? Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🤗
Ye Linger in the left lane is like a suicide comando Xd bc if some 1 with a big car comes behind u with like 250km/h if this guy dont realyse that u are like craling on the left lane with 130km/h u get a nice crash folowed by Police and firefighters to clean the crashing zone
....the left lane is (over longer period of time) about 100 to 150 miles per hour (you can go also 80 mph, but you wont make lot of friends if you stay there too long). In the middle you usually still have to drive over 75 mph... and if you cant do that either then you ll have to stay on the right one!
So cute he considers 120 km/h to be fast
He probably confused kilometers/h with miles/h.
120 miles/h is about 200 km/h.
If the VW California would only manage a maximum of 120 km/h, it would be the absolute slow seller for us. 😉
That's 74mph. The maximum speed limit in the US is 80 mph (128 kph). From the 70's til 1995 the national speed limit was 55 mph (88 kph) to save gas. When you drive that speed on the freeway it feels like you're going nowhere.
Probably during the fuel crises. @@DieHureBabylon
😂😂😂
@@anunearthlychild8569cute that you think 200 kph was fast.
no, seriously. my fastest on the autobahn was 220 kph. when i was younger i used to drive quite often as fast as 180 to 200. you get quite comfortable when you do this more often. now that im married ive become a chill driver, moving maybe 140 to 150 or often only 120 which is pretty slow by germanys standard tbh 🤷🏻♂️
Last time I visited Germany I was 17 and had no driver license, but my English GF got one. Even on the narrow Devon country roads she drove as fast as the devil flees from holy water, means, felt as fast as a flash. In Germany she drove my dad's car , which at the time was a Mercedes S-Class, on those autobahn parts without speed restrictions well over 200 km/h if possible. Mostly she made it possible. Even nowadays she feels the need for speed. And that makes her my personal Racer X.
Years ago i saw this video too. very funny and greetings from germany.
He has no glue about German cars
Eisenhuttenschdaht.
Ich lach mich kaputt...
Nicht über die Aussprache...
Aber über die Perspektive.
Herrlich.
So viel Wahrheit so erfrischend verpackt...
I hope you find your Racer X
Most dangerous things on a German Autobahn are Tourists driving there for the first time.
Because they (“tourists”, you mean other Europeans) behave in a normal way. Nothing more annoying than overtaking a car and suddenly spotting a lunatic in your mirror that thinks he has the right to push you aside, expressing so by signing. Not going to happen, patience is a virtue.
It’s your damn duty to make sure before starting overtaking, that there’s noone approaching with a higher speed.
@@joanne1114 it is "normal" in Germany to drive +200kph. If it's too fast for you, stay away from the left line. It's that simple!
There is a saying: "When an American get's a drivers licens, he is allowed to drive a car; a German is able to drive a car."
We also pay 2000 € more than the Americans….it would be sad if that didn‘t do something
That sums it up perfectly ;)
Americans learn how to move a car, Europeans learn how to drive a car. ;D
@@lynnm6413 In Germany you currently pay about 4000 € for your driver's license thanks to inflation. So I don't think Amercians pay about 2000 € for theirs.
@@RealNelsonC ooops, thanks for the update... I did mine in '99 and wasn' t sure how much to add... lol
130km/h is a so called "Verkehrshindernis".
obsticle ..
@@bh5037 obstacle, wenn überhaupt.
Noe. Its called "Richtgeschwindigkeit"
OMG, Tom Hanks survived Germany by 120 km/h?
120 km/h means parking on the Autobahn. 🥳
Just write before coming. I can drive you. Just did this with an African friend. Just when I reached 130 (which is nothing), his face became green and he was whispering..
Slow down pls. 😂😂😂😂😂
At 180 he forgot his name..😅😂
I remember German cars didn't used to come with cup holders ... The Americans said why not??? The Germans said because when you are driving you are supposed focus on driving not eating and drinking in the car.
Thats bullshit, we eat, drink, do make up, smoke, write massages, take pics at 250kmh...
... and the missing cup-holders were a problem for BMW. They didn't sell many cars in the US and wondered why.
They hired a marketing agency to look for the issue.
Simple result. The missing cup holders.
Americans didn't like that.
BMW changed that and since then, they're good on US market ;)
@@francoforte4788... true but it was still an example of a different attitude towards driving. I've driven the Autobahn many times, done the Stelvio Pass and other high Alpine passes (Grossglockner, Timmelsjoch, Jaufenpass etc.).and of course drive regularly here in the U.S. .. there is a marked difference in drivers (for whatever reasons .. not sayong one is better than the other ... Often it is quality of the roads and drivers following the rules and having to follow the rules more often).
we have also cupholders in Germany
@@heikebungener9188 Yes. Now :)
In the 80s, 90s German cars had not.
Now they have it all ;)
Uhh... not true. When I got my Mercedes E-Class Coupé, it had non, but you could buy it and replace it at a drawer in the middle console :)
I don't understand why people get so worked up about German autobahns. They usually think that 'some sections have no upper speed limit' means that everyone is driving their Bugattis everywhere at 200 miles an hour, like Formula 1 or Nascar, ignoring all rules and its really unsafe. It isn't. When everyone knows, understands, respects and follows good road safety practices, responsible, safe driving becomes habit for all road users. I have driven in the UK, Germany and the USA. The Brits are respectful, responsible drivers, German drivers are safe, always aware of other road users and the US was like 'ignore everyone else, this road is for you, you paid real actual money at the petrol station, if anything happens i'll just get a better lawyer'......
well said
"I don't understand why people get so worked up about German autobahns"
Just because it's different ... that's all
"When everyone knows, understands, respects and follows good road safety practices"
Sadly, that is never ever going to happen. At least motorists start to get the hang of what "Rettungsgasse" means.
Next time you have to drive in Marocco. You will learn, that you can drive without respecting any traffic laws. Regard traffic lights as disco lights and ignore them. What amazes me most is, that it works in a miraculous way.
it still feels very safe and drivers behave in most cases ....i think germany has the best driving culture in europe ...italy the worst
PS the blue sign means that you're allowed to drive only 7 kilometers per hour. It's called "Spielstraße" (Play Street), because it's allowed to play on the street
5:27 - Er ist 130 km/h gefahren? Was für ein Teufelskerl! 😅
😂😂😂😂😂
Jaaa 😂😂😂
yeah way too slow... been passed by ppl going 2-300km/h lol
When Tom Hanks was in Germany, he was given a Trabant P 601 de luxe station wagon with 26 hp. The maximum speed of this vehicle is 105 km/h.
That's fast for a Trabant
@@performancegold8562 Nah, if in the 80s you told a saxon that they sell bananas in East-Berlin, they managed to get it up to 110 km/h ... flintstones style.
That sounds like the wrong car for the autobahn 😀
@@scottsimon1 But it's fun to drive. In a special way.
@@performancegold8562...but only when you are free to choose to test-drive it for.a limited time just like that. Certainly not if you were an East German and you had to wait for this "car" 20 years but only if you were ideological stable... 🤔
Yes, you can drive from Dresden to Berlin in 17 minutes, but only if you are traveling at 677 kmh or 420,668 mph. 🤣
Er hat 70min gesagt nicht 17
Ich habe es als joke aufgefasst denn ich habe auch 17 Minuten verstanden 😅
420 THOUSAND mph? I think you meant . not ,
@@_Professor_Oak In Germany and most other countries . and , are exchanged. 700.000,05 mean sevenhundred thousand and 15 cents.
@@_Professor_Oak nope. Not everyone uses the american way of writing numbers. For us Germans and I think most other Europeans the , and . are switched. The . is for thousand, hundred thousand, million etc. while the , is the dezimal (decimal?) sign. 420,668 mph therefore means 420.668 for Americans. We also don't say stuff like zero point five we'd say zero comma five. In Germany I've seen a thousand written in multiple different ways - some write 1.000, others use the 1'000 or don't use a sign at all and write 1000.
"The highways in Germany are straight and flat" LOL. That's because he drove only between Dresden and Berlin. The northeast, and northern Germany in general is pretty flat. The more west and south you drive, the hillier the landscape gets and the Autobahn as well. Just FYI.
Fun Fact: The blue sign they showed means "Spielstraße" (Playroad). You are not allowed to drive trough that street at more than walking speed, because kids play there. It's a common sign in east germany, often near preschools.
It's common in all over Germany, not only the east.
And the sign right behind is for the hight of the bridge. It is good to know the space between bridge and ground if you drive for example a big truck or bus.
And in Switzerland
And in Austria.
Not seen it here in Australia. Just confusing. Maybe it needed to say -
15kmph , shared pedestrian road
Newsflash everybody. During daytime hours is virtually impossible to drive fast on the Autobahn.
Newsflash it is possible, middle of Germany and many eastern parts allow it and I often enough had 240 and up on my display.
Some colleagues always drive too fast and fly there with 270.
Hanks pronounced "Eisenhüttenstadt" really well
Yes, German Autobahns are statistically 4 times safer than US Highways, even mileage based. 4 times more fatalities per million miles at 70mph max shows that speed limits don't necessarily get along with safety.
The blue sign means "Spielstrasse" (play street). Beware you could encounter playing kids on this street. Playing allowed for kids. Max speed is 7 Km/h or 4 miles/h.
Ist das die Geschwindigkeit mit der Leute gehen? Ich weiß nur "Schrittgeschwindigkeit".
@@hijiri0794 Das ist die richtige Bezeichnung dafür, ja, und bedeutet: „Kein Gas geben“. Ich stelle aber fest, ich muss immer wieder bremsen, weil mein Auto gern auch ohne „Gas geben“ zu schnell fährt.😃
@@michaelmedlinger6399 diesel
4mph? You might as well get out and walk
@@_Professor_Oak I think that is the general idea.
120 km/h is really low level! A colleague of mine one day brought me home for the weekend. He drove a VW Passat Station Wagon, so I wasn´t aware what to expect. The 6-speed gear should have been a warning sign! When he floored the pedal on the autobahn I saw the speedometer needle shooting up to the 260 km/h mark. Which is 162 miles/hour! Never before and never after that i reached my home so fast - and so soaked in sweat!
Later I bought a car with a 6-speed, too, but 220 km/h (137 mph) was more than enough for me!
Fun fact: While driving that high speed he was talking on the phone also!
He's an actor.
He will make the most mundane things dramatic.
It's what he does.
All Volkswagen? Are you high Tom?? We have Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Opel and a lot more. All faster than most Volkswagen (except VW Golf RC 32, Golf GTI, etc.).
That blue sign he showed is for a "Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich" a "calm traffic area". You must watch out for playing children more in that zone and can only go a maximum of 7kmh, which is walking speed.
A lot of people confuse it for a "Spielstraße", a "play road" but that's wrong. A spielstraße is completely restricted for cars and marked by two signs paired together. A round sign of a red circle above a white rectangle sign of a single child with a ball
The other traffic sign is a warning that the following passage (can be seen in the background) has a clearance height of 3.30 m. This is important for trucks.
Just ask a Taxi driver . They will show you
You can be fined here in the UK for not maintaining lane discipline. Also, 120kph is only 70mph, so not fast.
As in don't hog overtake lane?
@mlee6050 Yeah, as soon as you have overtaken, you are supposed to move back to the outside lane, not stay in the overtaking lane.
Then Tom Hanks should have driven with our acquaintance who likes to drive fast on the Autobahn in his Audi quatro turbo at around 220 km / h , i think he would have been really scared.😅
in germany we say RECHTSFAHRGEBOT!
great video as always :D
He can tell a story.
And many Americans not knowing how fast 130 km/h is helps a lot.
tom hanks is not that liked in germany cause he often talked shit about germany. even here.
The sign at 9:30 is founded originally from/in the Netherlands in the late 80s or early 90s (I don't know it exactly anymore). It means, that you are entering a (speelstraat - dutch - or verkehrsberuhigte Zone - german) you have to drive there very slow because of the children who play there on the street. It is not a sign to laugh at, but it a serious message for car drivers to drive very slow and be careful. Speelstraat means: it is a street where children are playing in that area.
I think the term "woonerf" is more commonly used.
From Dresden to Berlin, thats a slow and old Autobahn with many speed limits. If you like to drive realy fast. take the A20 (north of Berlin to Lübeck).
Auto fahren muss man können ,250km/h sind kein Problem.
130 kmh is okay for overtaking trucks and reaching the destination quite quickly-but also economically. Who drives faster has fun, provided that traffic density and construction work allow it. From time to time, you can also see business people who drive in the pack so around 180-230 kmh. It has a bit of a NASCAR Daytona feeling. (haha)
In principle, anyone can drive you on the Autobahn, the question is: how fast do you want to experience it? Sunday morning on the free three-lane 200 kmh are also relatively unspectacular. With 2 lanes with truck traffic it is already a little more exciting. xD
If you like it really exciting, then make a professional driven cab trip on the race track Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Fastest roller coaster in the world you can have with four tires... ^^
On the German Autobahn, most people follow the rules strictly, only using the left two lanes to overtake. and going away when someone is faster. Indeed there is a drive-right-side rule (drive right when you can) and you can pay a penalty for not doing so. So the number of accidents is 4 times less per 100000 cars than in the US. But therefore also a driver's license is much more difficult to get and expensive.
But people don't follow the "drive right" rule.
They're all selfish and don't want any other car to overtake them.
You should know that there is a recommended speed of 130km/h. If there is an accident that exceeds the recommended speed, in 95% of cases you will be partially to blame and the insurance company will not pay for the damage! Not even many Germans know that! So full throttle only when free. Unfortunately, there are always people who just pull out and don't pay attention to the traffic behind them.
To be so much concerned about car driving in Germany seems strange to me, when there's US counties where 16 years old Teenagers are aloud to carry around pumpguns without any restrictions (Missouri for instance).
This stupid nonsense is unbearable 😭
Fanny, i am german American and grew up in germany and last time i hat ppl from the states Visit me we whent on a Trip and had to take the Autobahn from colone to the Border (netherlands) i was the driver and Took off 😅 200 kmh and everybody was quiet and was holding on to there seats haha ! But thats just normal ! And we where in a bmw btw 😂
Funny! And I hope you americans don't believe all of that! Not everybody here drives a Volkswagen. Not every Autobahn is like a straight run way for air planes. We don't have so much plain area like the US. And from Dresden to Berlin in 17 minutes (200 km) is not possible. And he drove all that in a cabriolet because of the air pushing his face back. :-D
He drove 130 / 140 km/h with a VW Multivan (that is normaly able to drive 150/160). A very nice car. But a lower car would have been better for the driving experience. ;-)
You can drive on a German Autobahn without any problems. Stay as far right if there is enough space on the line and start driving with 100 / 110 km/h. So you can overtake trucks without problems because they are only allowed to drive 80 km/h (in reality they drive 85 km/h because of the difference between what you see on the display and the calibrated speedometer of the trucks. At the beginning you feel the lines more narrow than the US lines. And in Germany there often is "only" a two or three lane Autobahn.
The sign at 10:00 is "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich" or "Spielstraße". Everybody has to look after anybody else. Doesn't matter if it is a car, bike or a wlaking person. And every vehicle is only allowed to drive as fast as a person walks. About 10 km/h. Normally you have these signs in areas with many houses with kids. The sign is a West German sign. Eisenhüttenstadt is a GDR city.
Hey Tom Hanks...BMW,Porsche,Mercedes are all german constructions,not only Volkswagen and 120 km/ per hour means there is a granny driving. Did this Razor ex guy wear a hat and was a bit older? I love the fact that you Americans can not pronounce the ü in Eisenhüttenstatt as well as ä or ö, it allway sounds so 😂 but i give you credit for at least know german words. Thanks for this funny Video
I live near Erfurt and my cruise control normally is on 200 kmh on Autobahn. (BMW 220i) So what!?
Mercedes, Audi, BMW are german cars and the Autobahn is full of them. Always look on the left lane😅 Porsche is german, too...by the way...Mr.Hanks
He was driving 130km/h?? About time to shift in second gear??
We had US college in our company and I drove 180 km on autobahn .He was silent all the time.By the way.I am woman😅
fun fact: he talks about 120 as if that was fast, but we drive from village to village with that speed if we can on the countryside. autobahn "begins" to be serious at 180. "fast" is 240+.
100kmh equals 62mph, 240kmh equals 149mph.
visit Germany and make your experieces by yourself-there is so much more than the "Autobahn"
The truth is, you barely can go "as fast as you want" in Germany. You can only do that, if there are no speed limitations. But most of the time, there are. Also, you can only do that if there is not a lot of traffic.
Most of the time, you will experience crowded autobahn in Germany, and for the better half of the time you will be crawling through orphaned construction sites.
11:00 no, what you need to do is contact Misha @ the Nürburgring and get him to take you on a lap. He has a youtube channel ;)
120kph ... ach Tom can you take zee training wheels of now??
Fun fact: In germany most deadly accidents in Citys (30 or 50 km/h) not at the Autobahn.
Go Rent a Car, drive on your own, it's easy 2 drive there ! Only 3 rules! Overtake only on left side, and don't stay on the left Lane if you're not overtake someone else, If there is no speed limit drive so fast if you want but don't endanger other drivers !
Tom Hanks is a legend. The freeways in the US are not a free for all. Some people do drive slow in the left lane when they shouldn't, but overall driving is more orderly than in some other countries I've been in like Italy or Mexico.
Legendary pea-dough-file.
@@MattyEngland No, he's not.
"Fun" Fact: there are more fatal Crashes in the United States than in Germany every Year.
130 km/h? Don‘t get me wrong, that‘s what I normally drive today - much more relaxed and does not consume nearly as much fuel. But it is not „fast“! You will be passed by cars going well over 200 km/h. I was driving to Berlin several years ago on a Saturday. Almost no traffic (very unusual), a beautiful, sunny dry day, and I decided to just go what was reasonably possible. I hit 220 km/h a time or two. But not to be recommended most of the time!
even if you go 220 there might be a bunch of porsches in your back pressuring you to make space. That is imho not an experience common in eastern germany, more like southern, south western experience.
@@holgerlinke98 Oh, ja! And not just Porsches!
Just consider the originally video to be more than 11 years old. Yeah even in 2012 130km/h was not that fast...
I have to drive ~50000km a year and 200km/h + are a "standard" speed if traffic allows it... 120km/h is kind of boring to me...
I have an RV with a rather modest motor and much height, and even with this thing I can get to 130km/h. I just don't do it normally because it takes to much fuel.
Fun fact: more than 95% of drivers in germany never drive faster than 150kp/h
Lol 120 140 xD my bycicle goes that fast downhill here in germany (no it doesn't. I know that. I hit 80 once tho.). Autobahn 250 but I find it uncomfy cause every little correction of the steering wheel has such an huge impact. 200 is fine and chill tho.
You may consider the Nürburgring (a famous race track, also in Germany). You can even use the "Ring Taxi" to get driven there. And most of the cars are legal street cars - more, less or even not tuned.
It should be much more satisfying - just have a look on some Nürburgring videos. :-)
Tom is actually not wrong about the VW's .. about every second to third car in Germany is a VW ( now if you count the variants of Audi, Seat and Porsche which are all owned by VW you get even more :) )
Da habt ihr Autos die 25 Liter sprit schlucken beim anlassen...und denkt wir fahren mit 100 über die Autobahn....auch humor
I think it's great that we don't have a speed limit on the Autobahn here in Germany,, but since there is so often traffic jams or construction sites, you can usually only drive slowly.
Only 70% of the Autobahn has no speed limit.
@@DieHureBabylon because of fun I think. And a feeling of freedom
@@hellemarc4767
In reality it's even less because within these 70% of Autobahn without speed limit those parts of the Autobahn where temporary speed limits exist do get included in the "no speed limit" category of the Autobahn. This means that on a lot of stretches of the Autobahn which are technically without a speed limit you still have to follow a speed limit for most of the day.
Never trust a statistic you haven't manipulated yourself.
@@HastDuWasSuchen The 70% includes contruction sites though...
@@dnocturn84
Why do you say "though"? Did I say something contradicting this?
I'm aware of the fact that construction sites are included in the "no speed limit" category since these are not permanent speed limits. Since jeansh7325 already pointed out that construction sites cause you to slow down, I didn't feel the need to repeat it.
I live in Germany since 30 years, the Autobahn still scares the living shit out of me. I only go on it if I really have to.
I have been to Germany the last 10 days and i let my wife drive, because I'm too interested in the surrounding landscapes. As long as you are keeping to the rules, everything is OK. there is really nothing to be afraid of. You just have to constantly look in the mirror to know whats going on behind you, so you can leave the left lane at the right time when someone faster needs it. And if you can't, because two trucks decide to do an elephant race, you just have to put the foot down a bit more for a short time. As Tom said, the streets are smooth and more or less straight, nothing fearful happens, if you go 180 km/h for a short time.
why does it scare you ?I think driving on the autobahn is pretty chill. maybe you can ask your local driving school to give you some lessons in autobahn driving. My aunt did this. she had her licence for over 20 years but she never drove. She was really scared to drive, so one day she decided to overcome her fear and went back to a driving school and took some lessons. it really helped her, shes driving like a pro now.
Just stay off the left lane hahah
I was born and raised in Germany, and I am never going to take the Autobahn again if it's avoidable in any way.
It's not about how *you* drive. You can do everything right and still end up tailgated or in a huge traffic jam because of a rescue helicopter deployment. It's about the people who feel like they own the place and are constantly encouraged in that.
We r faster than light and proof Einstein😂😂😂
what a bad video
tom is kinda right. Lots of car brands belong to VW and use the same parts/are enigineered by VW
I am driving 130-160 km/h to relax 😅
next time Tom Hanks can try a Porsche
This traffic sign means that this is a traffic calming zone. In this zone, cars are only allowed to drive a maximum of 7 km/h (4.35 mph).
I would like to be your Racer X when you are back in germany :-) I am living near munich, just in case.
autobahn is nothing special, when you think you going pretty fast then there is some guy who blast past at light speed .... 120 kmh is normal speed 200 is very fast and most cars are locked on 250 cant go faster or you need a proper sports car
Often 100kph - 120kph are posted set speed limits.
i am a german, and sorry Tom, thats not funny!
Germany, Autobahn 😂
We drove across Europe German and Austrian speed limits are insane! We tried staying in the slowest lane when we could but lorry drivers tried to intimidate us by getting so close and flashing lights. Never ever again. Think my knuckles are still white
In Germany, we have to take a few driving lessons on the motorway at driving school.
That makes sense, because you have to get a feel for it. When it comes to speed, you not only have to keep an eye on the vehicle directly in front of you, but also some vehicles in front of and behind you.
If you have practice, it's a lot of fun, but I also know Germans who don't like to drive on the motorway.
If lorry drivers were flashing you, you were definately going too slow…we have a law that says you can get fined for going significantly slower than the ‚traffic flow‘, which in this case you were if the trucks even complained.
Under 100km/h is basically just waiting for Autobahn police to pull you over if you don‘t get phoned in by someone thinking you are driving drunk, going so slowly.
You were obviously driving dangerously slowly.
@@lynnm6413 You are just fine at 80-90kmh on the right lane in flow with the semi trucks... No police will pull you over for that speed. If you go slow as 60 or even slower, then yes, they can pull you over, because the minimum required speed for entering the autobahn is 60kmh. If you are driving a vehicle which from factory is not capable of going at least 60kmh you are not allowed to enter the autobahn.
If you were being flashed by lorry's in the EU, then you're probably a wuss on the UK highways too. Don't use highways if you're scared to do 70.
Nice, I went to school in Eisenhüttenstadt. It's a sleepy place but quite likeable 😊
I enjoyed listening to old Hanks lark around. His quite the Hollywood elder now and remains well liked. Good choice lad. Looked like Germany was a hoot for you, bit of a duck out of water but you did well. I went to Europe 6 countries in 6 weeks driving most of it but not a V Dub. So many beautiful cities, I would struggle to pick a favourite. There's a young couple from the US who have just finished a tour of Australia. They have a vlog called One Pack Wanderers. Check them out for some ideas, you could be surprised.
120 is not fast at all and dont forget we have do go to 'fahrschule' (driving school) to get a license so i guess (sorry) a road here in germany is safer than in the us ! And you cant drive any trashcan here in germany your car needs tüv to be allowed to drive on the streets that all means to me that I would be much scared to drive in america cause I know they drive in circle in got there license for a few bucks instead of nearly 1800€ ! Sorry aber die amis können kein auto fahren 😁
These blue sine means Spielstraße you have to be aware for kids playing on the streets mostly in suburbs the other some means that the bridge or tunnel in the background is x m high so truckers know if they can pass that!
As long as we have a Street sign for it, it isn´t considerd fast.
The blue Sign is called "Spielstraße" or Play Street.
it meens Cars are only allowed to drive walking speed (Schrittgeschwindigkeit) and they should be aware of children playing in the street.
All Males under 90 are RacerX on the Autobahn :-)
The meaning of the blue traffic sign: This is a "play street" where the children are allowed to play on the street and the cars and all vehicles, no matter which one, are not allowed to drive faster than walking speed = 5 km/h.
The Volkswagen California has a top speed of around 220 km/h, depending on the age of the model it can also be slower. But the model in the video should be able to drive that fast.
Apologies if someone has already said this: Flying down the Autobahn at top speeds is hardly ever possible, unless you try doing it at night (= few cars) or on Sundays / German holidays (no trucks on the roads). The reality of German Autobahns is that too many of them have only two lanes in each direction. They are full of trucks that are under time-pressure and hence have to overtake each other, thereby slowing down traffic significantly. So basically you would speed up, only to slow down again in a few meters because either one truck is passing another, or a much slower car is overtaking a truck. The idea many foreigners have that German Autobahns can be used like a racing track is hardly ever realistic.
Of course I knew this back in 2005 when we moved from Denmark to Luxembourg, but on the first night driving back to Denmark we were doing 190 km/h ready to pass a row of lorries doing maybe 85 km/h when suddenly a lorry infront of me started overtaking the others. I thought we were going to smash into the back of that lorry but fortunately we "stopped" maybe 15 metres before impact. Since then I never try overtaking rows of lorries at that speed.
And you are right. it is quite seldom when you can go faster than 160 km/h for more than a minute or two before you have to slow down again or somebody is trying to overtake you doing 230 or more. Only last spring when petrol was expensive for a few months I was one of the fast cars doing 150 km/h, but now it is back to normal again
And now we have bought an electric car so we will usually only do 130 or less so we don't need to care about the state of the battery all the time 😂
Suggestion, if you are back in Germany, drive from Berlin to Hamburg on the "autobahn". The section is not too long and at the beginning there is still a speed limit of 120 for a long time. Then it is lifted on about 180 kilometers. There is not much going on in the morning between 10 and 12 o'clock, so it won't overwhelm you.
In this case "Hütte" does not mean "hut" in the usual sense, but is the place where the iron was processed.
Hütte bezieht sich schon auf die Hut-förmige Überdachung der Schmelz- und Gießeinrichtung dereinst.
Der Begriff den Sie suchen, lautet "foundry".
@@zeisselgaertner3212 Ich weiß, dass Eisen verhüttet wurde. Ich wollte nicht übersetzen, sondern erklären ^^
Idk, my experience... driving on the Autobahn with someone who likes to go fast was almost always horrifying. They were either talking on the phone, texting or waiting for me to admire their driving skills while going 180 to 200 km an hour. I was just afraid for my life. And I am German. XD But maybe that is just me, I have always felt quite content on a bicycle. :P
yeah .. using the phone in the car that way is actually forbidden and the risk a hefty fine by doing that, also they risk doing the Dr. Strange .. "
Alt.
Ihr wisst gar nix🤣🤣🤣
Mercedes, BMW, Porsche
we have a law that is telling you, you have to drive on the right side of the Autobahn called „Rechtsfahrgebot“ to get space for the faster people on the left
I LOVE autobahn: I take my old and ugly 70HP sh*tbox car (Skoda Forman) and drive it FULL throttle all the way, which means just short of 150kph (sometimes 165kph downhill) and seems like parts will start falling off anytime. Then imagine the looks of Germans in new VW's and Audi's driving slow because they can save the planet and ME not giving a sh*t about fuel consumption or eventual potholes. Yeah baby! AUTOBAHN! 😀
Arround Berlin Ring is Speed Limit, most 120 km/h and on many other,, Autobahn" But....On Highway 2 Berlin - Magdeburg-Hannover on a part with not Limit last year a Bugatti Driver had over 400km/h. It was on youtube, a Milliönär from Slovakia or other Land.
Eisenhüttenstadt was built in 50s in the deepest East of Germany on the Border to Poland. First new Iron Industrie after WWII. Old Name in 50s was STALINSTADT. A Tribute to the Soviet Dictator.
If you are not prepared for Autobahn and have no clue what is going on then you will have the scariest real-life experience of your life. My wife was making jokes of me like "No way, you are lying, you just want to scare me". After 10 minutes on the unlimited autobahn she was screaming her lungs out "What is this? We are going to die! Stay right, stay right! Oh my god..." and then some Porsche flies by at 250+kmh folllowed by a pumped BMW :-)
British driver here. 120-140 kph is SLOW on the Autobahn ! I cruise all day at 160 kph (100 mph) and it's relaxed. I only have to be careful not to be run over by the fast drivers - 200-250 kph (125-155 mph). That bus Tom was driving will easily do 100+ mph.
The first time I flew into Frankfurt and got a Taxi to my hotel, never again. It felt like that the driver was an F1 driver it was scary. And why are german taxis a cream colour? Volkswagen taxis no all the taxis in Frankfurt are Mercedes.
All Taxis in Germany used to be Mercedes in skin colour, because no one in their right mind would chose this color ….
It makes them easily distinguishable from other Mercedes
I could bei your driver when you are in Germany.
Why are US citizens always use the german word "Autobahn" and not the english word "Highway"? 😄 It's the same meaning.... It's very strange. How come?
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪🤗
Ye Linger in the left lane is like a suicide comando Xd bc if some 1 with a big car comes behind u with like 250km/h if this guy dont realyse that u are like craling on the left lane with 130km/h u get a nice crash folowed by Police and firefighters to clean the crashing zone
....the left lane is (over longer period of time) about 100 to 150 miles per hour (you can go also 80 mph, but you wont make lot of friends if you stay there too long). In the middle you usually still have to drive over 75 mph... and if you cant do that either then you ll have to stay on the right one!
German here: I love this bit. :D