[meghan_rain]

Or just take a car? People earning HN salaries should be able to afford one. Make it electric if you need to.

[throwaway85858]

But why would you want a car? they make no sense... they're slower than a bike or public transport in a city, slower than a train between cities and you have to pay huge amounts to keep them. Maybe they make sense if you live in a village but when you live in a big city in Germany it's a bad proposition.

[weinzierl]

Germany is small and densely populated. We might be proud of no speed limits on the Autobahn but in reality we waste our lives in traffic jams.