Worth mentioning: just NEVER overtake on the right side. Driving on the autobahn is serious business. No one is expecting you to pass on the right. Only in traffic jam
@@Eric-xh9eeich kann dir nur wärmstens empfehlen ein Führerscheinauffrischungskurs zu belegen, denn es scheint, dass du die Grundregeln der StVO vergessen hast.
Eso se llama sentido común, que sociedad mas triste tenemos que parece haya que aclarar estas cosas, por que parece que la gente necesita un estado paternalista que les diga lo que pueden, tienen o deben de hacer en vez de ser suficientemente adultos para saberlo por si mismos.
@@oliverhardy9464 Too high speed is the main reason for traffic related deaths. That is true. But it is not going 200 kph on the Autobahn in an unrestricted section, which is problematic here. It is going 130 kph on a twisty "Landstraße" or 90 kph in a city. The other term is "nicht angepasste Geschwindigkeit", which means non-adjusted speed, i.e. driving faster than the conditions allow. This can happen where there is no speed limit. But it can also happen everywhere else. And in fact this was the cause of my worst accident. I was well below the speed limit on a "Landstraße" (technically a "Kreisstraße") but it had started freezing between the start of my drive and me entering a curve where 70 kph would have been allowed at 50 kph, sliding on a frozen puddle and spinning my car into oncoming traffic on the opposite lane, a van specifically. This could very well have been fatal, had I not gotten lucky by only crashing into that van with the empty back of my car, resulting in only damaged vehicles and no injuries.
The first and only time I was on the Autobahn was in 98. We were doing 120mph in a van, and the left lane was passing us like we were doing 45 in a 75. When she says keep right... she's not joking. Because people in the left lane are FLYING.
I can confirm this! The Germans strictly obey the drive on the right rule and only pass on the left unless they are flying so fast that they're passing everybody. I don't know how many times I've passed a truck or a slow car (most people drive about as fast as Americans on our freeways), where I checked my mirrors, saw the left lane seemed to be clear for miles, and then halfway through the pass ( at 160 KPM/100 MPH), I would check my mirror and all of a sudden there's a line of cars flashing their lights at me to move out of the way. Talk about high pucker factor when you first see that. After a while you get used to it and you simply speed up as much as you can and get over to the right as quickly as you can. Driving on the Autobahn is one of life's most exhilarating experiences and I wish America had built our Interstate system exactly the same way the Germans had, complete with unlimited speed limits. One thing for sure, when you drive faster than 100MPH it's practically impossible to fall asleep while driving - guaranteed!
When I lived there I had an Opel Diplomat. It was a wonderful car with very long legs. I got on the highway one day and when the speed limit went away, I let it rip. The speedometer went to 250k's but the best it would show me was a little over 230k's. (That's about 145mph). I'm in the left lane and I'm passing people in the middle lane like they were going the other way. A bit later I see a car in the mirror that is gaining on me and flashes the headlights as it approaches. I find a slot in the middle lane (where I'm going twice the speed of the traffic there) and that car passed me like I was the one going the other way. I'm moving 145mph and that guy passed me so fast, I couldn't even tell what kind of car it was. He had to be going 200mph (320k's). Suddenly, I didn't think my Diplomat was all that fast anymore. That happened in 1982, I can't remember the cars model year but it was a Diplomat B with a Chevy 327 V-8. I wasn't making a bunch of money so it had to be a fairly old car so probably mid 1970s production, but that car was quick, well at least until the really quick cars showed up. Lol
A few side notes: Just because there's no speed limit doesn't mean you can drive as fast as you want. You still have to drive a safe speed depending on the circumstances. If you drive faster than the recommended speed (130 km/h) and you get into an accident, you can get partial liability, evem if you didn't cause the accident.
@@nnnik3595what? Why wouldn't the insurance pay? They might not pay the damage to your own car if you are drunk or street racing. Thats pretty much it.
@@yannicanguelov3170 if you drive too fast and they decide that driving too fast at least partially contributed to the accident your insurance is not forced to pay you the full amount.
The first time I went to Germany I was in the left lane doing 160 KPH and I looked in my mirror. There were two headlights in the mirror very close together and a long way behind. I looked away for what felt like a few seconds and when I looked in the mirror again the two headlights were far apart and approaching fast. I dove into the middle lane and a Porsche blew past me so fast he shook my car! I stayed in the middle lane a lot more after that, (Apparently 100MPH wasn't as fast as I'd first thought!) The worst was getting back to the US and catching myself doing 85 in a 55MPH zone the first day!
There are parts of the USA where that‘s normal as well. Texas and Louisiana come to mind. Had the same exact experience as you between New Orleans and Baton Rouge!😂 I thought I was the worst speeder until a couple Audis blew past me going 150mph minimum!
Just to be clear, it's a MUST to drive on right lane, when there is no one in front of you, it's called the "Rechtsfahrgebot" ("Drive-Right-Lane-Law" 😅). Also it's strictly prohibited to pass a car on right lane, you always pass on left lane.
Same in the UK but just reverse left for right and right for left in those sentences 😅 Also we don’t have a long word for it… it’s just called, well actually we have a long set of words… middle/right hand lane hogging and undertaking.
One early morning I thought I would find out my car's terminal speed on the autobahn heading north from Hamburg. At 138mph I saw lights behind me so I eased off to about 120mph and seconds later was passed by a carbon Lamborghini going a good 100 faster than me. I felt the WHOOMP of air from that car even from within my own.
Damn i wish i would get passed by a Lambo to hear the noise. 99% of supercars i see on the Autobahn chill on the middle lane. It's always so weird to pass AMG GTs or Ferraris in my BMW 116i 😳
Me 190 km/h overtaking a car (130 km/h) and then back to right lane (as I saw a dot in the mirror) - some seconds later a Dodge Viper passed with around 300 km/h
Ja also in Europa schaffen die anderen Länder das irgendwie besser als wir Deutschen, man sollte es also erstmal den deutschen erklären. Siehe z.b. Berichte wie "notarzt musste mit Fahrrad zu unfallstelle fahren weil es keine rettungsgasse gab"
@@nri363 Ja, kannst du auch diese Videos aus den USA? Die bleiben einfach stehen und der RTW kommt komplett nicht nach vorne. Immer... ich finde schon das wir Deutschen das manchmal ganz gut hinbekommen...wichtig, MANCHMAL. Aber ja, ich kenne den Fahrrad Arzt, der ist bei mir in der Nachbarstadt xD
@@j22563Im German and I have seen it very often that people do a rettungsgasse And I was already in other countries like France and Italy And they don’t do anything So as a German I don’t know if French people get that taught in driving school But I know that for us germans it’s no "concept" it’s a rule And most of us follow the rule
mein erster wagen war n alter polo 9N. ich habs geschafft ihn auf 200 hoch zu treten aber angenehm war das nicht. wenn n polo dermaßen trittst brauchst mindestens 2 öl kanister auf vorrat, ne jerrycan randvoll mit benzin und wenn platz vorhanden n 2. motor weil deiner kurz davor ist zu schmelzen xD.
Not quite. There are over three times the fatal accidents on German motorways than there are on UK motorways. When I lived in Dusseldorf it seemed like there were major smashes pretty much every day.
@@paulsengupta971 two days ago i had a pretty close call. I was going around 200 on a free autobahn and there were two trucks on the right lane, i went off the gas to 150 km/h because i know these guys love to overtake each other. When i was around 150m away the truck pulled on my lane. Full break and saved it. It was a polish truck. So usually what makes the autobahn dangerous are people that dont use mirrors or dont understand how fast cars on the left lane actually are.
Fun fact: Germany has a cute road network but there are thousands more miles of interstates in the U.S. than autobahn in Germany and the longest interstate is over 5x the length of the longest autobahn.
I got my European driver's license back in the 70's. I remember how intense for a German young man or woman it was to get a driver's license. I bet most Americans could never go through those processes.......love your show !
Sure they can. They just don't have to. The California written test was as difficult as the German with the exception that there is only one answer possible while in the German test there were multiple answers.
@@roncenti yeah but in the German one you also have to get ALL multiple ones correct. So if three out of four answers are correct, you HAVE to choose all of them, if you only choose one that’s correct, you answered wrong altogether. Only 10 mistakes as well, but that’s meaning 10 points, nlt 10 questions wrong. So depending on what type of question it is, it can count for 4 points, meaning in some combos you can only get 3 questions wrong. If you already have a motorcycle license, you can only lose 5 points
Also good tip, when you are on the "B" roads and see the limitless signs, it does not mean go unlimited! The "B" roads, which can be highways in some stretches, aren't rated for over 120 and 100 on most cases!
I learned about driving on the Autobahn from Car&Driver magazine. They hammered the point to "keep right except to pass!" They would criticize American's lack of "lane discipline" and our idiot "left lane bandits." Now in America even flashing your lights to get a slow driver in the left lane to move right could get you shot by a "road rager"
If you flashed me, I would slow down. You flash your lights in Germany because that's how we have always done it and you are not allowed to pass on the right. In the US you can pass on the right so if the car is not fast enough for you, just pass on the right or be patient until he has passed the slower car. There is no rush. You will save 2 minutes max.
@@anotheraggieburneraccount as I was in America 2012 and 2015,I drove in the car with friends (the friend has driven) and they have passed us on both sides. That I can remember, because it was so crazy for me.
The rules are similar in both countries. They just have too many stupid people in the US who just wander across any lane they want. It's getting the same in the UK, particularly on motorways where there are speed cameras. A lot of people have no idea how to drive properly.
I lived in Germany and had fast cars. There’s nothing much better than doing 190 mph on an empty Autobahn at night. But if I really have to get from some place to another, I honestly prefer the calm and relaxed gliding along at very moderate 65, 75, sometimes 85 mph on a US interstate.
For my driving lessons my instructor forced me to go at least 200 for a while. Like literally spent an entire lesson looking for a stretch that had low traffic for it. Because he felt his students need to have that experience to feel confident and safe on them. Quite fun though.
There are so many Autobahn driving videos, no one has ever shown the "no speed limit" sign. Feli is really a treasure in the TH-cam, goes deep into everything and explains. This is TH-cam at its best.
It's not a no speed limit sign, it's a the previous speed limit is canceled sign (VZ 278 or VZ 282 ). If there is a general speedlimit, or an electronic sign, that speedlimit is still in place. F.e. if there is construction or an accident the speedlimit is 80 km/h no matter if there's that sign or not. Normaly they would cover that sign to avoid confusion, but no matter if they did or not, the general speedlimit stays in place. It's only no speed limit, if there is no general speed limit.
The meaning of the ,,no speed limit,, sign was explained partially correct: if you encounter a white sign with a line in it it means the limitation that is crossed is lifted and therefore only the general limitations for the type of road are true. ( if nothing is in it, than it means all previous limitations are replaced by the general ones). This means that I case of the blank one you can now pass others again, if restricted previously, and have to abide the speed regulation of the road type you are driving. On the autobahn there is no speed limit in that case ( but 130 kmh are recommended). On streets outside of towns that it would be 100 kmh and 70 kmh for trucks. Inside of city's this sign would allow you to drive 50 kmh. ( this limit Inside of city's can he increased by regular signs though)
I remember we were on the A9 coming from Munich visiting my grandma and there’s a pretty long strip of no speed limit. We were going 180 km/h in the middle lane and still getting passed by everyone else 😂 Also the way I recognize we’re back in Germany when coming back from vacation is that it suddenly feels a lot faster
Also when you wanna get ahead of another car, make sure to not check your rearview mirror for a long time, but for a couple short intervals - because if there really is someone coming up with 200+ km/h, you won’t realize their speed with you look at them too long at a tome
I’ve been twice in the past year. Besides, the country being absolutely beautiful, it is the single thing that I missed the most. I don’t put stickers on my vehicle, but I ordered one that shows no number and the three lines and put it on my truck. I really really miss the Audubon.
In my 70 years in Germany, I´ve never ever heard this crap. Life in the fast lane may be nice. Not so for slower drivers. Speeds beyond say 180 km/h are driven just for fun, not necessity. I personally don´t want to die because of some fool´s speed mania.
You need to do one on your stop light system. Because Americans don't know about the red yellow, green, green, yellow red stop lights that Germany has. Or about how you lose your license if you run a red light
Most countries including the US and Canada say to keep to the right except when overtaking. In the US and Canada, drivers think they can block other drivers, as if they have been given a badge that allows them to slow everybody down.
I live in the Northern Territory (Australia) and for many years there were sections of the Stuart highway that had no speed limits but afew years back the government put in a 130 kmh limit along most of the length of the highway. I usually drive at about 110kmh because of livestock and kangaroos on the road.
Pre-WW2 Autobahns were a revelation, not only were the multi-lanes a new concept but the engineers designed them with banked curves that did not require steering input. My father showed this to me once when we drove some miles without him actually touching the steering wheel on a very curvy road. One thing to remember on the Autobahn is that whatever speed you are doing someone is driving faster and wants to overtake. Also, Ausfahrts must be taken slower than you think.
I was on the Stuttgart autobahn in the late 80's in my friend's BMW. We were doing about 130 MPH and three Porsches flew by us like we were standing still.
Be careful the white sign with crossed out number does not always mean you can drive as fast as you want. For example on a open road outside a city (not in a city or autobahn) this sign means you can drive the maximum allowed speed, which is on these types of roads 100
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme but he is right tho. The sign with the crossed out number isn't saying no speed limit. It says the 100kmh limit is lifted and you should observe the maximum allowed speed limit on that section of road. As an example let's say you have an electronically regulated autobahn section with 130 kmh limit show on painted signs. Then in the same time an electronic sign above shows a speed limit of 80 kmh (like in this video), after a while a crossed out 80kmh sign is shown. This means you have go back to observing the 130kmh speed limit show on the painted signs and you are not allowed drive as fast as possible.
When I was younger I wanted drive on the autobahn because of the speed. As I’ve grown older, I still want to drive on it because of the speed, but I’ve also grown to want to drive a road that is that well taken care of.
One of my german courses had a whole day devoted to "how not to get killed driving on the Autobahn". Basically stay out of the way, and know the limits of your car and ability. My professor was from Thüringen and said people try to drive compact rental cars like they're a big Mercedes and can't handle the speed. As fast as you want does not mean as fast as you can. When I visited Germany I traveled by train.
As someone who usually goes just a bit slower than speed of traffic in California where everyone speeds like maniacs, driving 95mph seems horrifyingly fast to me. I usually go 80 or just under and I feel like its pretty fast
Driving in the US is pretty different in many ways. More lanes, more traffic, worse drivers, passing on the right, trash laying around on the freeway and so forth. Driving on an interstate resembles driving on a Schnellstraße in Germany. The Autobahn has a different, more organized vibe (don't know how to describe it better). So, we are not crazy. I'm a careful driver but 160 km/h is not as dangerous as it sounds.
Having lived in Germany for 3 years, I felt safer at 145kmh there than almost any highway here. The rules are simple... lead, follow, or get out of the way. I drove from Garmisch-Partenkirschen to Muenchen in 30 minute. Fast as my car would go for a half hour. (234kmh)
@@icerepublic Spot on. There are pot holes everywhere. Or if fixed then fixed badly. There is absolutely trash everywhere. Trucks loose the tires and pickups loose whatever they have loaded. So many mattresses. I drove over a ladder once. My insurance was very happy about that.
@@roncenti Yeah, I noticed that everytime when I'm on vacation in the US when driving around. It's a whole different experience. So many potholes, trash, rusty old cars etc. It's totally understandable that people from the US think "and I should drive through *that* with no speed limit?". But that's just not the case over here. In Germany it's not allowed to even have advertising next to the Autobahn so driver's are not distracted. And the whole organization is spaghetti-like in the US. "This lane must exit", "Exit left", "Exit right".. WTF? In Germany we don't have that. 2 or 3 lanes usually. Separate exit strip. Always on the right. It's all way less confusing and thus less dangerous. We are not suicidal or anything. 😂
My aunt used to live there & used to tell us about this all the time! Our closest big city is 52 miles/84 km from us. She would drive the equivalent there in 14 minutes!
Do you have any problems adjusting back to US speed limits after returning home? I remember coming back to California after living in New York where it seems that pedestrians don’t have the right of way. I’ll just say that I startled some pedestrians until I adjusted.
Depends on the car you drive, and what type of suspension it is fitted with. Doing 160km/h in a Opel Corsa feels A LOT faster than doing 230km/h in a 5series BMW with an M-series suspension.
My yaris cruises at 160 just fine. Many cars 200+ you barely feel the speed till some slow driver like you cuts them off without looking and then you both find out.
I just wish there would be a 130kmh speedlimit everywhere on autobahn. I drove to frankfurt last week.. some people are nuts, driving over 200kmh risking other peoples lives
But how are they risking other peoples lifes? When you know there is no speed limit you need to check your mirrors even better. No one will just rear end you because they feel like it.
@@fynncordts7930 is that a serious question? No one can hold that concentration for hours, there are tired/unexperienced people on the road too. It is dangerous, there should be a speedlimit everywhere
This might've already been said, but I didn't see it in the top comments, sooo: A sign with a speed limit crossed out lifts ONLY that specific speed limit. This is important. To give an example: Often times, there'll be a general speed limit of 120 km/h. Now you get a new speed limit of 100km/h, but with the addition "when wet". So, if it has rained and the street is wet, your speed limit is now 100 km/h. Now you reach a sign with the 100 km/h crossed out, lifting that limit. This does NOT mean, you may drive any speed you like now. It ONLY lifts the conditional 100 km/h limit, so you're now back to the previous, general 120 km/h speed limit. Drive safe!
It sounds way cooler than it really is I must say. Because there are still many speed limits or the Autobahn is just so full that you don't really get the chance to drive that fast. I mean it depends on the area of course....I'm from the Ruhr area and we constantly have Stau (traffic jam). In other areas there'll be less of it. But still....most of the time I don't manage to drive faster than 150km/h
You're absolutely right. It isn't. It's a discussion like americans have about weapons, for example. Everyone knows, it isn't a good idea, but money wins. It's a topic since a decade here, but nothing really happens. Even as we assumed, we'll have to less oil or it will get too expensive after the war in europe began, our government wasn't able to enforce a speed limit, not even for a short time period. Our neighbors who already have a general speed limit easily decided you're not allowed to drive faster than 100 km/h anymore, as long as we didn't know, where to get affordable oil from. Now it's already lifted up to 120 km/h again, that's the limit of most of the countries around us, I guess.
@@jamesdec1774 You might want to google what kind of driving pollutes the most! ;) Hint: the fastest driving is the worst in terms of environmental impact.
Worrying about the damage you are causing to the environment by doing 95mph rather than 75 is pointless. Just think about the carbon emissions all those aeroplanes are creating, just so people can have holidays, or how much damage China's 1000+ coal fired power stations are creating. They keep on telling us that our cars are killing the environment, but they're talking rubbish.
Some Germans feel the need to cross from the far right lane to exit at the last minute. Driving across two or three lanes of heavy traffic at full speed to get in the exit lane right before it ends. And being behind a truck for more than 10 seconds is against their religion. (Truck driver living/working in Germany)
Germany this summer I got a ticked driving 100 on a 70, I drove there for the first time and everyone around drove >120 so I thought I just missed the sign. Just to be save a drove 100😅 it was only 40€ so maybe thats why people just ignore it(?) In the Netherlands you'd get like a 200€ ticket
Something I learned when I had to drive on the Autobahn is that if someone was about to merge INTO it and you were on the right lane next to the merging lane, you would move quickly into the center (3 lane or more) or left lane to let the incoming cars move into the Autobahn, something like a courtesy or moreover, to avoid a an unexpected collision. It's a valuable driving culture in Germany.
Not just autobahn but everywhere: If you are passing, be careful for idiots who drives in the right lane in the high speed of 60 km/h (37) and randomly just switches to the left lane for no reason Happend to me and luckily i avoided the situation (Sure, it was on 2+1 road in sweden that was 100 km/h, but anyway)
My friend drove 200 on the Autobahn a gew years ago, and I loved it haha. One of my other friends was terrified so the driver slowed it back down after a bit hahaha
I did 150 max when I visited for a few weeks several years ago. Seen manu wagons just overtaking everyone like rgeyvare standing still :) also there was a sportscar ripped in half on one of the merging line, with one half missing and lone cop car watching over it. And so many road reapairs! Sometimes there was like zero unlimited speed for 100kms because of that, or cargo trucks going 80 , everyone has to do 80 :D
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“Stay as far-right as possible” dangerous words for a German
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Also for Italians and Japanese 😉
@@senorpepper3405 not funny
@@Lotschi heil👋 I mean hi
@@senorpepper3405 still not funny
Most important thing about the autobahn - check your mirrors!
and do the shoulder check!
and keep the damn safety distance...
The amount of people who think that the distance you leave to the car in front of you is for them to merge into is crazy.@@Coolgamer400
If you fast enough, you dont need mirrors… and we brake 4 nobody. Lord Helmet
Checking mirrors and keeping right are un-American, along with paying attention and knowing how to drive.
Small addition, the sign without a number also cancels all other restrictions like not being allowed to pass
not... being allowed.... to pass....?? that one confuses me lol how is one disallowed to pass
@@UnshavenStatue sometimes no overtaking is allowed however I have never seen that sign on a highway unless it was under construction.
@@UnshavenStatue If, for example, there is a traffic jam, the trucks are banned from overtaking so that the emergency lane is not blocked.
I like how she thinks 124 mph is fast. ( :
Correct. It means that all restrictions have been lifted.
Worth mentioning: just NEVER overtake on the right side. Driving on the autobahn is serious business. No one is expecting you to pass on the right. Only in traffic jam
Literally anyone with a license should know that you don't pass on the right side.
@@sebastianag2966I pass on the right all the time 😂
People should just look on the right side before merging
@@Eric-xh9ee Dein Ernst?
@@Eric-xh9eeich kann dir nur wärmstens empfehlen ein Führerscheinauffrischungskurs zu belegen, denn es scheint, dass du die Grundregeln der StVO vergessen hast.
@@Eric-xh9eeDann solltest du deinen Führerschein abgeben
It is worth mentioning that you have to adjust your speed to the traffic and always be careful. It is not like anarchy bc there is no speed limit.
Yeah, our roads are actually surprisingly safe
Eso se llama sentido común, que sociedad mas triste tenemos que parece haya que aclarar estas cosas, por que parece que la gente necesita un estado paternalista que les diga lo que pueden, tienen o deben de hacer en vez de ser suficientemente adultos para saberlo por si mismos.
@@amz7828 Still most deaths in traffic in Germany are caused by too high speeds. So you need to be aware of the risks
@@oliverhardy9464ye but not on the autobahn bro
@@oliverhardy9464 Too high speed is the main reason for traffic related deaths. That is true. But it is not going 200 kph on the Autobahn in an unrestricted section, which is problematic here. It is going 130 kph on a twisty "Landstraße" or 90 kph in a city.
The other term is "nicht angepasste Geschwindigkeit", which means non-adjusted speed, i.e. driving faster than the conditions allow. This can happen where there is no speed limit. But it can also happen everywhere else. And in fact this was the cause of my worst accident. I was well below the speed limit on a "Landstraße" (technically a "Kreisstraße") but it had started freezing between the start of my drive and me entering a curve where 70 kph would have been allowed at 50 kph, sliding on a frozen puddle and spinning my car into oncoming traffic on the opposite lane, a van specifically. This could very well have been fatal, had I not gotten lucky by only crashing into that van with the empty back of my car, resulting in only damaged vehicles and no injuries.
The first and only time I was on the Autobahn was in 98. We were doing 120mph in a van, and the left lane was passing us like we were doing 45 in a 75. When she says keep right... she's not joking. Because people in the left lane are FLYING.
Reminds me of driving in Louisiana!😂
120mph! is that close to 300 kmph?
@@KristopherNoronhaNo. 120 mph is approx equal to 120*1.6mph which is 192 kmph.
I can confirm this! The Germans strictly obey the drive on the right rule and only pass on the left unless they are flying so fast that they're passing everybody. I don't know how many times I've passed a truck or a slow car (most people drive about as fast as Americans on our freeways), where I checked my mirrors, saw the left lane seemed to be clear for miles, and then halfway through the pass ( at 160 KPM/100 MPH), I would check my mirror and all of a sudden there's a line of cars flashing their lights at me to move out of the way. Talk about high pucker factor when you first see that. After a while you get used to it and you simply speed up as much as you can and get over to the right as quickly as you can. Driving on the Autobahn is one of life's most exhilarating experiences and I wish America had built our Interstate system exactly the same way the Germans had, complete with unlimited speed limits. One thing for sure, when you drive faster than 100MPH it's practically impossible to fall asleep while driving - guaranteed!
When I lived there I had an Opel Diplomat. It was a wonderful car with very long legs. I got on the highway one day and when the speed limit went away, I let it rip. The speedometer went to 250k's but the best it would show me was a little over 230k's. (That's about 145mph). I'm in the left lane and I'm passing people in the middle lane like they were going the other way. A bit later I see a car in the mirror that is gaining on me and flashes the headlights as it approaches. I find a slot in the middle lane (where I'm going twice the speed of the traffic there) and that car passed me like I was the one going the other way. I'm moving 145mph and that guy passed me so fast, I couldn't even tell what kind of car it was. He had to be going 200mph (320k's). Suddenly, I didn't think my Diplomat was all that fast anymore. That happened in 1982, I can't remember the cars model year but it was a Diplomat B with a Chevy 327 V-8. I wasn't making a bunch of money so it had to be a fairly old car so probably mid 1970s production, but that car was quick, well at least until the really quick cars showed up. Lol
A few side notes:
Just because there's no speed limit doesn't mean you can drive as fast as you want. You still have to drive a safe speed depending on the circumstances.
If you drive faster than the recommended speed (130 km/h) and you get into an accident, you can get partial liability, evem if you didn't cause the accident.
And also your insurance might not pay you
Sounds to me like u can drive as fast as you want, but shouldnt
@@mxrtyrer7954 Pretty much
@@nnnik3595what? Why wouldn't the insurance pay? They might not pay the damage to your own car if you are drunk or street racing. Thats pretty much it.
@@yannicanguelov3170 if you drive too fast and they decide that driving too fast at least partially contributed to the accident your insurance is not forced to pay you the full amount.
The first time I went to Germany I was in the left lane doing 160 KPH and I looked in my mirror. There were two headlights in the mirror very close together and a long way behind. I looked away for what felt like a few seconds and when I looked in the mirror again the two headlights were far apart and approaching fast. I dove into the middle lane and a Porsche blew past me so fast he shook my car!
I stayed in the middle lane a lot more after that,
(Apparently 100MPH wasn't as fast as I'd first thought!)
The worst was getting back to the US and catching myself doing 85 in a 55MPH zone the first day!
There are parts of the USA where that‘s normal as well. Texas and Louisiana come to mind. Had the same exact experience as you between New Orleans and Baton Rouge!😂 I thought I was the worst speeder until a couple Audis blew past me going 150mph minimum!
@@Robynhoodlum but here its not speeding, it means to be legally allowed to drive your 600 hp car the way it should be driven
Just to be clear, it's a MUST to drive on right lane, when there is no one in front of you, it's called the "Rechtsfahrgebot" ("Drive-Right-Lane-Law" 😅). Also it's strictly prohibited to pass a car on right lane, you always pass on left lane.
You wouldn’t believe the amount of people who just sit in the left lane in America then get mad when you pass them on the right
@@0x45Swims please stfu, bc people sitting in the left lane wouldn't even make the top 10 of reckless/annoying/unsafe driving behaviors in America.
Drive-Right-Lane-Law ist ne blöde Übersetzung weil das Gesetz auch besagt, dass man innerhalb einer Spur soweit rechts wie möglich fahren soll.
I wish this were the case in North America. The joy of driving is visibly fading quicker than ever.
Same in the UK but just reverse left for right and right for left in those sentences 😅
Also we don’t have a long word for it… it’s just called, well actually we have a long set of words… middle/right hand lane hogging and undertaking.
Thank you for saying that the left line is only for passing. So many Linksschleicher and Mittelspurschleicher on the Autobahn don't understand that
One early morning I thought I would find out my car's terminal speed on the autobahn heading north from Hamburg. At 138mph I saw lights behind me so I eased off to about 120mph and seconds later was passed by a carbon Lamborghini going a good 100 faster than me. I felt the WHOOMP of air from that car even from within my own.
Damn i wish i would get passed by a Lambo to hear the noise. 99% of supercars i see on the Autobahn chill on the middle lane. It's always so weird to pass AMG GTs or Ferraris in my BMW 116i 😳
@@hoffi6792yeah the only faster Cars that go like above 200km/h are just bmw and audi
You keep your eyes on the mirror in that left lane, or you'll end up someone's hood ornament!!!!
@@hoffi6792 nah man at some point it's just stupid how fast super fancy cars can go. Human reaction speed just isn't made to drive that fast.
Me 190 km/h overtaking a car (130 km/h) and then back to right lane (as I saw a dot in the mirror) - some seconds later a Dodge Viper passed with around 300 km/h
Stay as far right as possible. Always good advice
Based
Not "as fast as you want" but adapted to traffic, weather - and your skills!
You could explain the Rettungsgasse… it would be pretty important for other countries 👌
Ja also in Europa schaffen die anderen Länder das irgendwie besser als wir Deutschen, man sollte es also erstmal den deutschen erklären.
Siehe z.b. Berichte wie "notarzt musste mit Fahrrad zu unfallstelle fahren weil es keine rettungsgasse gab"
@@nri363 Ja, kannst du auch diese Videos aus den USA? Die bleiben einfach stehen und der RTW kommt komplett nicht nach vorne. Immer... ich finde schon das wir Deutschen das manchmal ganz gut hinbekommen...wichtig, MANCHMAL. Aber ja, ich kenne den Fahrrad Arzt, der ist bei mir in der Nachbarstadt xD
Acting like other countries never heard of that concept.. 💀
@@nri363ja weil die höhere strafen haben. Die retrungsgasse ist ja was vom Gesetzgeber verlangtes das haben die leute ja nicht von selber angefangen
@@j22563Im German and I have seen it very often that people do a rettungsgasse
And I was already in other countries like France and Italy
And they don’t do anything
So as a German I don’t know if French people get that taught in driving school
But I know that for us germans it’s no "concept" it’s a rule
And most of us follow the rule
In Germany we call 200 km/h angenehme Reisegeschwindigkeit
And we think thats beautiful
Because it is 😂
Yikes! My truck is governed to 98 mph/160kph. I would fly off the road at 200.
Da macht man sich noch nen Kaffee nebenher 🤣
mein erster wagen war n alter polo 9N. ich habs geschafft ihn auf 200 hoch zu treten aber angenehm war das nicht. wenn n polo dermaßen trittst brauchst mindestens 2 öl kanister auf vorrat, ne jerrycan randvoll mit benzin und wenn platz vorhanden n 2. motor weil deiner kurz davor ist zu schmelzen xD.
My dad got a Ford Fiesta up to 100 mph on that road and someone passed him about 130 he said he was done. lol
LOL ford fiesta
The Ford Fiesta was my first German Car.
I am driving often at around 110mph and i Always get passed by Others driving around 130-140mph
Somebody I know did 109mph in an old prius on the M25 in London.
@@captainphilips5469Poor guy. I hope he didn't get bent over by the govt for exercising his right to property and travel. Oh wait, this is England. NM
Fun fact, on most places where ther is no speedlimit, trucks are allowed to overtake (90km/h) good test for your brakes😅
Was stuck for an hour where trucks did that, in a fog. 80kmh :D was sure it was because due to road repairs, but no. Just very many trucks :D
You can not "go as fast as you want".
You can go as fast as it safe.
Fun fact: The autobahn is as safe as any other highway in europe, and way safer than the u.s. by data
Not quite. There are over three times the fatal accidents on German motorways than there are on UK motorways. When I lived in Dusseldorf it seemed like there were major smashes pretty much every day.
@@paulsengupta971 two days ago i had a pretty close call. I was going around 200 on a free autobahn and there were two trucks on the right lane, i went off the gas to 150 km/h because i know these guys love to overtake each other. When i was around 150m away the truck pulled on my lane. Full break and saved it. It was a polish truck. So usually what makes the autobahn dangerous are people that dont use mirrors or dont understand how fast cars on the left lane actually are.
Fun fact: Germany has a cute road network but there are thousands more miles of interstates in the U.S. than autobahn in Germany and the longest interstate is over 5x the length of the longest autobahn.
@@PSTXFL cry in delusional patriotism
Yup!
The only people causing a crash are scared little pussies who drive super slow 🤮
I got my European driver's license back in the 70's. I remember how intense for a German young man or woman it was to get a driver's license. I bet most Americans could never go through those processes.......love your show !
How about the rest of Europe. Rest of Europe it's totally different than in Germany
Sure they can. They just don't have to. The California written test was as difficult as the German with the exception that there is only one answer possible while in the German test there were multiple answers.
Here in The Netherlands we have one of the toughest driving exams in the world. A little wrong wind can cause the examinator to say "you failed"
@@roncenti yeah but in the German one you also have to get ALL multiple ones correct. So if three out of four answers are correct, you HAVE to choose all of them, if you only choose one that’s correct, you answered wrong altogether.
Only 10 mistakes as well, but that’s meaning 10 points, nlt 10 questions wrong. So depending on what type of question it is, it can count for 4 points, meaning in some combos you can only get 3 questions wrong.
If you already have a motorcycle license, you can only lose 5 points
@@roncenti california already IS an exeption for American Standards
Also good tip, when you are on the "B" roads and see the limitless signs, it does not mean go unlimited! The "B" roads, which can be highways in some stretches, aren't rated for over 120 and 100 on most cases!
THIS!😂
I learned about driving on the Autobahn from Car&Driver magazine. They hammered the point to "keep right except to pass!" They would criticize American's lack of "lane discipline" and our idiot "left lane bandits." Now in America even flashing your lights to get a slow driver in the left lane to move right could get you shot by a "road rager"
If you flashed me, I would slow down. You flash your lights in Germany because that's how we have always done it and you are not allowed to pass on the right. In the US you can pass on the right so if the car is not fast enough for you, just pass on the right or be patient until he has passed the slower car. There is no rush. You will save 2 minutes max.
@@roncenti passing on the right is illegal in most of the US. left lane is for passing only.
@@anotheraggieburneraccount as I was in America 2012 and 2015,I drove in the car with friends (the friend has driven) and they have passed us on both sides. That I can remember, because it was so crazy for me.
@roncenti if you would slowed me down you would be in a ditch fixing your own car
The rules are similar in both countries. They just have too many stupid people in the US who just wander across any lane they want. It's getting the same in the UK, particularly on motorways where there are speed cameras. A lot of people have no idea how to drive properly.
REMEMBER THAT YOU SHOULDN'T PLAY KEROSENE WHILE ON THE AUTOBAHN OR YOU WILL END LIKE A RS6 💀💀💀
I lived in Germany and had fast cars. There’s nothing much better than doing 190 mph on an empty Autobahn at night. But if I really have to get from some place to another, I honestly prefer the calm and relaxed gliding along at very moderate 65, 75, sometimes 85 mph on a US interstate.
You didn’t do that…
@@timprescott4634 What? 190 on the public road? Audi RS6 plus Abt with all limiters removed, a real beast I sometimes miss today still. 🤷🏻♂️
For my driving lessons my instructor forced me to go at least 200 for a while. Like literally spent an entire lesson looking for a stretch that had low traffic for it. Because he felt his students need to have that experience to feel confident and safe on them. Quite fun though.
kph, right?
@@Carma281 yeah kmh not mph
There are so many Autobahn driving videos, no one has ever shown the "no speed limit" sign. Feli is really a treasure in the TH-cam, goes deep into everything and explains. This is TH-cam at its best.
It's not a no speed limit sign, it's a the previous speed limit is canceled sign (VZ 278 or VZ 282 ). If there is a general speedlimit, or an electronic sign, that speedlimit is still in place. F.e. if there is construction or an accident the speedlimit is 80 km/h no matter if there's that sign or not. Normaly they would cover that sign to avoid confusion, but no matter if they did or not, the general speedlimit stays in place. It's only no speed limit, if there is no general speed limit.
The meaning of the ,,no speed limit,, sign was explained partially correct: if you encounter a white sign with a line in it it means the limitation that is crossed is lifted and therefore only the general limitations for the type of road are true. ( if nothing is in it, than it means all previous limitations are replaced by the general ones). This means that I case of the blank one you can now pass others again, if restricted previously, and have to abide the speed regulation of the road type you are driving. On the autobahn there is no speed limit in that case ( but 130 kmh are recommended). On streets outside of towns that it would be 100 kmh and 70 kmh for trucks. Inside of city's this sign would allow you to drive 50 kmh. ( this limit Inside of city's can he increased by regular signs though)
You forgot endless traffic jams! They lower the speed too 😢
This was one of your best ones, love the Autobahn but be careful!
I remember we were on the A9 coming from Munich visiting my grandma and there’s a pretty long strip of no speed limit. We were going 180 km/h in the middle lane and still getting passed by everyone else 😂
Also the way I recognize we’re back in Germany when coming back from vacation is that it suddenly feels a lot faster
Also when you wanna get ahead of another car, make sure to not check your rearview mirror for a long time, but for a couple short intervals - because if there really is someone coming up with 200+ km/h, you won’t realize their speed with you look at them too long at a tome
I’ve been twice in the past year. Besides, the country being absolutely beautiful, it is the single thing that I missed the most. I don’t put stickers on my vehicle, but I ordered one that shows no number and the three lines and put it on my truck. I really really miss the Audubon.
Got my license last year, I felt sick every time I had to go on the Autobahn. Now I'm so used to it I am more nervous to drive in other cities lol
160kmh ~ 230kmh bei verschlafen😅
„Going full throttle…“ needs ages to get on 😂
She never claimed to have a car with a powerful engine.
@@user-dv7hq2rh4g Still. There should be some acceleration visible.
Was driving on it about 20 years ago, doing about 200kmh and was in the left lane too long and car came up on me like I was sitting still.
I got to ✅️ driving on the autobahn off my bucket list several years ago. It was definitely something to remember.
Baustellen sind unsere Gescheindigkeitsbegrenzungen 😂
Traurig aber wahr
how many letters?
In German we say "mit 200 km/h auf der Autobahn bist du noch eine Verkehrsbehinderung"
And I think it's beautiful
In my 70 years in Germany, I´ve never ever heard this crap. Life in the fast lane may be nice. Not so for slower drivers. Speeds beyond say 180 km/h are driven just for fun, not necessity. I personally don´t want to die because of some fool´s speed mania.
Adding "and i think its beautifull" doesnt make made up crap true nor funny.
I drove over 100k miles on the Autobahn. It was so fun. I was stationed in Fulda for 3 years.
and the Autobahn's have less accidents than the 70mph speed limited motorways here in the UK
@felifromgermany You should talk about „Richtgeschwindigkeit“ and your liability in case of an accident at higher speeds.
You need to do one on your stop light system. Because Americans don't know about the red yellow, green, green, yellow red stop lights that Germany has. Or about how you lose your license if you run a red light
Most of Europe also doesn't do that red, yellow green, it's confusing. Most of Europe it's Green, yellow red and red green.
Ummm what?!?!
What exactly isnt there to understand 😅
@@kar460 i dunno, Americans ?😅
@@marvin2678 ive never been to Germany. Idk how they do things there.
The only thing happens is the driver gets a ticket lol.
Most countries including the US and Canada say to keep to the right except when overtaking. In the US and Canada, drivers think they can block other drivers, as if they have been given a badge that allows them to slow everybody down.
I live in the Northern Territory (Australia) and for many years there were sections of the Stuart highway that had no speed limits but afew years back the government put in a 130 kmh limit along most of the length of the highway. I usually drive at about 110kmh because of livestock and kangaroos on the road.
Please make a full video from Feli on the Autobahn!
Only reasons i want to move to germany in the future is to be able to go flat out on the autobahn, and race on the nurburgring.
Why you waiting?
Just stay where you are then, please.
Pre-WW2 Autobahns were a revelation, not only were the multi-lanes a new concept but the engineers designed them with banked curves that did not require steering input. My father showed this to me once when we drove some miles without him actually touching the steering wheel on a very curvy road. One thing to remember on the Autobahn is that whatever speed you are doing someone is driving faster and wants to overtake. Also, Ausfahrts must be taken slower than you think.
I was on the Stuttgart autobahn in the late 80's in my friend's BMW. We were doing about 130 MPH and three Porsches flew by us like we were standing still.
Be careful the white sign with crossed out number does not always mean you can drive as fast as you want. For example on a open road outside a city (not in a city or autobahn) this sign means you can drive the maximum allowed speed, which is on these types of roads 100
This video is about the autobahn, dear.
Also of course you can drive the maximum allowed speed. It is the speed limit. Isn't that the point?
Is that not one fat line?
this is about autobahn not regular highway or B roads
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme but he is right tho. The sign with the crossed out number isn't saying no speed limit. It says the 100kmh limit is lifted and you should observe the maximum allowed speed limit on that section of road.
As an example let's say you have an electronically regulated autobahn section with 130 kmh limit show on painted signs.
Then in the same time an electronic sign above shows a speed limit of 80 kmh (like in this video), after a while a crossed out 80kmh sign is shown. This means you have go back to observing the 130kmh speed limit show on the painted signs and you are not allowed drive as fast as possible.
My dad causually pulling 250kmh when we go on holiday💀
Welcome to germany
BS!
When I was younger I wanted drive on the autobahn because of the speed. As I’ve grown older, I still want to drive on it because of the speed, but I’ve also grown to want to drive a road that is that well taken care of.
One of my german courses had a whole day devoted to "how not to get killed driving on the Autobahn". Basically stay out of the way, and know the limits of your car and ability. My professor was from Thüringen and said people try to drive compact rental cars like they're a big Mercedes and can't handle the speed. As fast as you want does not mean as fast as you can.
When I visited Germany I traveled by train.
Seeing this stretch of the A99 feels like coming home for me. Or in other words: Hey, you can see my house from there! (nearly)
As someone who usually goes just a bit slower than speed of traffic in California where everyone speeds like maniacs, driving 95mph seems horrifyingly fast to me. I usually go 80 or just under and I feel like its pretty fast
Driving in the US is pretty different in many ways. More lanes, more traffic, worse drivers, passing on the right, trash laying around on the freeway and so forth. Driving on an interstate resembles driving on a Schnellstraße in Germany. The Autobahn has a different, more organized vibe (don't know how to describe it better). So, we are not crazy. I'm a careful driver but 160 km/h is not as dangerous as it sounds.
Having lived in Germany for 3 years, I felt safer at 145kmh there than almost any highway here. The rules are simple... lead, follow, or get out of the way. I drove from Garmisch-Partenkirschen to Muenchen in 30 minute. Fast as my car would go for a half hour. (234kmh)
@@icerepublic Spot on. There are pot holes everywhere. Or if fixed then fixed badly. There is absolutely trash everywhere. Trucks loose the tires and pickups loose whatever they have loaded. So many mattresses. I drove over a ladder once. My insurance was very happy about that.
@@roncenti I almost drove over a Ladder once while in rapid city sd. Smh
The dumb thing popped out of a person truck bed.
@@roncenti Yeah, I noticed that everytime when I'm on vacation in the US when driving around. It's a whole different experience. So many potholes, trash, rusty old cars etc. It's totally understandable that people from the US think "and I should drive through *that* with no speed limit?". But that's just not the case over here. In Germany it's not allowed to even have advertising next to the Autobahn so driver's are not distracted. And the whole organization is spaghetti-like in the US. "This lane must exit", "Exit left", "Exit right".. WTF? In Germany we don't have that. 2 or 3 lanes usually. Separate exit strip. Always on the right. It's all way less confusing and thus less dangerous. We are not suicidal or anything. 😂
I like the videos you make.i was stationed in west Germany from June 1972 to March 1974.
May I ask where, good sir?
Only in Germany you pass by a truck with 200km/h and someone behind you gives you the flasher cause you're to slow.
That's the Mittlerer Ring experience in one video
Mittlerer Ring, then straight out on the A96. 60, 80,100, 80, 120, no speed limit, 120, 100, no speed limit
i like to go 200-230 km/h, that’s my favorite speed. not too fast, not too slow
“Not too fast”
@@Evil_Puppy48 there are people going well over 300
Same
Just make sure your car isnt an RS6.
@@resist56 not into „cool cars“, i like vw or other brands that put safety and comfort first.
153 Km/h. That's crazy lady!
Bro I do that everytime I drive
@@porsche928s4Bro Sarkasmus
We lived in Düsseldorf whilst I was growing up and I loved the autobahn xx❤
i love German autobahn
Ich fahre auch am liebsten 130-150 km/h. Bei 200 km/h oder drüber fühle ich mich unwohl. Schöner Short, danke für deinen Upload!!11EinsEinsElf
My aunt used to live there & used to tell us about this all the time!
Our closest big city is 52 miles/84 km from us. She would drive the equivalent there in 14 minutes!
52 miles ain't that far anyway, but cool story.
Nice joke, 360kmph? Yeah nice joke
@@taruntheboss9394 he would have to go 150 to get 52 miles in 20 mins about. 150 isn't too fast. My car goes up to 170 stock. That's 272kmh
@@The_Gallowglass what car do you use bro? 272? I never knew thats so normal
150 is a professional drivingtechnique in germany. We call it "Verkehrsbehinderung"
My heart races with Felis closeups no limit to her cuteness
You thirsty
Yeah but Ben has the best view!
Do you have any problems adjusting back to US speed limits after returning home?
I remember coming back to California after living in New York where it seems that pedestrians don’t have the right of way. I’ll just say that I startled some pedestrians until I adjusted.
Vorbildlich & mit toller Aussprache 👏🏻
I feel you about the 150km/h travel speed. That's enough. People going over 200 are mental.
I usually cruise at around 120kph for gas saving
Depends on the car you drive, and what type of suspension it is fitted with. Doing 160km/h in a Opel Corsa feels A LOT faster than doing 230km/h in a 5series BMW with an M-series suspension.
@@fatal97493 But how many cars are built for that?
all the german ones @@Cheepchipsable
My yaris cruises at 160 just fine. Many cars 200+ you barely feel the speed till some slow driver like you cuts them off without looking and then you both find out.
Audi RS6 : i will go 300km/h
To Slow buy a big bike 👌🏻 hayabusa turbo maybe 😂 how the ghost rider 🤙🏻
@@battlestorm2318 Well ,when it rains the RS6 has the upper hand when it comes to comfort.
No you won't!--Speed-limited to 250 km/h!Only tuned versions are"open"/unlimited!
I remember a couple months ago when i got my licence i did 240 kmh on the Autobahn with the Driving school's BMW I8 🤣🤣🤣
And your teacher Took a Valium
And started to pray 😂
@@30chrismuc no bro, i live in Germamy, we were on the autobahn 🤣🤣🤣🤣 i also was 17 🤣🤣
Yeah.sure....what do you dream,while asleep???
@@pe.bo.5038 also my pfp is me in the I8
Kerosene starts playing 300km
Left lane is the Luft lane. Closeness only counts if the air modules between the two cars makes the paint bubble up
I just wish there would be a 130kmh speedlimit everywhere on autobahn. I drove to frankfurt last week.. some people are nuts, driving over 200kmh risking other peoples lives
But how are they risking other peoples lifes? When you know there is no speed limit you need to check your mirrors even better. No one will just rear end you because they feel like it.
@@fynncordts7930 is that a serious question? No one can hold that concentration for hours, there are tired/unexperienced people on the road too. It is dangerous, there should be a speedlimit everywhere
Just follow the rules. The death rate on the autobahn is MUCH lower than highway fatalities in the States.
Me as a German: 😂
This might've already been said, but I didn't see it in the top comments, sooo:
A sign with a speed limit crossed out lifts ONLY that specific speed limit. This is important. To give an example:
Often times, there'll be a general speed limit of 120 km/h. Now you get a new speed limit of 100km/h, but with the addition "when wet". So, if it has rained and the street is wet, your speed limit is now 100 km/h.
Now you reach a sign with the 100 km/h crossed out, lifting that limit. This does NOT mean, you may drive any speed you like now. It ONLY lifts the conditional 100 km/h limit, so you're now back to the previous, general 120 km/h speed limit.
Drive safe!
It sounds way cooler than it really is I must say. Because there are still many speed limits or the Autobahn is just so full that you don't really get the chance to drive that fast. I mean it depends on the area of course....I'm from the Ruhr area and we constantly have Stau (traffic jam). In other areas there'll be less of it. But still....most of the time I don't manage to drive faster than 150km/h
Going that fast (150km/hour and over) doesn't seem very eco-friendly, if I may...
Not if you have an ICE vehicle.
You're absolutely right. It isn't. It's a discussion like americans have about weapons, for example. Everyone knows, it isn't a good idea, but money wins. It's a topic since a decade here, but nothing really happens. Even as we assumed, we'll have to less oil or it will get too expensive after the war in europe began, our government wasn't able to enforce a speed limit, not even for a short time period. Our neighbors who already have a general speed limit easily decided you're not allowed to drive faster than 100 km/h anymore, as long as we didn't know, where to get affordable oil from. Now it's already lifted up to 120 km/h again, that's the limit of most of the countries around us, I guess.
Having a dog or cat just for fun isn’t either. A big dog‘s ecological footprint compares to a SUV.
@@jamesdec1774 You might want to google what kind of driving pollutes the most! ;) Hint: the fastest driving is the worst in terms of environmental impact.
Worrying about the damage you are causing to the environment by doing 95mph rather than 75 is pointless.
Just think about the carbon emissions all those aeroplanes are creating, just so people can have holidays, or how much damage China's 1000+ coal fired power stations are creating.
They keep on telling us that our cars are killing the environment, but they're talking rubbish.
"Stay as far-right as possible" something my fam only does on the Autobahn 😁
Why tf would someone think it’s just a single road and not a highway..?
It sounds similar to driving in new jersey. The speed limits are never over 65mph but on some highways the majority of traffic is doing 80mph or more.
Especially the Turnpike or AC Expressway.
Some Germans feel the need to cross from the far right lane to exit at the last minute. Driving across two or three lanes of heavy traffic at full speed to get in the exit lane right before it ends. And being behind a truck for more than 10 seconds is against their religion. (Truck driver living/working in Germany)
And really important: It doesnt matter in which car u drive that fast. There is always someone, who is faster than u
Most important lesson!
Ich liebe unsere Autobahnen😁👍🏼 jeden Morgen🙈
Germany this summer I got a ticked driving 100 on a 70, I drove there for the first time and everyone around drove >120 so I thought I just missed the sign. Just to be save a drove 100😅 it was only 40€ so maybe thats why people just ignore it(?) In the Netherlands you'd get like a 200€ ticket
As an American who is trying to move to Germany this was very helpful
"stay as far-right as possible" hahaha
Based af words to live by.
When they invaded Poland and Denmark im sure its as fast as a autobahn with a v12
Something I learned when I had to drive on the Autobahn is that if someone was about to merge INTO it and you were on the right lane next to the merging lane, you would move quickly into the center (3 lane or more) or left lane to let the incoming cars move into the Autobahn, something like a courtesy or moreover, to avoid a an unexpected collision. It's a valuable driving culture in Germany.
This brings back memories.
Such a small thing makes such a big difference.. stay as dar right as possible. ❤
When I went on the autobahn it was bumper to bumper traffic
Love how moving over to the right is actually enforced too ♥️♥️
Driving an automobile is a much more serious consideration in Europe than it is in the States; it's a big deal there, a rite of passage here.
Not just autobahn but everywhere:
If you are passing, be careful for idiots who drives in the right lane in the high speed of 60 km/h (37) and randomly just switches to the left lane for no reason
Happend to me and luckily i avoided the situation
(Sure, it was on 2+1 road in sweden that was 100 km/h, but anyway)
Nice to see a part of the autobahn I am regularly driving :D
In 1989 while serving in The U.S. Army i drove 140 MPH on A6 coming back to Zirndorf from Neu Ulm.
SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!😊
I love that there are no billboards on the Autobahn
My friend drove 200 on the Autobahn a gew years ago, and I loved it haha. One of my other friends was terrified so the driver slowed it back down after a bit hahaha
I did 150 max when I visited for a few weeks several years ago. Seen manu wagons just overtaking everyone like rgeyvare standing still :) also there was a sportscar ripped in half on one of the merging line, with one half missing and lone cop car watching over it.
And so many road reapairs! Sometimes there was like zero unlimited speed for 100kms because of that, or cargo trucks going 80 , everyone has to do 80 :D
Happy reminder just because it's legal, doesn't mean you won't die immediately on impact.
Honestly better to die immediately going 300 km/h than be paralyzed at 130.