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      09-24-2012, 01:21 PM   #41
dreadnaxt
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Originally Posted by Beemerboi27 View Post
I live in Germany currently with my assignment in the military, and as for someone who drives the autobahn everyday I can say that it is a very safe road overall, even with vehicles driving at high rates of speed. Drivers are much more cautious about "keeping to the right" at all times unless you are passing, and the terrain is PERFECT to truly test these cars.. but the truck drivers are the worst, they switch lanes without looking ALL THE TIME, which is exactly what happened here. I wouldn't bash BMW's safety rating over this, ANY VEHICLE traveling at a high rate of speed crashing into a block of metal will not fair well. These are still some of the safest cars on the road.
I was in Germany month ago during my eurotrip. Was driving to Munich and when i was about 230 guy on small combo-van switched to my lane at around 120 speed. Had nothing to do but brake, because on the right lane was a car driving even slower than this noob. Luckily 335 has good enough brakes.

Sad about this accident.
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