[bemused]

been safely driving a van with 140km/h top-speed on the autobahn just fine for years - there might be a correlation between the maximum speed of a car and the owners inability to drive safely, but the explanation is probably more a psychological than a technical one ..

your mindset is quite common among german car makers though, maybe the reason they are unable to offer competitive answers to a technologically rather boring challenge - bringing down the price for electronic vehicles by mass production

[issa]

I have spent a lot of time driving a van with similar speed limitations around Germany as well. I agree completely. While it was frustrating as an American growing up hearing about the autobahn, it was still faster than I would drive in America.

It would only be unsafe if you attempted to pass people inappropriately (and spent too much time in the left lane). This is a driver issue, not a car issue.