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    German pile-up involves 259 cars


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8159290.stm

    I hope all the criticals pull through.. That is quite a feat.

    Watch your speed in bad weather people, it only takes one card to fall ..

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    Re: German pile-up involves 259 cars

    That is a hell of a lot of cars. I guess this is what happens when you have no speed limit

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    Re: German pile-up involves 259 cars

    Quote Originally Posted by Flash477 View Post
    That is a hell of a lot of cars. I guess this is what happens when you have no speed limit
    From what I've heard, most German Autobahns do have a fixed speed limit, and the ones that don't often have a limit put in place during bad conditions.
    [Edit: Looking at Wikipedia, it's "some" autobahns, and there is a "suggested" limit of 130kmh on all of them. I was sort of correct, but not to the extent I was thinking. ]

    66 is a surprisingly low number of injured people for such a big pile up. I know that's 66 real people and not just a statistic, but it could have been much worse.
    Last edited by KidChameleon; 21-07-2009 at 06:08 PM.

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    Re: German pile-up involves 259 cars

    I am pretty surprised that there isnt an imposed speed limit on the autobahns in bad conditions but then again I suppose would expect people to have general common sense and slow down.

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    Re: German pile-up involves 259 cars

    Quote Originally Posted by BenZetecS View Post
    I am pretty surprised that there isnt an imposed speed limit on the autobahns in bad conditions but then again I suppose would expect people to have general common sense and slow down.
    There often is - and the German police are pretty hot on it as well as distance from the car in front (the latter has more bearing on safety imho).
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