Autobahn on Natl Geographic

[Stuckinstock]

was able to watch it last night. Germany's Autobahn was featured sa megastructures ng national geographic.

galing.. super hitech highway...


ngayon ko lang nalaman, may portions din pala dun na may speed limit.

[roninblade]

bakit may speed limit yung ibang portions?

[dbulido]

Many sections, particularly those with dangerous curves, in urban areas, or with unusually constant heavy traffic, may feature speed limits ranging from 80 to 120 km/h (50-75 mph). In construction zones, the limit may be as low as 60 km/h (37 mph). Also, some sections now feature nighttime and wet-weather speed restrictions, and trucks are always regulated Still, much of the Autobahn is unlimited, but there is a recommended limit of 130 km/h (81 mph). This recommendation is generally seen for what it is-- an attempt by the government to cover itself without having to upset millions of Porsche and BMW owners/voters. However, if you exceed the recommended limit and are involved in an accident, you could be responsible for some of the damage costs even if you are not at fault.

[wac3]

hay ang sarap siguro magkasupercar tapos hataw sa autobahn! )

[JAYarc]

pati nga mga reinforce steel barrier sa mga bridge kakabilib kahit na 100kmh++ ang collision medyo lessen yung damage, pati rin bus/ heavy truck carry ng barrier ..>>

[OTEP]

May 'recommended' speed limit nga sa Autobahn. But even 18 wheeler big rigs are flying there and 130 kph will make you look like you are standing still. hehehehe.

Matagal na may speed limits ang ibang sections.

Car & Driver rode shotgun with the German highway patrol dati. Ang galing nila. They are very efficient.

[jolog1]

Maganda nga yung autobahn pero pag naka-accidente, grabe talaga, daming patay.

[notEworthy27]

bat di gawin ganun dito sa pinas? hehe I shun to think about the chaos it would cost..

[iqaruzz]

marami na kayang naaaksidente doon?

[OTO]

By all indications the Autobahn in its current state is a succeess. I doubt we could and should have an autobahn of our own cause how many cars can safely travel at more than 100kph? More importantly is the cars we have here stable enough at those speeds? Another would be the cars here have to be well maintained. By the number of busted tail lights and unsafe modifications I've seen on the road I think we arent. We also need to consider driver discipline. Read the Ramireze's article in this month's issue of C! about the autobahn. Ibang iba ang driving attitude ng European drivers sa pinoy dito.

It's doable but are people willing to make the sacrifices to make it happen.

[niky]

The problem is driver discipline.

Accidents on the Autobahn don't involve as many cars as you think... because, for the most part, everyone is aware of lane speed limits and sticks to them.

Not to say that there aren't hooligans who race the highway, but as slower moving vehicles on the high speed sections more often than not keep on the right side of the road, when those speed freaks have a problem, they're usually all alone.

I don't know about having an Autobahn here in the Philippines. I know I'd personally like one, but imagine how many cars will suffer from long-distance high-revving driving. Japanese cars are not really made for top-end speed. I won't be surprised, either, if we see lots of vans and AUVs trying to break the 100mph barrier and end up overheating on the wrong side of the highway...

[pajerokid]

May speed limit ba locally? :bwahaha: j/k

[pissword]

sir PK meron na po.. haha ang north super hiway at ang skyway... kaya sa coastal nalang ako hihihi

natatakot ako kung may parang autobahn dito, tingnan mo nalang yung mga jeep kung magpatakbo kaya noh ng 100mph haha panu sila hihinto, walang maintenance halos ang mga yan

[mazdamazda]

I do hope that I get the chance to migrate to Germany just for the Autobahn there! :D

well, that is the reward for having well-disciplined drivers.

and yes, Filipino drivers aren't yet ready for the Autobahn. MOST of the accidents that do occur in our highways aren't due to vehicles running at high speed but to the moronic driving habits of Filipinos (like using the shoulder or lane changing without using the signal lights).

another bad habit of Filipino drivers is the misuse of the passing lane. there is common misonception that the "safest" lane is the left lane. but in reality it is not since by using the left lane you can only veer to the right in cases of accidents. unlike when you use the middle lane - you can veer either to the left of right.

[gearspeed]

May nakatakbo na ba ng pinakamabilis na kotse dyan sa AutoBahn?...heheh..:D

[jolog1]

Imagine mo pinoy autobahn. 100kph yung jeep pagtapos tumigil sa gitna ng kalye kasi may bababa. hehehe....

[niky]

High speed running is over-rated. Most japanese cars can become squirrelly in high-speed crosswinds, or over poor surfaces. The only way we can have a "Pinoybahn" is if they improve the road quality.

I agree with mazdamazda... the safest lane is in the middle... more choices when swerving out of harm's way! Now if we could only get it into those damn truck driver's heads!

[sauman]

also kaya ganun kaganda ng quality ng German Autobahn ay dahil na rin sa kapal ng gianmit na semento rito if I heard it right 70 cms of cement.

[empy]

i didn't see the episode, so....

is it true that Hitler conceived the autobahn as a means of quickly getting his panzers around to invade his neighbors on any side of the country??

also, re: slow left lane driving - i firmly believe that this is the most dangerous thing you can do in highway driving. everyone swerves to pass you and you cause serious mayhem. i'd prefer a country where everyone drove 120 mph and practiced lane discipline, over one where people drove the speed limit but all camped out in the left lane :mad:

[mazdamazda]

in a race in 1938, a German racer was able to achive 430kph on the Autobahn before crashing.

a brief autobahn history... and nope... they were not used to move panzers around... it is much slower than using the railways.

utobahns were first conceived, planned and built on a limited scale in Germany during the Weimar Republic era in the 1920s, but apart from the AVUS in Berlin, construction was slow, and most projected sections did not progress much beyond the planning stage due to economic problems and a lack of political support. One project was the private initiative HaFraBa which planned a "car only road" (the name Autobahn was created in 1929) crossing Germany from Hamburg in the North via central Frankfurt am Main to Basel in Switzerland.

Just days after the 1933 Nazi takeover, Hitler enthusiastically embraced an ambitious Autobahn construction project and appointed Fritz Todt the Inspector General of German Road Construction. Soon over 100,000 worked at the construction sites all over Germany in Organisation Todt. As well as providing employment and improved infrastructure, necessary for economic recovery efforts, the project was also a great success for propaganda purposes. Another aim of the Autobahn project was to strengthen centralized rule and national unity.

The Autobahns formed the first limited access high-speed road network in the world, with the first section from Frankfurt am Main to Darmstadt opening in 1935. This straight section was used for high speed record attempts by the Grand Prix racing teams of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union until the fatal accident of the popular German race driver Bernd Rosemeyer in early 1938.

During World War II autobahns where even used as auxiliary airports, with aircraft either being stashed in numerous tunnels or camouflaged in nearby woods. However, for the most part they were not militarily significant, and most of military and economic freight continued to be carried by rail. After the War, numerous sections of the autobahn where in bad shape, being severely damaged by heavy allied bombings and military demolitions. Furthermore thousands of kilometers of autobahns remained unfinished, their construction brought to a halt by 1942 due to the increasing demands of the war effort.