Germany Considers Limiting Autobahn Speeds To Curb Greenhouse Gases

The days of unlimited speeding on Germany’s famously fast Autobahn network could be over if the government adopts draft proposals on climate protection put forward by its committee on the future of transport.

Charged with devising recommendations on reducing the environmental harm caused by transport, the committee also proposed fuel tax hikes and electric vehicle quotas to help Germany finally meet European Union emissions targets.

The proposals, outlined in a draft paper seen by Reuters, could prove controversial in car-mad Germany, whose decades-old motorway network is famous for no-limit sections where drivers can put even the fastest cars through their paces.

Car4life1 - 1/22/2019 4:05:58 PM

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Time to book a couple of trips to Germany, the autobahn is an awesome experience at the right time of day, otherwise rush hour looks like any other major city

PUGPROUD - 1/22/2019 4:17:57 PM

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The end is near.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 1/22/2019 8:25:30 PM

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A high speed taxi ride around the Ring would be top of my list if I was ever in Germany on business.

MDarringer - 1/22/2019 8:26:51 PM

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This is more likely a way to make more money from speeding tickets i.e. another tax by Germany's Fascist-Socialists. And yes I am saying they are both at the same time. It's actually stunningly easy to be both simultaneously.

Foncool - 1/23/2019 7:52:24 AM

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Could be the final trigger that sets off the German version of the Yellow Vests.

qwertyfla1 - 1/23/2019 11:04:45 AM

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Except the schnitzel people will all be wearing speedos and birkenstocks with socks on...

Germans are soft and overly apologetic over the whole Jew thing so they will quietly conform and do nothing just as they let Merkel destroy the cultural fabric of Germany these last few years to appease her UN puppet masters and boss George Soros.

zlives - 1/23/2019 7:15:39 PM

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interesting comments.
good for Germany to think about climate change at a cultural level.
also how would this account for electric vehicles.