Driving in Germany

Traffic jams are common when driving in Germany

Ahhh, driving in Germany, who hasn't dreamed of cruising down the autobahn with no speed limit in sight?   J.P. is a grandpa driver.  Normally this would drive me crazy, but a grandpa driver in Germany means driving around 150km/hr in the slow lane. Coming from Canada where the fastest speed limit is 110km/hr, this is still pretty fast.   In Germany, this isn't that fast and drivers whizz by us going at speeds that I'm guessing are close to 200km/hr, just shaking their heads at us when driving in Germany.

Driving in Germany can be scary though, since all of a sudden, the car in front of you is flashing their lights meaning "don't hit me, I'm stopping suddenly" (hard to do when you're going 200km/hr) and there out of the blue is a traffic jam where you won't go any faster than 20km/hr for the next 20 minutes.  As you can imagine, multi-car pile ups are a frequent sight when driving in Germany along the auto bahn.  Perhaps this, along with all the rules to memorize is why driving in Germany scares me but at the same time excites me(I haven't actually driven in Germany yet).  Then, on the other hand think of all the young boys who have just gotten their driver's licence driving in Germany.  Yikes, maybe I'll stick to public transit for now. 

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