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Old December 27th 07, 04:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default OT: Driving in Germany

You must be kidding! I've been up to over 160 KM/h in a bus!
Once, while on approach in a stiff wind, (MY GS would have been about
115 knots, so call it 125 mph) I was passed by a car on the autobahn
beneath me. Now, I was used to this in Cubs and what not, but in a
jet?


Crazy Germans.

Well, we all know how what a speed limit is for, aye?

I found it most useful to spend every bit as much time looking in the
rear view mirror as looking forward while driving the German
autobahns. In fact it was the regulated areas with speed limits that
were more dangerous, mainly because not everyone followed the
"regulation". Motorcyclists and big Mercedes / BMWs were the biggest
perps, roaring past at 200-220 kph -- damn show-off bastids.