Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to The Reason Germany's Autobahn Has NO Speed Limit" video.

  1. Only some sections are open speed. Quite a total distance is open speed but most is now restricted, and even open sections are impacted by maintenance and other temporary limits. As far as 200+kph is not unusual. Have driven over 210kph in VW Golf GTI and near 240kph in a sports car no longer sure if Alpha or Fiat. As passenger in a Mercedes we travelled at 265kph.. Experienced problem of speed while doing close to 180kph on curving downhill saw an overturned small van and banking traffic ahead. With activating hazard flasher standard practice to warn drivers behind that barking is for massive slowing not just light touch then braking firmly just short of lock up but light squeeling tyres, I stopped with only minimal distance of a few car lengths. Two cars from behind however ignoring hazard lights and brakes on zipped to fast lane and roared past me. Then discovering the scene ahead were left in very hard braking locking wheels , pre ABS days, with massive smoke and 4 black lines of tyre rubber. Both stopped with only 1/2 to 1 car length from crashing into already stopped cars. At those speeds the stopping distance even though actually not so long, was barely enough for reaction and braking with the limited sighting range coming downhill around a sweeping bend. Hate to imagine scene at well over 200kph at that location. Another scary incident was trying to drive slow due to fog obscuring cars mere few car length ahead. But at 80kph had numerous cars appear behind braking hard. Ended up like other traffic coping at 120kph. Had I had similar fog at home in Australia I doubt I would have wanted much over 60kph. A saving grace is there the cars have very bright single rear RED lamp for such foggy conditions, visible a little, maybe two car lengths earlier than normal tail lights. It was however impressive to travel 600km at close to constant 140 to 250 kph, with several short restricted 80kph zones for repairs or maintenance. So in 4 hrs did that 600km distance, then with heavy traffic another 180 km in another 2 hrs to around 90 kph average much at 60kph with short faster bits. Yet overall few places in the world could you travel 780 km 488 miles, in 6 hrs by car. That including one petrol stop, with refreshment and restroom visit.
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