Admiral Beez
Superstar
I'm staying with friends this week in Garmish-Partenkirchen Germany. Today we visited Innsbruck, Austria. Some of my observations on transportation as follows:
Speed limits - most dual lanes highways do not havin speed limits in Germany. Instead they enforce laws bases on road behaviour. Passing on the right, going slow on the left, tailgating, high beam flashing, aggressive driving, etc will all get you a ticket, but go as fast as you want. My drive from Munich to Garmisch was avg 130 kph and that was in the right lane. On rural single lane roads the speed limit outside of towns is generally 100 kph. In Ontario the lmit on these same roads would be 60 kph, perhaps 80 only when straight. On the Austrian roads today the speed limit was 130 kph on single lane roads. I see no reason the 407 and other highways in Ontario need a 100 Kph limit.
Stick shift - I learned how to drive stick last week before I flew here. Now I just love it. On windy and hilly roads like today in the Austrian alps, stick shift is the way to go.
Roundabouts and yield signs work - You don't need a traffic light or stop sign at every intersection. I'm driving around some of the busiest streets and traffic flows well here.
Driver training - Germans and austrians drive like I wish all Canadians did. These guys know what they're doing.
Steetcars and cars can live together - today in Innsbruck, Austria I saw long streetcars running down the sides of the streets, with cars up the middle. Seems to flow nicely. By the way, Innsbruck is very pretty.
Next week we drive through Salzburg to Venice italy. Also planning drive to nuremburg and thereabouts. I will have further observations on traffic and transportation soon.
Speed limits - most dual lanes highways do not havin speed limits in Germany. Instead they enforce laws bases on road behaviour. Passing on the right, going slow on the left, tailgating, high beam flashing, aggressive driving, etc will all get you a ticket, but go as fast as you want. My drive from Munich to Garmisch was avg 130 kph and that was in the right lane. On rural single lane roads the speed limit outside of towns is generally 100 kph. In Ontario the lmit on these same roads would be 60 kph, perhaps 80 only when straight. On the Austrian roads today the speed limit was 130 kph on single lane roads. I see no reason the 407 and other highways in Ontario need a 100 Kph limit.
Stick shift - I learned how to drive stick last week before I flew here. Now I just love it. On windy and hilly roads like today in the Austrian alps, stick shift is the way to go.
Roundabouts and yield signs work - You don't need a traffic light or stop sign at every intersection. I'm driving around some of the busiest streets and traffic flows well here.
Driver training - Germans and austrians drive like I wish all Canadians did. These guys know what they're doing.
Steetcars and cars can live together - today in Innsbruck, Austria I saw long streetcars running down the sides of the streets, with cars up the middle. Seems to flow nicely. By the way, Innsbruck is very pretty.
Next week we drive through Salzburg to Venice italy. Also planning drive to nuremburg and thereabouts. I will have further observations on traffic and transportation soon.