#speed limit

Did you know, that Germany is the only country in this world that has no general speed limit on its autobahn?

The sign in the middle signals the end of all speed and passing limits, which means you are allowed to drive as fast as you or your car can. You can drive more than 200 km/h without getting in trouble with the police. When there is no speed limit, there is only an advisory speed limit of 130 km/h. 

Why is there no speed limit? 

This is hard to answer. It’s probably comparable to the gun law situation in the US. Everybody knows that extreme speeds could kill and are bad for the environment. On the other hand, the opponents protect that little peace of freedom.

These opponents are the right wing parties, the car building companies as well as a large automobile club with over 18 million members. In favour of speed limits are the left wing parties as well as environmental associations. 

In case you are wondering, whether the left wing parties actually push the speed limit to become a law, when forming the government: nope—they don’t. This topic is only in their parties’ programs before elections. After elections the topic is never really discussed in the Federal Parliament. I am afraid the lobbyists do a good job protecting the freedom of speed.

Parked on the side of the road waiting to catch speeding drivers, a state trooper sees a car puttering along at 22 mph.

He thinks to himself, ‘This driver is as dangerous as a speeder!’

So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five elderly ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back…..wide-eyed and white as ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused, says to him, 'Officer, I  don’t understand. I was going the exact speed limit. What seems to be the problem?’

The trooper, trying to contain a chuckle, explains to her that 22 was the route number, not the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.

'But before you go, Ma'am, I have to ask…. is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken.’

'Oh, they’ll be all right in a minute, officer.

We just got off Highway 127.’

Dünya genelinde ölümcül trafik kazalarının azaltılması için önemli bir karara imza atan Renault, üreteceği yeni araçlarda saatte 180 kilometre hız sınırlaması olacağını açıkladı.

Yapılan araştırmalara göre ölümcül kazaların üçte birinden fazlasının yüksek hız nedeniyle gerçekleştiğinin altını çizen Renault CEO’su Luca de Meo, önümüzdeki yıldan itibaren otomobillerin 180 km/s hızı geçemeyeceğini söyledi. Araç modeline bağlı şekilde değişiklik gösterecek sınırlama, ülkemizde de talep gören RenaultveDacia markalı araçları kapsayacak. Örneğin 2022′de seri üretim bandına girecek yeni Megane’da hız sınırlaması 160 km/s olarak belirlendi.

Luca de Meo ayrıca coğrafi konum ve yol işaretlerinden alınacak verilere göre hızın otomatik şekilde sınırlandırılmasını sağlayacak elektronik güvenlik koçu sisteminin hayata geçirileceğini ifade ediyor. Böylelikle tehlikeli virajlarda devreye girecek güvenlik koçu, yol ve sürücünün yorgunluk durumuna göre çeşitli müdahalelerde bulunacak.

Hatırlayacağınız gibi geçtiğimiz sene benzer bir karar alan İsveç merkezli otomobil üreticisi Volvo, ölümcül trafik kazalarının azaltılması amacıyla 2021 model araçlarına saatte maksimum 180 kilometre hız sınırlaması getirmişti.

Alem-i Cihan