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  2. Speed limits in Germany - Wikipedia

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    Speed limits are enforced with a small tolerance. In urban areas, driving merely 3 km/h (2 mph) or faster above the posted or implied speed limit is considered a punishable infraction in Germany. If the speed limit is 100 km/h (62 mph) or more, the tolerance is 3%. Other tolerances may apply for mobile speed cameras and undercover police cars.

  3. Autobahn - Wikipedia

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    Some areas have a speed limit of 120 km/h (75 mph) in order to reduce noise pollution during overnight hours (usually 10 pm – 6 am) or because of increased traffic during daytime (6 am – 8 pm). Dynamic traffic signs on an autobahn. Some limits were imposed to reduce pollution and noise.

  4. Advisory speed limit - Wikipedia

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    In Germany, the Autobahn-Richtgeschwindigkeits-Verordnung (Directive on Reference Speed on Motorways), introduced in 1974, recommends a speed of no more than 130 km/h (81 mph) for autobahns and similar roads, whose lanes are separated by a median or which have at least two lanes per direction, provided there are no traffic signs posting a lower ...

  5. Germany rules out autobahn speed limit - AOL

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    A heated debate over introducing an autobahn speed limit has gripped Germany ever since it emerged last week that a committee tasked with coming up with ideas to lower transport emissions was ...

  6. Not so fast: Most Germans favor speed limits on the Autobahn

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    A majority of Germans favor setting maximum speed limits for Germany's famously fast Autobahns to help battle climate change, according to a poll published on Saturday. A government-appointed ...

  7. Speed limit - Wikipedia

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    The advisory speed limit applies to any road in Germany outside of towns which is either a dual carriageway or features at least two lanes per direction, regardless of its classification (e.g. Autobahn, Federal Highway, State Road, etc.), unless there is a speed limit posted, although it is less common for non-autobahn roads to be unrestricted.

  8. Traffic signs by country - Wikipedia

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    Australian temporary warning signs are rectangular, following the United Kingdom practice, but they differ from the British temporary warning signs by having a yellow, or an orange background instead. Australian regulatory signs are similar to those used in America, except (at least since 1974) the speed limit signs which bear the red circle ...

  9. Comparison of European road signs - Wikipedia

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    Irish rural speed limit sign on a local road. Sometimes similar signs have minor differences in meanings, following the local traffic codes. The United Kingdom's "pass either side" sign indicates that drivers may pass on either side of an obstacle, such as a traffic island, to reach the same destination. [2]