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Originally Posted by marknorton
Driving in Germany is easy, though I don't think Andy (who I have in mind as a bit of a tree hugger) would like the speed I drive at...
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LOL! Never hugged a tree in my life, your Honour. I've had my moments (and have the 6 points to prove it
), although I don't drive excessively fast here any more.
I have no problem with driving fast. I was a passenger in the back of a VW camperwagon bus thing last Spring, on the autobahn between Munich and somewhere past the BMW factory, on the way to Austria. We were doing well over 100mph and the really incredible bit was that I could hear the overtaking Maseratis approaching even over the noise of the VW.
I spoke with the driver, who regularly drives in the UK, about the dangers of driving at such speed. He said that they rarely have accidents, but when they do, they are really BIG ones
It also seems much safer on the autobahn, because everyone knows that there will be cars closing on them at twice thier speed, if they are doing 70mph. In the UK, of course, people overtaking on the motorway could be sticking to the speed limit, or breaking it by 5, 10, 50 mph - it's a bit of a lottery.
Give me the autobahn or the autoroute in France any day.