High speed is a waste of energy regardless of the power source. Air resistance increases quadratically with speed. And half of the yearly produced electricity in Germany is generated using fossil fuels.
Plus electric cars are not yet mainstream for the masses as prices are higher, only 4% of all cars in Germany are fully electric. I don’t think giving privileges to a select few is ethical.
A maximum speed limit is a sane idea and reduces both pollution and accidents. As all countries know except for Afghanistan and Germany.
The majority of “Germany” if for speed limits for decades. But like with every other topic we are held hostage by corrupt politicians, the industry bribing them and the pensioneers voting for them again and again and again.
For the same reason “Germany” (your definition this time) will always fight tooth-and-nail against any restriction on or required medical evaluation for driver’s licenses of our senile overlords. We have simply given up and just take the daily accidents with black humor (see: https://feddit.org/c/rentnerfahrenindinge)
To be fair, German highways are still some of the safest around. Hell, German roads are pretty safe - in terms of having the least road deaths per population, they’re ranked 14th, with a lot of the countries above them either much more reliant on public transportation (which would be a much, much better solution to the pollution problem) or small enough so that the sample size is too small.
You want to know what the most dangerous roads in Germany are? They’re the “Landstraßen”, by far. The highways pale in comparison.
I very much know that, this speed ideology extends even to railways - speed is prioritised over traffic reduction, i.e. analysis of separation of needs is blocked, because speed is given priority of thought.
The de facto situation is exactly the reason why I think temporary subsidies by privilege is necessary, because change with privileges worked in Norway. The legal de facto situation is that (ICE) cars are still being subsidised via staff car privilege, diesel subsidies and commuter flat rate and over the last ten years, nothing has changed about any of this substantially despite heavy confrontation, so we have to take the opportunities where they are.
Given that this has lingered on far too long, I’d even say speed limit for ICE cars only is an improvement.
High speed is a waste of energy regardless of the power source. Air resistance increases quadratically with speed. And half of the yearly produced electricity in Germany is generated using fossil fuels. Plus electric cars are not yet mainstream for the masses as prices are higher, only 4% of all cars in Germany are fully electric. I don’t think giving privileges to a select few is ethical.
A maximum speed limit is a sane idea and reduces both pollution and accidents. As all countries know except for Afghanistan and Germany.
The majority of “Germany” if for speed limits for decades. But like with every other topic we are held hostage by corrupt politicians, the industry bribing them and the pensioneers voting for them again and again and again.
For the same reason “Germany” (your definition this time) will always fight tooth-and-nail against any restriction on or required medical evaluation for driver’s licenses of our senile overlords. We have simply given up and just take the daily accidents with black humor (see: https://feddit.org/c/rentnerfahrenindinge)
To be fair, German highways are still some of the safest around. Hell, German roads are pretty safe - in terms of having the least road deaths per population, they’re ranked 14th, with a lot of the countries above them either much more reliant on public transportation (which would be a much, much better solution to the pollution problem) or small enough so that the sample size is too small.
You want to know what the most dangerous roads in Germany are? They’re the “Landstraßen”, by far. The highways pale in comparison.
I very much know that, this speed ideology extends even to railways - speed is prioritised over traffic reduction, i.e. analysis of separation of needs is blocked, because speed is given priority of thought.
The de facto situation is exactly the reason why I think temporary subsidies by privilege is necessary, because change with privileges worked in Norway. The legal de facto situation is that (ICE) cars are still being subsidised via staff car privilege, diesel subsidies and commuter flat rate and over the last ten years, nothing has changed about any of this substantially despite heavy confrontation, so we have to take the opportunities where they are.