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Originally Posted by chrisny
Why on earth would a high speed test be done on any public road, instead of a controlled environment?? That sucks.
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Because some sections of the Autobahn do NOT have any speed limits, and people regularly use it to go as fast as possible. It's not unusual, or unexpected. To validate a design, you need to drive in all normal situations, and that is one of them. What is unexpected is for a truck to cut someone off...to get a license in Germany takes a lot of money, lots of training, and a far greater level of skill than in the USA. There could easily be 100mph difference in the truck speed verses faster cars (trucks DO have speed limits on those roads, quite slow, actually, and it is enforced). Still, accidents happen. Driving in Germany is not a passive activity - you must be aware of what's going on, and you hope the other drivers are as well. It all works if people abide by the rules.