Outside every town in Germany is a bright yellow sign with the town name. That sign also
indicates that you are now entering a 50kph zone until you leave the town and pass an identical sign with a red diagonal line across it indicating the speed limit is no longer 50kph. Nothing cryptic about it. Obviously if you learned German road r…
Outside every town in Germany is a bright yellow sign with the town name. That sign also
indicates that you are now entering a 50kph zone until you leave the town and pass an identical sign with a red diagonal line across it indicating the speed limit is no longer 50kph. Nothing cryptic about it. Obviously if you learned German road rules this wouldn't be an issue. https://routetogermany.com/drivingingermany/city-driving
And given the fact American police like to hassle people when they pull them over for minor speeding fines, I'm quite happy with a blitz (flash) now and then. If you are speeding, you see the red flash, and about 10-days later a letter arrives in the mail. The speeding infraction doesn't go on your record unless you're going 30kph over the speed limit. And 90% of speed cameras are fixed anyway, so everyone knows where they are.
And fines here aren't that expensive. For example, speeding up to 10 km/h over the speed limit costs 10 Euros out of town/city limits. On rare occasions they have police pull people over randomly, but they are polite and never threaten to seize your property like they do in America with "Civil forfeiture".
Keep your wild west speed enforcement. Where cops threaten you, search you illegally and can legally steal your property.
Outside every town in Germany is a bright yellow sign with the town name. That sign also
indicates that you are now entering a 50kph zone until you leave the town and pass an identical sign with a red diagonal line across it indicating the speed limit is no longer 50kph. Nothing cryptic about it. Obviously if you learned German road rules this wouldn't be an issue. https://routetogermany.com/drivingingermany/city-driving
And given the fact American police like to hassle people when they pull them over for minor speeding fines, I'm quite happy with a blitz (flash) now and then. If you are speeding, you see the red flash, and about 10-days later a letter arrives in the mail. The speeding infraction doesn't go on your record unless you're going 30kph over the speed limit. And 90% of speed cameras are fixed anyway, so everyone knows where they are.
And fines here aren't that expensive. For example, speeding up to 10 km/h over the speed limit costs 10 Euros out of town/city limits. On rare occasions they have police pull people over randomly, but they are polite and never threaten to seize your property like they do in America with "Civil forfeiture".
Keep your wild west speed enforcement. Where cops threaten you, search you illegally and can legally steal your property.
Only 10 euros?
In Norway, if you drive between 10-15kmh above the speed limit, you get a speeding ticket of over 400 euros...