AUTOBAHN SUPERHIGHWAY GERMANY

[tolstoi]

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guyz this is my dream destination in Europe..a highway that is great to burn rubbers for its no speed limits (on some area though)...kinsa na nakaari diri?? share sad mo..

The German autobahns are famous for being some of the only public roads in the world without blanket speed limits for cars and motorcycles, though traffic on them is usually heavy enough to restrict speeds to little above the typical motorway speeds found elsewhere. However, speed limits do apply at junctions and other danger points, like sections under construction or in need of repair. (Speed limits at non-construction sites are generally 100 km/h or 120 km/h; construction sites have an usual speed limit of 80 km/h but may be as low as 60 km/h or even 40 km/h. Certain stretches have separate, and lower, speed limits used in cases of wet lanes.) Some limits were imposed to reduce pollution and noise. Limits can also be put into place temporarily through dynamic traffic guidance systems that display the according traffic signs.

It is important to remember that in places without a general limit, the overtaking is not limited either. So everyone who is speeding at will has to beware of trucks running side by side at roughly 80 km/h (50 mph). In theory, trucks are not allowed to overtake others if they don't drive 20 km/h (12 mph) faster than the truck on the right lane, but truck drivers are under pressure to arrive in time. Police don't enforce this for economic and political reasons, as many trucks are from foreign countries. Basically, apart from on Sundays, the right lane of German Autobahn are crowded with trucks, and too often, they pull out to overtake.

Modern cars easily reach well over 200 km/h (125mph), and most large car manufacturers follow a gentlemen's agreement by artificially limiting the top speed of their cars to 250 km/h (155mph) for safety reasons (inexperienced drivers and risk of tire failure especially when underinflated). Yet, these limiters can easily be removed, so speeds over 300 km/h (185mph) are not uncommon nowadays. But due to common speed-limits and other traffic no one should expect to be able to drive such speeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn

http://www.texhwyman.com/autobahn.htm

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

TOLSTOI - Are you speed maniac too ?? Mind if I ask what you drive ?? On the AUTOBAHN , I only read it on the car magazines where they test the capabilities of Supercars like Porsches , Zonda's , etc .

[tolstoi]

wahihihi^^i still dont have my own car bai..i used to drive my grandpa's corona (old skol) b4 but i accidentally bumped it ..a friend of mine just stir up my interest on autobahn when he mentioned that driving speed here is unlimited...and a very nice place to test drive an exotic car indeed..

OT: bai springfield diba naa sad popular highway sa US..i think route 69 ba na cya

[buloi123]

I drove in autobahn last week going to Coburg, Germany. It is true that there's no speed limit... I drove 130 km/hr kay hadlok ko mopakusog ug ayo kay basin di ko ka control sa car.. Abi nako kusog na akong dagan, sus.... hadjongan ra man ko sa uban nga cars...
Ni stop mi sa kilid para tan-aw sa mapa nga among gidala.................... grabe diay ka kusog sa mga cars nga moagi oi... mura kag mapalid paglabay...

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

TOLSTOI ...... yes ROUTE 69 is very popoular and I think sa California lang na siya . It is popular due to its historical part during the days of the wild wild west but other than that .... nothing special as a speeding spot for cars .

AUTOBAHN is also my a place I wished I could try maybe a Modena or an S7 yet germany will only be in my dreams much more on the cars I mentioned ....hehehehe ..... see u in AUTOBAHN in my dreams !

[tolstoi]

@buloi123..you are one hell of a lucky guy..

@springfield..yes in our dreams ra ni cya bai..but you'll never know..maka penpal diay ko ug german girl..heheh

[ryan]

we have long wide stretched of roads here in Western Australia that just goes straight for miles, especially out in the bush...just got to find where they are though...in one stretch of road i went max speed with my car at 180km/h, and in another, 240km/h with my brothers car...couldve gone faster, but his car started heating up...going that fast, man, it just gets you pumped...i havent done that for awhile now though.

[tolstoi]

well here in cebu the in-place to race your car or even your motorcycles is SRP.....

[ignotus1770]

ryan I totally gotta agree with you.

[tolstoi]

this was featured in National Geographics this morning...yur Australian version seems nice, but we're talking here of the longest stetch of highway in the world..more than 3000++ miles of race road, and not to mention that it's the most hightech, lots of cameras and traffic probes all over the place...