The High German autobahn organization includes stretches where motorists are allowed to crusade every bit fast every bit they want. These speed-unrestricted stretches produce convey an advisory speed bound of 130 kilometres per threescore minutes (81 mph) only going faster isn't illegal (however if a driver has an accident piece driving at over 130 kph they may confront increased liability).
Zeit has used information from TomTom to workout how fast Germans crusade on average on each stretch of the autobahn. An interactive map on Where Deutschland is Racing shows the average speed of all drivers across the autobahn network together with the average speed driven yesteryear the fastest 10% of drivers. Around 70% of the autobahn has no speed limit. The other 30% has dissimilar speed limits depending on sure enough factors (such every bit the score of urbanization, the route status together with route safety). Using TomTom's information Zeit discovered that the lower the speed bound the to a greater extent than drivers tend to ignore it.
On the sections which convey an advisory speed bound (130 kph) together with thence the average speed is 122 kph (75.8 mph). Only 30% of drivers crusade faster than 130 kph on the speed unrestricted sections of the autobahn. Only 12% crusade faster than 150 kph (93.2 mph).
Zeit's online map doesn't let you lot to filter the sections of autobahn shown yesteryear the average speed of all drivers or the average speed of the fastest 10% of drivers. However towards the halt of the article Zeit has published a static map which shows the sections of the autobahn network where the fastest 10% of drivers tend to crusade on average at over 180 kmh (112 mph) or more.
