[FC_Utreg]

Is there one?

Im gonna drive in east germany next year and I was worried when someone said that in germany the motoways have no speed limits.....

now is this true? if so, i wonder how many accidents a day or are the lil germans not insured over 80 mph?

hmmmmm

[Stuttgart]

mhh lol what a thread
yes there is a limit, but it's difficult to explain^^

[mass debates]

From waht i know i bleieve there are limits in some places but that there are also places where there aren't any limits

[summar]

At the german 'Autobahn's is NO SPEED LIMIT - at some places where it is more dangerous or so (bridge) there are limits signed out but normally on the 'Autobahn' there is no speed limit.

so you can drive 300 km/h if you have the car therefor...

This post has been edited by summar: 11 November 2005 - 06:45 PM

[Stuttgart]

mhh nahh, mostly it's 180 on the Autobahn here in Baden-Würrtemberg, also in Bayern
you're from Schleswig-Holstein, aren't you?

[jay-c™]

yeh.. there pretty mad on the roads.. in comparison to england anyway

but i havent seen an accident yet.. they use speed cameras a lot though.. and their sometimes hidden :thumb:

[Rufer]

At the german 'Autobahn's is NO SPEED LIMIT - at some places where it is more dangerous or so (bridge) there are limits signed out but normally on the 'Autobahn' there is no speed limit.

so you can drive 300 km/h if you have the car therefor...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No, 250 km/h is top speed.

But most of the times the roads are too full to drive really fast.
Today i had an average speed of 130 km/h.

[sportfriend]

At the german 'Autobahn's is NO SPEED LIMIT - at some places where it is more dangerous or so (bridge) there are limits signed out but normally on the 'Autobahn' there is no speed limit.

so you can drive 300 km/h if you have the car therefor...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No, 250 km/h is top speed.

But most of the times the roads are too full to drive really fast.
Today i had an average speed of 130 km/h.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yah i was told the speedlimit was 250 km/h

and from people i know who have driven in Germany...They said not many accidents happen because Germans actually know how to drive :beer:

This post has been edited by sportfriend: 13 November 2005 - 03:42 PM

[FC_Utreg]

I will stick to a safe level of driving even if the Germans beep at me for being to slow :P

[jay-c™]

apparently... the recommended speed is 80km/h... i wasnt aware of the actual limit.. but as sportfriend and rufer say it looks as though 250km/h

i remember when we were on the motorway once about to pass someone... and some guy beeped from a couple of hundred metres back in the fast lane to wait... as he speeded past in a sports car.. well over 100 mp/h

so polite with the warning

This post has been edited by dfb#18: 13 November 2005 - 06:12 PM

[Rufer]

I will stick to a safe level of driving even if the Germans beep at me for being to slow :P

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nobody will. I wouldn´t panic.
On the Autobahn there are at least two lanes,
you can make your own speed.
And if anybody thinks you drive slow,
he should overtake.

So make your own speed, be careful and have fun. :thumb:

Furthermore:
On many parts of the Autobahn there are speed limits,
e.g. at bigger cities and at road works there the speed
is limited to 80 km/h or 60 km/h.

This post has been edited by Rufer: 13 November 2005 - 08:18 PM

[Rufer]

apparently... the recommended speed is 80km/h... i wasnt aware of the actual limit.. but as sportfriend and rufer say it looks as though 250km/h

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The recommended speed is 130 km/h.
It´s 80 km/h, when it rains, because of Aquaplaning.

[jay-c™]

ah i c.. thank you :thumb:

im actually gonna start driving lessons sometime this year

[Rufer]

ah i c.. thank you :thumb:

im actually gonna start driving lessons sometime this year

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The lower saxony modell, where you can make it with 17
and your parents or older friends support you at driving the first year?

in my opinion it´s a good modell, in the first time with the own driving license
there everybody needs a bit support :thumb:
and less accidents happen.

[Claue]

They drive like mad but don't really hit each other.

[summar]

apparently... the recommended speed is 80km/h... i wasnt aware of the actual limit.. but as sportfriend and rufer say it looks as though 250km/h

i remember when we were on the motorway once about to pass someone... and some guy beeped from a couple of hundred metres back in the fast lane to wait... as he speeded past in a sports car.. well over 100 mp/h

so polite with the warning

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The recommended speed at the Autobahn is 130km/h and there is simply no speed limit - of course their are many limitations signed out but generally there is just no limit...also you are allowed to drive faster than 250km/h but the most new cars who could do so are regulated to 250km/h ^^

And yes, i'm from Schleswig-Holstein :thumb:

They drive like mad but don't really hit each other.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So if you drive fast your are very concentrated, when you drive slow you fall asleep :coffee:

This post has been edited by summar: 16 November 2005 - 12:43 PM

[Diego Ribas da Cunha]

It's surprising what you can read in this thread :-)

The minimum speed for cars is 80 km/h.

There is a speed limit for trucks at 120 km/h.

There is no speed limit for cars, except near construction sites and when it's snowing and stuff. The speed limit will then be displayed digitally near the road.

Feel free to go as fast as you want to. You should rent a Porsche or something for the weekend. But don't stay too much in East Germany, you'll get a wrong sense of what Germany is.

Rather go to Bavaria e.g. Munich, Stuttgart etc.

Edit: There is no speed limit of 250 or so. Porsche, BMW, Audi, Mercedes and Volswagen have a gentleman's agreement to install an electronic speed limit for their cars at 250 km/h. However, you can go to your car dealer and get rid of this limit for free. Then you can drive as fast as possible.

This post has been edited by Miroslav_Klose: 20 November 2005 - 05:15 AM

[Rufer]

Here´s a site of the Autobahn (it´s from 2003, but data are ok):
autobahn.htm

[Beatle]

Not sure to be honest.

In France they encourage you to go faster. Holland are quite strict on speeding I think.

Most European countries on the road compared to us obviously haven't heard of the highway code.