In Germany, you get ticketed for driving slow in the passing lane... if only they would do that here.
In Deutschland there is no speed limit on many Autobahnen. So, one is allowed to go as fast as one's equipment, budget, and skill permit in the hammer lane. Woe betide the Trabi driver that gets in the way.
However, the German cops are absolute murder on bad drivers and especially equipment violations ...exhaust, lights, rust, brakes, tires ... you can even be fined if your car is dirty ... inside or out! DUI? Forgetaboutit, you're going to the slammer, losing your car, and never mind ever getting another license.
Betcha 30% of the cars ... and drivers in Maine be off the road in 30 days! (In MA, make that 80%) One other teentsie thing: cruising a car at 80 MPH is no a big deal .... do it every day. However, it does require good, properly maintained equipment.
Frankly, I get very worried when some young fellow in a modified Jap Pocket Rocket with a lowered suspension and very low profile tires smokes me at over 100MPH. Examining some of these jerkmobiles up close is scary. I have seem some that were "unsafe at any speed," held together by those decals! Ditto these hairy dudes in the shaggy pick-up trucks, whose wrecked equipment litters every ditch from here to Skowhegan.