[Joe-Z]

For some reason now I have a reply button again. I want to use it to tell you that I find your suggestion based on the remarks I made here very rude. The driving skill you infer on my part probably says more about your interpretation of my comment than on my actual ability to navigate a vehicle safely. That said, I detest cars and wish cities were free of them. THAT said, I never posted this to take any stance on the "global speed limit on the Autobahn"-topic, so this will be it for me.

Thank you for the discussion!

[FDSGSG]

Rude? I think you’re just being thin-skinned.

You yourself admitted to driving dangerously by overtaking in corners while ignoring the prevailing traffic conditions, for some reason you’ve now edited that part out.

Pointing this out isn’t an attack on your character. I’m a bad driver too, I get far too stressed out while driving in busy cities so I just don’t do that.

[lobotryas]

If you as a driver or your vehicle cannot move quickly enough to overtake another car on the autobanh then the fault is with you. That “rocketship” behind you should not have to decelerate because of this. The other poster is right: you are at fault here.

[wink]

No, you are wrong here. §5.2 StVo[0] says (my bad translation) "You may only overtake if your speed is significantly higher than the one being overtaken."

So let's assume the one you're overtaking is going with a solid 100. What's significant? Let's say 150? +50%. The one approaching with 240 is still the perceived rocket ship.

Also, just for completeness, here's a blog post about some case[1] where the speed was being judged, 10km/h is barely enough. So let's be generous and change my example to 100+120.

[0]: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvo_2013/__5.html

[1]: https://www.deubner-recht.de/news/verkehrsrecht/details/arti...

[lobotryas]

Did you reply to the wrong person? By my reading we are saying the same thing. If a person cannot overtake quickly enough then they are at fault for impeding the “rocketship” traffic behind them.