

  (Source: Wallpaper Den)
Bye bye autobahn


But all of that could soon be changing.


EU speeding








Source: Telegraph

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RE: scary proposal.
By maugrimtr on 9/4/2013 8:45:50 AM , Rating: 5
The proposal is obviously some informal report to the EU that hasn't been acted on, or it's been completely made up, or DT has reported it wrong. 70mph is in imperial units. Europe officially uses the metric system. Doh!

Seriously, 70mph equates to 112kph. Good luck convincing Europe on that. Ireland, Spain & Portugal have a motorway speed limit of 120kph, Germany's autobahns have no enforced limit, French motorway limit is above normal at 130kph (but in dry weather only).

Who has a 70mph (112kph) limit? The UK. Because it's a good round number in imperial.

If DT reported on the facts, they'd see the proposal was for a camera system that would read speed limit signs and impose the speed limit. It's a stupid idea in a world where GPS tracking is ubiquitous and would be far more efficient at tracking speed limit zones by location. It's not, however, an EU wide 112kph limit as this article implies - Germany's autobahns are safe.

