Explain how the autobahn is one of the safest roads in the world despite no speed limit at all?
"Explain how the autobahn is one of the safest roads in the world despite no speed limit at all?"
This is kind of a tricky question. I know it wasn`t directed at me, but I can`t help myself here.
The Autobahn is very well maintained , that in itself makes it a safer road to travel. It is much different than the highways in the U.S.. Most to all Germans who travel it kind of know the rules and follow them fairly well. When you have cars traveling at very high rates of speed coming up behind you, you tend to pay attention. The Autobahn is also well policed and there are stiff penalties for doing the wrong thing.
Unlike our highways, which are crap , and people act like idiots because they do not respect other drivers.
So comparing our highways to the Autobahn is really not a good comparison, IMO.
One possibility: German drivers generally don't dart in and out of traffic because the slower drivers stay to the right, instead of cruising along in the passing lane.
They give people tickets for passing on the right, and for driving in the left (passing) lanes. We should do that here and we could make our roads much safer. It is much more organized to drive in Europe where everyone is keeping right except to pass.
People allow others to pass ny getting the heck out of the left lane. If more jerks would move right to allow faster traffic by, the roads would be safer for all concerned. That's how it works on the Autobahn.