Title. I went to Germany and had a chance to drive on the Autobahn, a highway system where the advisory speed limit (typically 130 km/h equal to 80 mph) is just a suggestion and legally there is no speed limit. I drove on A555, A565, and A61 to get from Cologne to the Nurburgring and back.
So why was there literally nobody flying in the left lane at 100+ mph despite it literally being legal there? Seriously, I regularly drive I287 to get from Rutgers up to my parent’s house in Wyckoff and I typically cruise at 75 mph (already 10 mph over the 65 mph speed limit, but that’s how fast traffic flow typically moves) and despite this I’m still regularly dealing with people flying at 90+ mph in the left lane nearly killing me every drive. In addition I’m always dealing with people attempting to pass in the right lane. My parents were terrified I would get killed by a reckless driver in Germany on the Autobahn, but not once did someone fly by me on the left lane at breakneck speed. Not once. In addition I didn’t witness a single right lane overtake. I remember one instance where someone was slow and camping in the left lane and one guy on the right was clearly going faster. Instead of doing a right lane overtake, he pulled into the left lane, slowed down behind the slow guy, and flashed him. The slow guy then moved to the right lane to let the faster guy pass.
Like come on, why are German drivers so much more disciplined? Can we please do better with our driving etiquette NJ? Not once did I feel in danger driving on German roads yet when my dad picked me up from KEWR yesterday to drop me off back at Rutgers we nearly got killed twice on the drive home.
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