American authorities(and many ordinary people)make a big deal out of going fast on a freeway. The fact is parts of the autobahn in Germany are no speed limit and cars routinely do 200 MPH or better. Very few accidents, a much lower accident rate than American freeways. Several reasons for this, one is that it costs like he** to get a drivers license in Germany, second is the cops actually enforce the “slow cars in the right lane” rule.
Cars do NOT regularly go 200mph on the Autobahn. For one thing, very few cars can actually GO 200mph. For another, there are very few stretches of the A-bahn that are still unlimited, and they’re not all that long.
More likely, it’s “cars routinely do 200 KPH”, and some hit 250-270. I’ve been on the autobahn a few times on the non-limited stretches, and have seen the occasional big Merc sedan or Ferrari blast past at 130 or 140mph, but they’re rare. Most don’t go much over 90mph.
yes. i’ve heard this. pretty fascinating and also excellent about the slow lane reinforcement by the cops.