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Say, for example, the system keeps a data point for the highest speed ever logged, and the date and time. If there was no cop to catch me and give me a ticket, that would certainly be evidence for one to be issued.

Nonsense. Ever hear of private property? Or Montana?

While I certainly wouldn't like that, is there a right for me to get away with something merely because I didn't get caught?

The reason we have public safety laws (supposedly) is to deter behavior that creates a risk to public safety. If you drove fast (perhaps even in violation of one of those venerable signs) and hurt no one, then public safety does not require your being punished. German autobahns are as safe per vehicle mile as our Interstate highway system, tied for the two safest road systems on the planet.

Don't believe all the nanny-state claptrap you hear about speed limits.

German autobahns are as safe per vehicle mile as our Interstate highway system, tied for the two safest road systems on the planet. Don't believe all the nanny-state claptrap you hear about speed limits.

The Germans are some of the most courteous drivers on the planet, with excellent lane discipline (i.e. no cruising in the left lane) and an abhorrence to tailgating. Their freeways are also much better built that ours, using thicker, higher quality concrete, wider lanes, and more conservative grade and curve limits. Finally, the German's make it difficult and expensive to get licensed, and then impose steep fines and jailtimes on those who get stupid behind the wheel (a friend was pulled over doing about 95MPH through a construction zone outside of Stuttgart (he should have only been doing about 30MPH), and ended up with the equivalent of a $1,000 fine and a license suspension. Here, that would net you a $200 fine and a stern lecture.

The Autobahn system would never work here without spending billions to upgrade our roads, nationalising our licensing system, and dramatically reducing our tolerance of "violators". It'll never happen.