my experience on the highway

[thedutchman]

so i was driving along on the freeway, and this weird guy with an old opel astra drove past me, i was doing like 170. aaah... i was soo angry...

oh by the way, dont shout at me, i'm in germany and i was allowed to drive that quick

 

[EvoBunny]

lucky autobahn b@stard...

 

[thedutchman]

lucky autobahn b@stard...

yah

 

[HavocXphere]

Careful though...only like 60% of the Autobahn is unrestricted.

 

[thedutchman]

theres a sign on the autobahn, grey 120, with a grey circle around it, and 2 grey lines through the 120... that means, bang on the accelerator

 

[Bona Botse]

lucky b4st4rd
/me practices engaging cruise control at 100kmph for the way home

 

[HavocXphere]

theres a sign on the autobahn, grey 120, with a grey circle around it, and 2 grey lines through the 120... that means, bang on the accelerator

So they made sure the foreigners can cope with the signage too. Better for tourism I guess.

 

[MrG]

Who made the comment about South African roads not being built for any speed? Who can explain that statement?

 

[AutoX]

yah

 

[thedutchman]

i think the roads in SA are build for speed, i mean, hello, cape town ---> joburg, one big happy road

 

[Pilgrim]

Who made the comment about South African roads not being built for any speed? Who can explain that statement?

One word: Potholes

 

[HavocXphere]

Who made the comment about South African roads not being built for any speed? Who can explain that statement?

Not sure about the "any" part, but I'd guess the answer is that hitting a pothole @ 250kph can be an interesting experience.

One of the docu's about the autobahn also said that the average thickness is 4x that of the average US interstate thickness. And they still get potholes.