By shepz1 on Skatehive
The German autobahns For the most part have no speed limit, you can go as fast as you want, I have driven on them many times, and ridden motorbikes there at in excess of 160 mph, I have also ridden motorbikes all over Asia and the rest of Europe, I can safely say the German standard of driving on the Autobahns (motorways) is better than anywhere else in the world I have had the pleasure of being. Most of these roads are also only 2 lanes wide, people overtake and then move back in to the inside lane, where in other countries with 3 or 4 lanes, and 50 - 70 mph limits, you find a tendency of people to sit in a middle or outside lane and "hog it" as if they own it, probably due to the fact their mentality works along the lines of I am doing the legal speed limit, so tough luck if you want to go faster. With the German system of no speed limit it frees up police that would be aimlessly driving on these roads looking for the next victim, to actually be able to concentrate on real police wor