Tips For Driving The German Autobahn

[@christopherx7428]

Tips for driving on the Autobahn: 1) Constantly check your rear view mirrors! 2) Keep to the right (which they fail to do a lot in the video) 3) Stay focused and concentrate on the road and traffic 4) Take breaks every now and then 5) DON'T go faster than you can handle just because there is no speed limit. If you have never driven faster than 130 before, it is a really bad idea to suddenly go 200. 6) Turn off from the Autobahn to fill up on petrol - it is much cheaper 7) If you are two+ people in the car, let a passenger check the traffic situation on Google maps to check for congestions. You can also have a radio on low, if you understand German, but the warnings are read very fast and may be difficult to understand. 8) If you are not hard pressed for time, check out the lovely places along the way, there is so much to see and enjoy in Germany!

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

The parts in the video where we are not on the right is where we were either passing or in a heavily congested area. But yes, these are all great tips, especially number 8!

[@fearofthemrak3146]

This is one good tip.

[@TitoLukason]

4:27 except Poland where motorways are limited to 140km/h :D

[@SC_Sp84]

Have you seen the markings on the middle and left lane at 3:54 ? these, in combination with a mobile camera on the bridge, are for measuring the distance between the cars. If you are to close you will get a ticket. You where going 140 km/h so the proper distance is 70m. It looks like you are a little bit to close ;-)

[@heartmomma6460]

My friend from Germany lived in Coswig I believe & commuted to southwest Berlin ea day. He said he tried living a year in Berlin shortly after college & he could only afford to live in the Northern part. It actually took him less time to commute the 90 miles ea day (45 minutes) from Coswig(?) to his workplace in Southwest Berlin vs living in Berlin could be well over an hour on a fast commute upwards to 2 hours if traffic was busy. He said he went km equivalent of 120 mph US speed. He rode with his friend one day in his Italian Sports Car & drove 320 km which = 190 mph! That was the 1st & last time he rode with that friend on The Autobahn he said, it was too fast for his blood. I can't imagine. Living North of Atlanta I sometimes would push it at 95 to 100 in certain spots but tried to keep it around 90. I would be ok if I could legally drive 120 mph daily but doubt I'd typically go faster. I'd love to try going 190 in Germany once just to feel the exhilaration.

[@stbufraba]

Okay, we habe a tire pressure warning light and a cracked windshield. This car ist definitely not fit for the Autobahn.

[@geyoda64]

lol You are overreacting.

[@alterbart7916]

Then why TÜV would not pass this car?

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

The windshield wasn't cracked in a place where it impaired the driver vision at all and the tire pressure light was a faulty sensor, tire pressure was being checked regularly while we waited for the new part.

[@alterbart7916]

+ReflectionsEnroute I had a small spider on the right lower corner where it could hardly be seen from the driver's seat. The spider was too close to the edge to be repaired. The TÜV inspector gave me a notice to fix it before the next check. Of course I had the windshield replaced right away. As for the faulty sensor, you should get it fixed! The light is on for a reason - something is wrong with your car. When you lose the tire pressure you will not know. The Chernobyl disaster was caused by staff ignoring warnings and bypassing interlocks. Their logic was like yours: "we know what we are doing". Until you fix it, please do not drive on Autobahn. I do not want to find myself near you when your car fails.

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

Don't worry, both were fixed as soon as we got back home. And as far as tire warning sensors go, these are a relatively new thing. Cars were driving safely on the autobahn for decades without them (and still are for that matter). Thanks for the input!

[@HiAnonym]

Once I asked my father how fast our car could go...he said "Let's test it out" and in the end our car went 220 kph That was even to me as a German intense...but nice

[@Arltratlo]

and to have a speed limit in a construction zone is normal, at the beginning...thats for the 100kmh speed limit... it helps if you not only looking forward with tunnel vision only...

[@RobinSeiffert]

funny, explaining the right driving commandment and almost seeing them on left and middle lane! 😂

[@nobonespurs]

doing 160 K, passing trucks, keep eye for Porchse coming behind you at 220

[@adithyaramachandran7427]

I think that the illegal to pass on right rule should be implemented in the US as well. I was going to pass a tractor trailer on a 2 lane expressway, and I was doing around 80 mph (125 kph), and a young woman driving a mustang decides its a smart idea to overtake me on the right and literally squeeze between me and the truck. I don't know what she was thinking, but it was a dangerous move, and I'm the kind of guy who always moves over to the right after passing slower traffic. Wonder why she couldn't wait a couple seconds.

[@perfectgematriadecodesabc4259]

yes and trucks can't see to the right as good as the left

[@huiuiui9653]

You're very well informed. Good job!

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

Now if only the majority here in Toronto could drive like they drive in Germany's autobahn. Instead you have a bunch of German cars driven by idiots who tailgate you in the far right lane or idiots who drive slow in the far left passing lane. Oh well.

[@NutmegThumper]

So, in the US we can go 10-15 MPH over the limit in the Northeast - say 69 in a 55. How much leeway in Germany for speed limits? Both for electronic and cop car. Does electronic ticket you for 101 in a 100 zone or is there a buffer? How about cops?

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

No buffer, the camera will take your picture at 1 km over. Cops don't pull over speeders unless it is part of a speed trap, which happens, but is rare, and then it is also no buffer. Driving cops don't pull you over for speeding, in general.

[@sinanberk2713]

Did she just mention you can pass on the right in the States? I really hope that is not true. Passing on the right is the most dangerous thing to do on the highway.

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

It is not against the law, and it is one of the scariest parts about driving in the states.

[@fabianvirgil726]

There are plenty of seedlimit-free stretches on the German autobahn. Just not in NRW

[@peas1337]

in nrw are many free limit secions f you left hamburg to hannover

[@krachenford9594]

It's awful, how americans do tutorials. What a kind voice, explaining such a complicated matter . . . Really adorable.

[@DatZortaw]

''130 is the fast you can go (in Belgium), just like in Holland'' Well, not anymore! Excpet some ways from 7-7 it's all 100 now.

[@audge0008]

They never mention to floor it

[@marcel530]

Omg get your front window fixed! It is really dangerous to drive with a cracked front window! Stay save guys!

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

I know right? Especially at 100+ mph. But really the crack was on the passenger side and not in the driver's view at all. It's fixed now.

[@marcel530]

even if it was on the passenger side, it doesnt matter xD if there was a hole on the street or something the window could have breaken.

[@gregk8995]

Marcel carglass repariert, carglass tauscht aus

[@xyz-li8pv]

Rule Nr. 1 on every highway: KEEP SAFETY DISTANCE! 0:00 - 0:28

[@lappo2534]

Incorrect. The number 1 driving rule on any road is: countries where you drive on right hand side of road you keep right; if you drive on the left hand hand side of the road you keep left.

[@muhCrafting]

Gott segne unsere Autobahn. God bless our Autobahn🇩🇪

[@mare6638]

how did you broke windshield?

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

Something hit it while we driving on the autobahn.

[@jgdooley2003]

Belgium and Holland have very little Motorways that allow 130 kph and of very little length. Both are highly urbanised countries with dense populations. Also many European cars are typically low powered and may find 140 kph uphill a challenge. Doing well and knowing you have to watch your six at all times, your back and move aside for the test pilots in a6's , x3's 518's etc.......

[@edipires15]

John Dooley the highest speed limit in Belgium is 120km/h, and you can have long stretches of 130km/h in the Netherlands (the A2 for example)

[@meeenfou6511]

"you can pass on the right sometimes and stay in the middle" NO NO NO NEIN NEIN DAS IST FALSE

[@ReflectionsEnroute]

That quote is not in reference to driving in Germany. That is drivers in the USA. One of the most troublesome parts of driving in America.

[@alterbart7916]

Kind of boring. All excitement is a broken windshield and a warning sign... For me, the thrill is (still) when you pass a police car like it was standing...

[@norman-str3ss88]

it was standing ;)

[@MS-we4wi]

Rule nr 1: BMW=left lane😎

[@nikolashopov7649]

Tips how not to drive on the autobahn

[@familyredhead9591]

So you’re driving on the autobahn. Big deal. Yawn.