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the bar to drive in Germany is significantly higher than in the united states. Requirements for getting a drivers license in America is ridiculously lenient because the American lifestyle is completely car centric. taking someone's license away is tantamount to sentencing someone to poverty.

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I think the other possible effect is the maintenance construction work in the Autobahn, which can create an upper speed limit anyway.

Also, only about 70% have no speed limit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn (ctrl+f "No speed limit" for a nice table)

The Autobahn has a recommended speed of 130 km/h. OP was talking about Landstraßen having a speed limit of 100 km/h. The two are very different kinds of roads. The Autobahn does have concrete dividers and hard shoulders for example. It also has a much more predictable design compared to a Landstraße.

Germany makes you get a license to play golf. It sounds extreme at first blush but when you start to think about it...

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