yikes!!!!!! whenever someone sees a cop in wisconsin they slow down to 10 below the speed limit! would go to germany if i could maybe in a few years

 

When I was in Italy we were on the Autostrada and cars were passing ambulances. The speed limit is but a suggestion.

 

and I thinki I live in a police state!

 

I don't know about that Hacker. While in Italy I saw cops pull people over and usually one of the cops would be standing just behind the offending car, a little to the left, holding some sort of sub machine gun. Thats not the kind of cops I wanna make chase me.

 

I just returned from Italy, where you'd think some of the taxi drivers trained in competition driving. But, they do give tickets- one aquaintance got one while I was there. On the other hand barreling a Skoda down an alley about as wide as the car, at night, without a single street light, was about as tense as I've ever been in the passenger seat. AS

 

We in Germany are allowed to drive as fast as we are able to.....but not on every highway.The Buggati Veyon was tested on a german street up to 378km/h......but they are trying to get it up to 400km/h

http://www.racegarden.com/show/60 btw: Its the Polizei Team www.team144.com

best reguards

 

There is a guy in germany who had an add on ebay for a passenger ride at 400kph in his Bugatti Veyron.
This even wasn't on the Autobahn but on a smaller 2 lane Bundesstrasse near Frankfurt City.
Ebay deleted the add because they said that this was not possible.
The guy said that he drives regularly 330kph with his Lambo Murci and he does not see any reason why not to drive 400kph there with the Bugatti.

I found it not to easy to make 300+ kph there for longer distance though.

 

If he had been driving a Ferrari that fast in Italy, they would have asked for his autograph!

 

Question for you guys in Germany, I will be there in 2 weeks to pick up our CLS, would you suggest bringing the V1? I have the latest version with POP, also we are driving to Italy and over to France.

 

Kevin,
Make sure that the V1 works in Europe. (perhaps different frequencies?)

Your biggest problem will be the cars with a video camera installed that follow you.
Have a look in the rear view mirror on a regular basis.
If the car behind you has 2 people in it let it pass you and have a closer look at it.

Hope your CLS is with de-limited V-Max.

 

Yes it is the the V1 with Euro POP, thanks for the tip on the cars with cameras.

 

Firstly, in most European states a radar detector is illegal. You will be fined if caught operating one and your car impounded.

Secondly, unless the detector has been specifically modified for the entire European road network, you will miss lots of signals you need to worry about and react to a bunch you should ignore.

Thirdly, you need sophisticated hidden laser detection.

Finally, the news is not all bad. Most speed surveillance is by way of fixed point cameras. If you get a navigation device such as TomTom, you can download a POI which has all the fixed camera points and update it overnight from the internet. You can even get dynamic updating of mobile units via SMS.

By way of general advice, do not speed in town. Don't weave inbetween traffic lanes, that is what the guys with the video cars are looking for, bad driving habits. Do not underpass cars. In France, be particularly careful when approaching and leaving the toll booths, for 10 km each side there is a high probability of traffic police. The fastest safe way to cross France is to set your cruise control to 159 kph and ease down (to 120 kph) whenever you spot les flics. Don't speed in Switzerland. In Italy go with the flow, be nice if stopped.

Don't worry about european traffic fines, they are not going to impact your license or your insurance. If stopped by a German and he asks you how much money you have on you, tell him, he will adjust the fine so you have a reasonable amount of cash left on you as a courtesy to a visiting foreigner.

R+C

 

Which means about 170 km/h where the limit is 130, and 130-140 where it's 90. In both cases, many cars will still be faster.
Yes, I'm just back from a 1'500 km trip across Italy...

 

Great Info!! Sounds like I need to leave the V1 home, I really don't plan on doing to many high speed bursts. My wife isn't to thrilled with the high speeds, makes her nervous, so she will be my brake

 

I agree with that.

Link to the map of all the fixed camera points in France.

Adjust your speed just under the limit when you see this:


150 to 160 km/h is my regular cruise speed on the autoroute.

Samuel