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Speed limits dont work, road design determines how fast people go.
A section of the A24 was limited to 130 kmph for 20 years to reduce accidents. Because the reduction the speed limit was lifted early this year. Now there are 8% more accidents with injury and 42% more injured. Politicians call now to make it possible to limit the section again.
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I lived in Germany for a few years. There are Autobahn stretches that have no speed limit, but the rule was, if you're going over 130 KPH and get into an accident, your insurance won't cover the accident. You pay 100% out of pocket for everything.
Suffice to say, Germans were some of the best drivers I've ever seen in my world travels. They're used to people driving insanely fast on the Autobahns, so they'd always stay in the right lane, except to pass. If you were coming up quick on someone from behind, you just flash your brights quickly and they'd immediately pull into the slow lane.
It was very frustrating moving back to America and no one would respond to flashing headlights. And so many people in America just coast in the left lane, even if there's no one in the right lane.
I also miss yield signs. In Germany, you'd be hard-pressed to find stop signs anywhere outside of the cities. Every intersection had yield signs, and if you didn't see cars coming, you just rolled right through. None of this stopping in the middle of nowhere with no cars in sight BS. Traffic circles were amazing, too. They kept traffic flowing through 4-way intersections without stop signs or lights. My home state (Minnesota) is starting to implement them all over the place and it's wonderful.
That 130km/h stuff is not true. 130 is the advised speed. If you go above, you might be also considered at fault if an accident occurs. And for that, you have insurance. Example would be driving 180, someone taking over a lorry with 100 and they crash into each other.
Also Germans don’t drive that well.