But that's Hitler's baby!

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Hitler didn't want speed limits on the autobahn either Subby.

/now that's a good solid Godwin.

May George Bush unleash his furry upon you, stupid E.U.!

Now go drown in a fire!

I'm sure ADAC will have something to say about that.

CrAz3D: furry

???

CrAz3D:
May George Bush unleash his furry upon you, stupid E.U.!

Furries? Kinky ;)

It's the safest road in the world statistics-wise. We gotta do SOMETHING! I know... we'll put speed limits on it, those are always statistically sure to cause more accidents.

Winterfahrt?

Sad, yes, but the truth is the autobahns these days aren't all that fast anyway - it's not like everyone drives supercars and blasts along at 200+ kph. My driving experience there is very similar to interstates here.

Not going to happen. That'd be like trying to tell americans they're going to restrict trans-fats in fast food.

Over_Zealously_Apathetic: Winterfahrt?

Yeah. It's something that has plagued Eskimos for years. Ventilation in igloos just ain't all that great.

last bastion of freedom more like it.. just another notch in government's bedpost. farking the people once again.

Germany is widely known for only 4 things:

-The Autobahn
-Hardcore Porno
-Beer
-A militant Charlie Chaplin

If they get rid of the Autobahn god knows what's gonna become of that country's image.

<i>"There are so many areas in which we senselessly waste energy and harm the climate," European Union Environment Commissioner <b>Stavros Dimas</b> was quoted as saying..."</i>

I've never been to Greece. Do they have roads there?

That sucks. When I was stationed in Germany, I had a used 911 that was a blast to wind out to about 160mph, and I still got passed like I was in neutral.

/good times

Now see, up to now all this jazz about Global Warming has been funny as long as it just affected smokestack industries and the like.

Now the environtmentalists have just gone too far!!

He_Hate_Me: I'm sure ADAC will have something to say about that.

Heh heh, read the poster as "Winterfart".

Last time I was on the autobahn we were doing about 180km/h.
Good times. Wasn't driving though.

Aevum: It's the safest road in the world statistics-wise. We gotta do SOMETHING! I know... we'll put speed limits on it, those are always statistically sure to cause more accidents.

That's a myth. They're not particularly safer than any other developed country.

Yeah, because that's working so well in all the other countries.

Forking stupid.

Good. I hope they set a reasonable speed limit, like 70 mph, and ticket the hell out of people who go faster. Speed kills.

My daydream Ferrari Testarossa does not approve.

Actually some parts of the autobahn allready has speed limits. Only certain stretches of it has no speed limit.

Of course with that being said, you DO NOT want to be on the left hand lane if you're doing anything below 125! It's not unusual to see a Lambo or highly tune Porsches and BMWs zipping by like you're standing still.

I have a buddy who is stationed at Ramstein and he actually paid $$$ to have his Hayabusa shipped from the States. I think those engineers had the autobahn in mind when they designed the bike.



When you see this sign you best make sure your passengers don't have hot coffee on their lap is all I gots to say.

derek20cali


actually, on the autobahn, LACK OF SPEED is what kills. you should read up on some of the accidents. people not staying in the slow lane while everyone else wants to get where they're going.

Mega_Doof: My driving experience there is very similar to interstates here.

When I was there, most cars seemed to be going about 75-80mph, but you didn't see the rolling roadblocks that you get in the states. That's because when you catch another car going about the same speed you can speed up and pass them without fear of getting a ticket. In the states, most people set their cruise control as fast as they think they can get away with, so you end up with a car going 0.5mph faster taking 5 miles to pass another car while 30 faster cars stack up behind them.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, how else can I get to Italy going 200KMhr!?
It will take longer now.

/Volkswagen Polo
//Nobody expects it

Bloginspanken
Ahh well, it was a good myth then.

Seriously though, there is this one place on the through way where I live that is always jammed up, all three lanes going 20mph or less in a 65mph zone, all because there are always LEO there with someone pulled over.
The speed limit goes from 75mph to 65mph right there, and the cops always sit there and pop people for 10-15 over. Then they pull them over and ruin the flow of traffic. A backup occurs and turns into a jam.

Every farking day!

central controlling stamps everything out that sticks up

SuperNinjaToad: you DO NOT want to be on the left hand lane if you're doing anything below 125!

You're perfectly safe doing less than 125 in the left lane. Just don't drive like an American in the left lane. Check your mirrors, move left, pass, pull the fark back in the right lane.

LegacyDL: Germany is widely known for only 4 things:

FIVE, thankyouverymuch:

If I was paying as much for gas as Europeans do, you can bet your socialist ass I'd be topping the Porsche out.

/ the turnpikes here in Oklahoma have "speed limits" that the highway patrol only enforce if you have out of state plates.

I'm all for going really really fast but if people are dieing then common sense would dictate that we make the road safer by introducing some limits.

Thank God the German´s ADAC is comparable to the NRA.
You just know the ADAC president is right now writing a speech with the words:

"Zpeet limit? Ofer mei kold ded bodi!"

And the ADAC has even more influence on German politics than the NRA in the states.

/no speed limit in the near future
//i promise
///getting my driver´s license back next week
////wrooooooooooooooom

caine314
I'm all for going really really fast but if people are dieing then common sense would dictate that we make the road safer by introducing some limits.

I don't see your logic.
Can you show that more accidents occur in vehicles in no-limit zones? I don't have any statistics for that, but I can show that here in Vegas more accidents occur in 45 zones than in 65 zones.

If people are dying then common sense would dictate that we need to figure out what is causing the deaths and eliminate THAT while impacting the usefulness of the system as little as possible.
I vote that the deaths/accidents are being caused by poor driving skills. So we need to either raise driving skills, or get those with poor skills off our roads.
If people knew how to drive, we wouldn't need speed limits because people would just go the safest speed.

P.S.:

ADAC:
Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club

They´re fun.

LegacyDL: Germany is widely known for only 4 things:

-The Autobahn
-Hardcore Porno
-Beer
-A militant Charlie Chaplin

If they get rid of the Autobahn god knows what's gonna become of that country's image.

They will be a bit late to the next GGG filming?

fury, furry, ...a furry fury?
:(

AH well, its noon, time to drink

Time to retire the Kraftwerk cassettes.

But it contributes to global warming... and global warming raped my wife.

Hammurderer

Most people set their cruise control as fast as they think they can get away with, so you end up with a car going 0.5mph faster taking 5 miles to pass another car while 30 faster cars stack up behind them.

Oh I hate that so much. This is a common occurance here in the D.C. area. People have no concept of slower traffic to the right. Further they will speed up and slow down just to keep ahead of you. It's just a matter of control freaks on the highway. It's one of the reasons why accidents are so common here. A lack of a true passing lane causes congestion, which raises the risks for accidents.

Erhalten Sie angefüllt, EU

Saw the poster...was going to make "Winterfahrt" jokes...was beaten to the punch.

Dammit.

There's two things I wish state troopers on the interstates would do:

1. Pull over and ticket people who stay in the left lane. The left lane is a passing lane only, which means once you've passed someone, get the fark out of it.

2. Pull over people with one ear in a phone.

That is all I ask. Thank you for reading.

The EU likes poking its fagotronic lecture finger at everyone there. "No chickens in your backyard" they say to the Romanian peasants. "Driving fast somehow makes climate change worse" they say to Germany. Next they'll be issuing citations to active volcanoes, which contribute huge amounts of carbon dioxide.

Proven to be the safest road in the world!

/No injuries on the autobahn
//Only deaths

theurge14: There's two things I wish state troopers on the interstates would do:

1. Pull over and ticket people who stay in the left lane. ...

I'd bet 90% of the cars pulled over would have OHIO plates on them.