Valuy@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 6 days ago‘Tempolimit? Nein, danke!’: why German petrolheads won’t slow down – despite the energy crisis. For many Germans, driving fast is part of their core identitywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down18
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-link‘Tempolimit? Nein, danke!’: why German petrolheads won’t slow down – despite the energy crisis. For many Germans, driving fast is part of their core identitywww.theguardian.comValuy@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squareregdog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoA reasonable solution would be to introduce a tempo limit, but set it so high that nobody would be bothered by it. Like, the new top speed on the Autobahn could be 500 km/h.
minus-squareM1k3y@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI think a compromise like 160 would actually already improve things a lot and isn’t controversial. But our current government is owned by lobbyists, so we will have to wait a bit longer.
A reasonable solution would be to introduce a tempo limit, but set it so high that nobody would be bothered by it. Like, the new top speed on the Autobahn could be 500 km/h.
I think a compromise like 160 would actually already improve things a lot and isn’t controversial.
But our current government is owned by lobbyists, so we will have to wait a bit longer.