Posted on 10/17/2019 2:57:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Germanys parliament, the Bundestag, has voted against a bill proposed by the Greens that would have introduced a speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles per hour) on the nations highways.
Out of the 631 votes cast on Thursday, 498 voted against the proposal. All members of the far-right AfD and the business-friendly FDP parties rejected the bill, and just two members from each of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) and conservative parties voted for the proposal. There were only a handful of abstentions.
Youre defending a transport policy from the day before yesterday, said Cem Özdemir, Green party member and chair of the Committee on Transport, to Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, a prominent speed limit opponent.
The proposal from the opposition Greens triggered a heated debate in Germany, which is known for its network of speed limit-free motorways.
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It used to be assumed that the Autobahn was built in a manner which would allow it to be used as landing strips for the military. That wasn’t true but the American interstate highway system was built with that in mind.
What year of M3? If it’s the newer ones, then it isn’t the one with the V8.
It was a 2019...just last Spring.
Twin turbo straight six.
Last year for the V8 M3 was 2013.
Well, it still has power output of 425 horses.
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