Auto Spies Shows You The Guide That Tells You WHERE You Can Drive The Fastest On Germany's Autobahn

In a word: NO!

Hell will freeze over before drivers will stop texting at the wheel.

To drive safely at autobahn speeds a driver will need MUCH better training which will be expensive.

The likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will start screaching that "po folk" can't afford the cost of training therefore the autobahn idea is racist.

Let's not even get started on the idiots that think speed kills.

Well someone has to speak up for "po folk" like Honey Boo Boo and her family now that their dog gone show is cancelled, or Jo and Teresa since they'll be forced to make an honest living and give up bank fraud/money laundering...

Anyway I say go for it,an Autobahn would be frickin awesome from NYC to LA, however strict guidelines need to be in place like restricting certain vehicles deemed unfit to handle the high speeds. Also set an age minimum and maximum to travel. As far as funding goes, a portion would be taxes while others be tolls set in the beginning of the project to help kick start the building. I'm sure many driving enthusiast would happily pay a reasonable fee to put their performance vehicles and German autos to the test right here in America

Nonsense: Germany is the crossroads of Europe; it hosts drivers from everywhere (few undertaking the German's ridiculously expensive driver training) - including US military personnel and their families. In 2012, autobahns carried 31% of motorized road traffic while accounting for 11% of Germany's traffic deaths. The autobahn fatality rate of 1.7 deaths per billion-travel-kilometers compared favorably with the 5.1 rate on urban streets and 7.6 rate on rural roads.

High speed trains, yes. Freeways with no speed limit, no. Autobahns here would be a waste of money considering how much more we'd benefit from it going towards better public transportation instead of yet another expensive to maintain road network.

Will never get by the environmentalists, greenies, urban liberals, progressives, and car haters...though tort lawyers would love it.
Our government is increasingly reducing personal liberties and cannot wait to outlaw driving all together.

They are working on it and the idiots wanting high speed rail are their foot soldiers.

Kind of interesting that socialist greenie country has the unrestricted autobahn. Ever make you go hmmmm? Nah, freaking environmentalist & government taking away my right to pollute when and where I want too! I thought the brown haze hanging over the cities was nice especially at sunset. I hate that my M5 does not even come close to polluting like my old 70 Z/28.... And now this stupid Tesla is going to outrun my M5 on electric power, really what has this country come to? Urban liberals, progressives scientist, we should make them all move to one of those repressive countries like Germany with the autobahn and high speed train (ok not sure how that slipped through).

No they should not at least until the training catches up. Getting a license in any country I Europe is much tougher than in the US. If we were 1/2 as smart as that socialist country that has the autobahns we could probably figure out a way to train people and have the correct inspections of the cars as well (and free college for those that choose to attend... Good plan for an educated work force to continue to lead Germany into the future). But who would want all that government intrusion into how someone maintains their car or if they text or not while driving? Not me! Probably some scientist getting a grant would come to some stupid conclusion that better driver training and tough car inspections make it safer... BS they just want the grant money... Really don't get me going...

Driving training and vehicle inspections are generally bureaucratic ripoffs; few crashes anywhere are attributed to equipment failure -- and no level of training helps impaired drivers. The primary causes of crashes are crossing traffic, opposing traffic, sharp curves and roadside hazards like roadside trees. Autobahns carried 31% of motorized road traffic while accounting for 11% of Germany's traffic deaths in 2012. The autobahn fatality rate of 1.7 deaths per billion-travel-kilometers compared favorably with the 5.1 rate on urban streets and 7.6 rate on rural roads.

This incompetant big government cannot even maintain existing hiways and bridges. Why think it could design and maintain an 'Autobahn?' Ha ha ha

Germans have stricter vehicle inspection standards and require more intensive driver's education training that is required in the US. First and foremost, however, is that Germans believe in following the rules of the road. (There are always exceptions.) When you're driving at over 160 mph on a 2-lane autobahn and someone in a VW camper van decides to pass that van is going to show up in front of your bumper very quickly. Also keep in mind that Germans believe in the concept of personal responsibility. If you're driving over a certain speed (I believe it was about 130 kph) and get in an accident the Polizei going to presume you were driving too fast for the conditions and fault you for the accident. Not all Autobahns have unrestricted speed limits and even when they do some are so crowded that it's impossible to go "full out" anyway. If you're exceeding the posted limit they'll often have speed cameras out and your receive a nice letter and fine from the local Polizei. Lastly, unless you're looking for a grit your teeth, white knuckles experience traveling above 150 mph is significantly more comfortable and enjoyable in a large luxury car than in a small sports car. I've done this many times in everything from a Nissan 300ZX twin turbo up to a 12-cyl BMW 7-Series and a number of cars in between during the 7 years I lived there.