Firstly, speed limits are not the competence of Brussels but of the national
governments. This is what it makes it possible for Germany to have no speed
limit on the Autobahn in the western part of the country (in the former DDR it
is generally 130 km/h), while, say, the UK plods along at 70 mph/110 km/h. Most
countries are in the 120/130 range (120 here in Spain, 130 in France). My
standard cruising speed in Spain is around 150-160 km/h. Speed cameras are
announced in advance so you just slow down when you approach one, and there are
not that many. I think that driving in Spain and France is very pleasurable.
Switzerland is tough, lots of stretches with 100 km/h and lots of speed
cameras, and high fines. But Eurocrats have nothing to do with, Switzerland is
not even member of the EU.
Cheers,
Nathan
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Alicante, Spain
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On Jan 17, 2014, at 9:37 PM, SwissPace wrote:
> Hmmm its getting difficult to drive anywhere in Europe and in France is
> almost impossible now to not get flashed. At least here there is no
> points system so you can have many "just a bit overs."
>
> Please take me back to the days of traffic police where they assessed if
> you were driving dangerously for the conditions.
>
> and to reply to JH, Here (Switzerland) they can reduce the limits if
> pollution is high but they are limited in the number of days they can do
> so. The problem with Eurocrats is they have to make changes to be seen
> to be doing things and that means a lot of cr@p for the general
> population and it will only get worse.
>
>
> On 17/01/14 21:08, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
>>
>> You still want to drive through our country? ;-)
>>
>> Best, Frank
>>
>>
>>
>>
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