Silly Observations – Germany part 1 (Roads)
(By Tracey- September 11, 2019)
Here are my silly observations on Germany, these are road based.
- Chevrons on steep corners are red and white. I suspect John may be a little red/green colour blind! Lots of steep corners have bushes behind the signs.
- Road signs on non-motorway roads are yellow – with my British background it feels like I’m permanently driving through road works
- Lots of places are 30K speed limit, which feels very slow
- The speed limit is “walking pace” through housing estates
- Many towns have a slower speed limit at night to reduce traffic noise
- Motorways sometimes have a higher speed limit at night
- Lots of motorways have speed limits but where they don’t you get an amazing draft from cars that go “tonning” by. (Bertie is over 3.5t and therefore always has a speed limit).
- There is no Google street view, I understand the privacy issues, but we use street view all the time to check the route that the tom tom has suggested, particularly if it takes us down country lanes.
- People stick up kinder (children) signs outside their houses, These are cutouts of a kid with a ball or similar and basically are to say slow down
- Drivers stop for you, at zebra crossing and when you are on a cycle track that crosses the road
- Cycle lanes are everywhere and these have right of ways at junctions