Driving at night is great, especially after 10 pm when the truck drivers go to sleep and all lanes are empty for me to drive at 180 km/h :-)
If you drive slow, please please stay on the right side.
Recommended speeds:
Below 130 km/h -> stay on the right lane
At least 130 km/h -> drive on the middle lane
At least 160 km/h -> drive on the left lane
If right lane is empty, please always use it, to make space on the left lane for faster cars, like mine :-)
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Recommended speeds:
Below 130 km/h -> stay on the right lane
At least 130 km/h -> drive on the middle lane
At least 160 km/h -> drive on the left laneIf right lane is empty, please always use it, to make space on the left lane for faster cars, like mine :-)
That´s extremely misleading. There are no rule as how fast you have to be on a certain lane (other than that you have to obtain a minimum speed on the autobahn). And if nobody is on the right lane you can drive 300 kph if you are able to. And vice versa: if the traffic is dense you sometimes can drive only 120 on the left lane...
First rule is to always use the right lane if you are not overtaking. If you are overtaking you should accelerate so that you don´t hold up the cars coming from behind.
... and hurry while overtaking, there may be a driver like klaush approaching from behind at a speed of 180 kph who is not willing to slow down, flashing headlights and sounding clacson...
German drivers, especially the fast species, are not patient.
And if nobody is on the right lane you can drive 300 kph if you are able to.
Yes that's exactly right. If all lanes are empty, I choose the right lane even if driving fast. It's required by law and also the most practical thing to do. OK, the highest speed I have ever driven was 250 km/h with a borrowed car, I never drive 300 kph...
I was not saying those recommended speeds for each lane are a fixed rule... just the average speeds, after studying them for thousands of kilometers on the Autobahn :-)
The minimum speed required by law on the Autobahn is 60 km/h. If your vehicle is not able to reach that speed, it is illegal to take it onto the Autobahn. In practice, any car (not truck) going at less than 100 km/h will be seen as a potentially dangerous obstacle...
In practice, any car (not truck) going at less than 100 km/h will be seen as a potentially dangerous obstacle...
Traveling in car with less than 90 km/h (as long the traffic density does not enforce this) comes close to suicide. Esp. if the autobahns are rather empty. Nobody will expect that a car would travel under such conditions that slow.