https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In this article we take a look at the road-based misdemeanours which can cost you a lot of money and/or points on your licence. https://www.thelocal.de/20200205/driving-in-germany-which-offences-can-cost-you Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:23:34 +0100 driving-in-germany-which-offences-can-cost-you Germany's biggest motoring association, the ADAC, has softened its stance against introducing a speed limit on the Autobahn. https://www.thelocal.de/20200124/germanys-biggest-automative-club-no-longer-against-speed-limit-on-autobahn Fri, 24 Jan 2020 09:50:24 +0100 germanys-biggest-automative-club-no-longer-against-speed-limit-on-autobahn Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) have changed their tune on autobahn speed limits - with new chief Saskia Esken in favour of their imposition. https://www.thelocal.de/20191225/is-germany-set-for-another-showdown-on-autobahn-speed-limits Wed, 25 Dec 2019 13:23:37 +0100 is-germany-set-for-another-showdown-on-autobahn-speed-limits German politicians in the Bundestag have overwhelmingly voted against a proposal for a general speed limit on the country’s famous Autobahn. https://www.thelocal.de/20191018/bundestag-votes-against-call-for-speed-limit-on-germanys-autobahn-rejects Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:22:12 +0200 bundestag-votes-against-call-for-speed-limit-on-germanys-autobahn-rejects Germany's Autobahn is famous for having zones with no speed restrictions. But the Greens are calling for a vote in the Bundestag in a bid to change this. https://www.thelocal.de/20191017/bundestag-set-to-vote-on-german-autobahn-speed-limit Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:41:15 +0200 bundestag-set-to-vote-on-german-autobahn-speed-limit Germany’s Green party is calling for a 130km per hour limit on the Autobahn. https://www.thelocal.de/20190508/greens-call-for-130km-speed-limit-on-germanys-autobahn Wed, 08 May 2019 11:25:58 +0200 greens-call-for-130km-speed-limit-on-germanys-autobahn German roads are ‘the safest in the world’, according to Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer. But new figures looking at accidents and fatalities on Germany’s world-famous autobahns have cast significant doubt on that claim. https://www.thelocal.de/20190201/are-germanys-autobahns-really-the-safest-highways-in-the-world Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:23:30 +0100 are-germanys-autobahns-really-the-safest-highways-in-the-world Germany is not planning a general speed limit on German motorways, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in Berlin on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190128/german-government-rejects-speed-limit-on-autobahn Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:29:59 +0100 german-government-rejects-speed-limit-on-autobahn In order to cut carbon emissions and prevent accidents, should Germany's famous Autobahn enact a speed limit? We look at the facts behind the heated debate. https://www.thelocal.de/20190124/fact-check-will-a-speed-limit-on-germanys-motorways-be-beneficial Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:31:57 +0100 fact-check-will-a-speed-limit-on-germanys-motorways-be-beneficial Proposed speed limit enforcements on the Autobahn are “against all common sense,” Minister of Transportation Andrews Scheuer said in Munich Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190121/german-weighing-speed-limit-on-autobahn Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:45:13 +0100 german-weighing-speed-limit-on-autobahn A new survey published on Thursday shows that a majority of Germans are in favour of speed limits on the Autobahn – the country's highways which until now have been famously limit-free. https://www.thelocal.de/20151015/majority-of-public-support-autobahn-speed-limit Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:40:54 +0200 majority-of-public-support-autobahn-speed-limit