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by m463
773 days ago
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Having driven the autobahn, my theory is nobody has time to die - just a moment and they're already at their destination. That said, I think the autobahn has pretty good engineering. None of the potholes and ripped up roads from road crews. And none of the entitlement. If two people want to speed, one going 70 in a 65, and one wanting to go 90 in a 65, they both are annoyed because they feel entitled to go that speed. On the autobahn, if someone wants to go faster than you, he is allowed so you have to get out of the way, that's the rule. |
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I think the curves are actually part of it. But the other way around. The Autobahn in most places actually on purpose follows the landscape and has lots of curves going left and right. Not to slow people down but to keep people 'awake'.
Nothing is more boring than going in a straight line for 8 hours at a fixed 100km/h / 65 mph. The closest I personally have been to a traffic fatality was in Florida doing exactly this. So effing boring!
The most alert I have been is on the Autobahn going anywhere between 100km/h and 180km/h up and down through the hills around Kassel, going left and right. Having to slow down because someone is going "only 140km/h" on the left lane in front of you. Speeding back up. Going in a nice "tight" right turn up the hill while flooring it in 6th gear.