When I drove in Italy 2 years ago I thought the rules were pretty similar,
except that there was a posted speed limit, and no one paid any attention to
it. It took me a while to get used to driving 90-100 mph, but not too long.
(;->) It is amazing how fast those big Mercedes can go. Anyway, I didn't pass
one MV the entire 1000+ miles I drove in Italy.
Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Andreas Mehlhorn wrote:
> wwd@netheaven.com schrieb:
>
> > DaveCole <davidcole@tk7.net> said:
> >
> > >John,
> >
> > >Actually, when I drive close to 80 mph on the freeways, I'm doing about
> > >15 mph over the speed limit here in Indiana. Trucks here (semi's)
> > >typically run 65 -70 mph - about 10 over the speed limit.
> >
> > But once over the line into Ohio the trucks perform an amazing reduction
> > to _exactly_ 59.9mph- since the limit for them is now 55mph and the Ohio
> > troopers have 'zero tolerance'.
>
> Keh? If the limit is 55 mph and there is "zero tolerance", you must be
> fined if driving 55.001 and more, not at 59,9 mph. I fine starts at 60 mph,
> you have 9 per cent tolerance.
>
> Here in Germany we have much bigger different speeds on the Autobahn:
> You must be able to drive more than 60 km/h (=38 mph) to use the Autobahn.
> So my Kettenkrad, which is able to run 44 mph may use the Autobahn but
> I would never do it. Many cars on the left lane drive 120 mph and more
> (my own car runs 140 mph), so it is not clever to drive with a slow vehicle
> (slow means less than 62 mph) on the Autobahn.
>
> Typical speed of the big trucks on the right lane is a bit less than 60 mph,
> so make sure your vehicle is faster. If not, you won't have much fun on the
> Autobahn, especially if you have a small vehicle.
>
> If you have a big one (like a TATRA type 813 8x8) you don't have problems
> driving only 50 mph.
>
> Best regards from Germany
> (the land with no speed limits on some Autobahns)
> Andreas
>
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