though most don’t follow it
I have done exactly that. I did not see any separate speed limits for the lanes and the speed limit signs were in KPH, not MPH. To be honest, I drove on the A3 for a few kilometers then on to the A5, then to the A6. I took a few other Autobahn routes as well but I don’t remember the numbers Most of the autobahn as a speed limit of 130 KPH and it drops to 100 KPH when crossing a bridge, and Germany had a LOT of bridges. There are a few sections of the autobahn that have no speed limit, but they are getting rare. One more thing, they use cameras along the roadside to enforce the speed limits. If you are driving a rental, the fines are just added to the rental fee, you don’t go to court for minor speeding that I know of, just pay the fine.
But accidents do seem to be much less common there than here and drivers are much more courteous.
Thanks for the link Dartman. I got 100%, which I should since I hold a CDL.
Tester, I actually knew that definition of right of way. I just assumed that using caps and hyphens it may have been a trick question.
I used to be on the city council here and when Right-of-Way was used like that it referred to an easement. Me, and about 80 of my neighbors, all got sued over a Right-of-Way easement from the railroad. It was a formality lawsuit more than anything else but since the legal papers said Right-of-Way and the traffic manual said, right of way, I just assumed as much. Oops.
You’re saying common courtesy is used at four-way stops? I though it was a Free-for-All! 
I missed the one about seconds behind a car. Does anyone have a problem with this measly amount of time besides me?
Just doing some random math in my head here, but at 60 MPH does this not mean about 170 feet covered in those 2 seconds?
Considering the 60 to 0 stopping distances of many vehicles are in that range and less in perfect conditions and considering those distances are done during a test with someone who knows it’s coming it seems to me 2 seconds means you’re going to ram someone.
If someone was alert and expecting an accident you can figure roughly .6 or so reaction time. That’s almost a 1/3 of your 2 seconds already. Now you’re down to 120 feet before the brake pedal is pushed.
What about slower reaction times, worn brakes and tires, or a pickup loaded down with 900 pounds of tools and junk in the bed? What about the tendency of some people to flat freeze up in an emergency situation and reaction time is measured in full seconds; if there is a reaction at all?
Your welcome MG. I missed the one about the turn signal I marked 50 feet. Oh well.
~Michael
Yes, with a motorcycle, which stops faster than a car, it is a two second rule. With a tractor-trailer it is an eight second rule. With four-wheeled idiots it shoud be a four second rule.
I wish most folks would even use 2 seconds, in most places it appears to be the 0.1 second rule (while simultaneously reading the paper, talking on the phone, drinking coffee, and giving someone the finger; talk about multi-tasking).
If one in six people can’t pass a driving tests, WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THE ROAD?
Irritating everyone else with their stupidity and incompetence.
Practicing, like every other driver : )
No Tester, you follow the vehicle ahead by two seconds. That “space cushion” varies with your speed. Start counting when the rear bumper or shadow of the lead vehicle passes a mark in the road. I use the lane stripes, but a dead possum works just as well.
They used to preach one car length per 10 MPH, but the two second rule is the new standard. Believe me, I’ve sat through several training sessions in the last three years.
Agree; but those highways starting with E are European interstates and are built for much faster driving. The last time I was on E3, I had a Hertz rental Ford Escort, and it peaked at 160 km/hr., 100 mph. I drove this with the gas on the floor all the way to the Dutch border, and spent most of my time in the slow and center lane. If you hog the fast lane drivers will flash their lights indicating you should move over. The message here is that on good roads, Europeans drive much faster and have about 1/2 the accident rate. You normally flunk once or twice before passing the tough driving test over there.
I remember this as a question on my 1954 drivers test, rules of the 4-way stop. If everyone practiced this there would be fewer low speed collisions. In my neighborhood there have been a dozen collisions at the same intersection over the last 10 years.
Unfortunately if you use an eight second space cushion, someone will fill it up with their big rig. Eight seconds at 60 MPH is 704’.
…and? Are you in so big a hury that letting a big rig change lanes in front of you will make you late? A courteous driver would be happy to make room for a big rig. You don’t own that piece of road in front of your car. We all share the roads.
Tester- you bring me back to Driver Ed school, Summer, 1967: Who has the right-of-way at a 4-way stop sign intersection if a fire truck, a cop car, an ambulance, and a mail truck converge and all stop at the same time? Answer: the mail truck; it’s a federal vehicle; and the “mail must go through!” You believe that one…
Also, any posters from Pa? I’ve never figured out if you can make a left turn on red at an intersection if both streets are one-way. Here in Lancaster people do it all the time. Can anyone clue me in?
Yes, the one time you are allowed to turn left on red is if you are turning from a one-way street onto a one-way street unless otherwise posted. I am not from PA but I have spent some time driving a truck through your state.
Jeremy:I appreciate your elucidation and also “feel your pain” re having to drive the roads of our “Fair State”; but I hear State Troopers aren’t so hard on truckers in the Keystone State. True?
I can’t say. I have only been pulled over twice, once in Mississippi for a DOT inspection and once in Florida because I missed an agricultural inspection station. In both cases the experiences went well.
And driving home from the bar. Just as soon as they can remember where home is.