Debalic wrote:
Nobby wrote:
On runs from Cologne to Freiburg in late morning, early afternoon or evening I have often held a steady 120mph in the outside lane and occasionally had to pull in to let someone overtake. No snarl-ups, no worries.
I quite like the laws in Northern Europe (France, Belgium, Holland etc.) - 110kph in wet weather, 130kph in the dry (but cops don't hassle you up to 150 or 160)
In English, please?
as opposed to metrique Wet Weather 70mph
Dry weather 80mph
But if the road's pretty clear, you're cool up to about 100mph.
Incidentally, the big difference I've noticed between EU and US driving on multi-lane roads is lane discipline.
In US I always see pillocks sitting in the fast lane at 50 or 60, or trying to overtake on the inside. Here be dragons!
In EU most people hug the inside lanes and leave the outside lane free. Big difference. Driving from the centre of England to Scotland last week, I was averaging 95 most of the way with very few occasions where I needed to slow for traffic. Slower cars pulled in, and I gave way for faster traffic. Not something I've seen routinely in the parts of USA I've visited.
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