I <3 Deutschland!

[MK96xj]

 We're taking a good speed-limit-free section of the A5 down to the black forest.  

after your take the Audi as fast as it will go get off the highway and sight see the back roads in the BF.

One of the best detours yet was when the AB was closed due to an accident and i had to back road it down into Austria up into the Alps to get where needed to go. With all the rain the waterfalls were incredible and the roads had me jonesin for the bike. My wife caught me twitching.

[stefrrr]

A couple of weeks ago the A5 was blissfully construction-free. We have to take it for about 100 km to get to the black forest. And I get to drive because I'm the only one old enough to rent a car.    

[Orson]

A couple of weeks ago the A5 was blissfully construction-free. We have to take it for about 100 km to get to the black forest. And I get to drive because I'm the only one old enough to rent a car.    

someone's having way too much fun  

yer supposed to have yer nose embedded in the books, yet all we're getting is reports of autobahn burning and British tourism  

 

 

[Mr Sunshine]

Good luck with the A5.  In April it had a number of construction sites to add to the fun (didn't help the exits to Baden-Baden were blocked off for the NATO summit, either).  In July...  viel spass mit ferien Verkehr!    The Black Forest area, however... oh, my!  Wish we were back there.  [/green envy face]

Last year in June the A5 was under construction and damn that was a LONG redirect around the work.  We were going from Frankfurt to Freiburg via the Blackforest so we just needed to zip down the A5 for a short bit to make the day manageable.

[Mr Sunshine]

BTW: I didn't find the Black Forest to be anything super special other than the very nice pacement.  I always wanted to go to the Black Forest.  Now that I've been there...I realized that I live in the Black Forest (Seattle)

[throttlemeister]

Few Autobahn facts:

1) The autobahn has an advisory speed of 130kph. If you (as a German) are involved in an accident at a speed over 130kph, your insurance will demand proof the accident was not caused by you, and could not have been avoided at 130kph. If it was, they will not pay damages. This will make most Germans play nice at speeds close to 130kph

2) The autobahn is the safest highway system in the world with statisticly the least amount of accidents. Research has shown the high speeds cause people to be more alert and pay attention. On the other hand, if things do go wrong, they usually go very wrong.

3) More and more stretches of autobahn are getting restricted at 130kph or 120kph, particularly in areas close to larger cities. The only places that are still unlimited are where there are no major cities near by. The notion that the autobahn is unrestricted is quickly becoming an urban myth.

[Ant]

 
This was yesterday and apparently caused by a combination of heavy rain and excessive speed on the autobahn.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8159290.stm

[RBEmerson]

Rather makes Thottlemeister's point, eh?  

[oprem]

Serbia got worst roads ever!

[spd2918]

I heard that the autobahn was originally designed for high speed to keep BMW final drives cool.  I'm just saying I heard it.



















 

[stefrrr]

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Are you in Deutschland?

[stefrrr]

Not at the moment. I might be in France for two weeks this May. Waiting to find out Ray's start date - I may have to cancel my study abroad trip.

[Mr Sunshine]

Good luck with the A5.  In April it had a number of construction sites to add to the fun (didn't help the exits to Baden-Baden were blocked off for the NATO summit, either).  In July...  viel spass mit ferien Verkehr!    The Black Forest area, however... oh, my!  Wish we were back there.  [/green envy face]

They are still working on that?  When I went through there in June 2008 it was under construction.  

But the Black Forest is nice...reminded me of the Pacific Northwest (of the United States)

[RBEmerson]

I don't know what's up there at the moment and, as things stand, I don't think we'll be headed that way when we go back in December.  NTL, I'm sure there's some construction just to keep everybody on their toes.  

I hadn't thought of Schwarzwald as looking like the PNW.  It just looks... well... German to me.  

[Mr Sunshine]

I hadn't thought of Schwarzwald as looking like the PNW.  It just looks... well... German to me.  

That's funny.  But actually the Black Forest does look alot like Northern California with the tree type of the Pacific Northwest (and the rain).  It was funny.  The one difference was the trees all lined up in a row through years of "organizing" the trees.

Other than the road and road markers....Germany or the PNW?  

[RBEmerson]

Die Straßen sind sowas nur in Deutchland.  (The roads are like that only in Germany)  

[Mr Sunshine]

Die Straßen sind sowas nur in Deutchland.  (The roads are like that only in Germany)  

So the hardest thing I have with translation is when they aren't direct.

For example your phrase in German literally means "The roads are only something only in Deutschland"   Your translation makes more sense though.  Oh well...need more time.

[RBEmerson]

Thanks for the correction.  My written German generally sucks, as you can see.  Na ja, so geht's...

BTW, the current MCN editorial, by Dave Searle, mentions BMW Motorrad and the Black Forest and particularly how the Black Forest has taken such a big hit due to acid rain.  Searle gives BMW an attaboy for adding a catalytic converter and anti-knock sensors to their bikes long before they were mandated.  Anyway, pictures of huge stands of wiped out trees still make the rounds on occasion.  

[Global Rider]

The great thing is how WELL they all drive. I just wish we would institute the training that they go through back in the states. We could easily drive as fast there if people had the training (and pulling licenses for stupid moves like passing on the right).

You can't train "driver attitude" and that is what makes the most difference between here and there.