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Germany is the one country where you legally can drive 320+km/h
Why would you do in in a section with a speed limit?
The fastest I ever drove on the Autobahn was 200 kph (in a diesel Ford Fokus), which was an absolute blast.
After a bit, I saw headlights flash in my rearview mirror. I pulled into the right lane, and a Mercedes passed me like I was standing still. All the windows were tinted, and it seemed lower than usual.
Feelings of entitlement?
It may have been a 120kmh stretch of road which, at his speed, just wooshed past him.
Besudes, there's not that many autobahns left that are without speed restrictions, which is fair I suppose because going 300kmh on a public road is fucking terrifying.
Only about 70% of Germany's autobahn is w/o restrictions (ignoring from construction), so really it's almost nothing. /s
That's a lot of construction
No. About 10% of the German autobahn is under construction (at least partially). About 70% is regularly w/o speed restriction, temporary limits due to construction projects not counted. That is not a small amount, hence the /s. You can drive as fast as you want on ~2/3 of our autobahn kilometers.
I drove through Germany 2 years ago and there was no lack of Autobahn.
I didn't go out looking for it at all and found myself on it constantly
But most of it will have a speed limit.
He could have just run the Autobahn to the north of Berlin and go towards the baltic sea the Autobahn there is without limit, literally less than half an hour