i know in the Netherlands the motorway speed limits vary from 100-110km/h. people keep left unless overtaking and trucks will NEVER go into the fast lane ever. fact is getting a drivers license is a lot more difficult in Europe. one must actually take driving lessons and sit a real driving exam. i know the NZ system is a joke. i haven't personally driven on a Autobahn but i know my old man has. not everybody goes for gold as soon as they enter from memory. might have to ask him, all i know is that he didn't have a special license.
love the BOLDwork mack:thumbsup: i see that merging is something both aussies and kiwis can't do well, i know that her in NZ some motorway onramps give you less then 100meters to gain enough speed to merge. i am starting to see more and more section of highways here in NZ having the speed limits reduced because road conditions just aren't capable of handling the higher speeds. having said that, one of the biggest blackspots on NZ roads is a fairly straight stretch of road, it's the idiots who pull stupid overtaking moves that kill people or lack of concetration when that bend does finally arive and they forget to follow the road and runs straight off (or into oncoming traffic)
the fact is, no matter how safe a car might be, you can't account for idiot drivers. that is one reason that here in NZ they have actually increased the speed limits of some types of trucks so that they can legally travel at higher speeds and reduce the number of incidents that are caused by people overtaking slow moving vehicles.
i certainly beleive that dual carriage ways with proper lighting and full seperation of opposing traffic could safely increase the speed limit to 110km/h.
another problem i see here in NZ is very poor signage, with motorway exit signs at the point of exit or only 500meters before so you have very little time to read signs (if oyu don't know where your going) and get in the appropriate lane in time without doing a dangerous manouvre to change lanes