German Autobahn Map. Adam Morath Things happen quickly when ... dramatically reducing congestion and increasing the average speed of traffic. With the navi set on Hannover, I headed northeast ...

View more opinion on CNN. But driving on the autobahn, long stretches of which forswear any speed limit at all, can be a chilling experience for the timid. I’m not a slow driver – and indeed ...

"This is really the ideal autobahn speed," Salt says ... the Black Forest High Road, which my map refers to as a landschaftlich schöne Strecke, a "route with beautiful scenery." ...

Its meaning: no limits. Although the German government “recommends” a top speed of 130 kph, or 81 mph, drivers on the majority of the autobahn’s 8,000-plus miles can go as fast as they like.

Simply put, we’ve willfully abandoned every pillar upon which an unlimited-speed highway system could be established. An American autobahn would require us to not only choose differently at the ...

And there's the catch: While 55 percent of people who responded to the Spiegel poll say they support a system-wide autobahn speed limit, they only support it as a temporary measure, and 39 percent ...

While more than 96% of German roads are subject to a permanent speed limit, just 30% of the 13,000km network of motorways – or autobahn – has permanent or temporary speed limits, according to the ...