Americans when they visit Germany the first time

A few minutes later:

Of course, that's a Skoda. The elastic band probably snapped.
- Can someone explain to me why Skoda has such a bad reputation? I really noticed this when I had my Skoda Citigo, which is basically the same car as the VW Up! or the Seat Mii.
  
  But somehow people singled out the Skoda as the worst.

What's not on the picture: The BMW approaching in the rear-view mirror flashing the long beams.

Remember, no matter how fast you go on the Autobahn, there is always someone faster than you.

And 15cm behind the BMW is a white rusty Mercedes Sprinter
- And behind it is a Golf gti 1994 sleeper
- I don't know about 270, but I may have second knowledge suggesting that a sprinter can get an average of 160 across Denmark if it's Friday evening and we're playing Sweden in men's football.
Same thing in Poland - people driving BMW or Audi often behave like they were somehow superior...
- Isn't the whole point of owning a BMW or an Audi to show that you actually are superior to everybody else? That's why I hope to own a BMW one day.
I passed a 911 in an Opel Corsa at around 190kph (admittedly going downhill).

It was the highlight of my trip.

You can tell he is American because he blocks the left line while the right lane is free

There is a blue van in the right lane, and at 270 km/h (168 MPH), he's going to be right behind it in a second. Therefore the lane is not – in fact – free.

I hope for everyone's sake you don't drive.
- Also he's doing 270 going into a stretch limited to 120. IDK what German traffic laws are like, but the image I have of Germany is that you guys have even harsher punishments than us in Denmark. If you did 270 in a 120 in DK, you'd get a 2000€ fine (15000DKK), as well losing both your license and your car. You might even get jail time.
  
  What's even worse is that as a foreigner (maybe not a Schengen citizen, but definitely Americans) we don't trust you to pay the fine, so you'd be detained until you get the money. I've seen policeshows where foreigners are even driven to ATMs, and it seems a bit like extortion.
- There is a blue van in the right lane,
  
  *car in front of a blue road sign
  
  at 270 km/h (168 MPH), he’s going to be right behind it in a second.
  
  The bollards on the right side of the road are at a distance of 50m from each other, by which we can estimate that the other car is at least 250 to 300 meters away. 270km/h equals 75m/s so they are about 4 seconds behind (if the other car was stationary).
  
  Therefore the lane is not – in fact – free.
  
  To answer this question it is much more important to know what is on the right lane next to or behind the car, which we do not see in this image anyway.
- There is a blue van in the right lane, and at 270 km/h (168 MPH), he's going to be right behind it in a second
  
  And you can tell how fast that van is driving from this picture? Or how long the POV car has been in the left lane already?
  
  Even if the Van was stationary it would take the car 5 seconds to reach it at 270 kmh
- Oh he does: the people who whine about using the left lane are the ones who want to do 40 over the speed limit while weaving around traffic without signaling

The signs below the speed limit (probably, cause pixels) say "bei Nässe", which means "only when wet". So assuming this is an Autobahn, and it does look like one, it's probably fine.

It says 6-19 which means the speed limit is 100kmh in-between those hours.
- Ah you're right. The limit is probably still not in effect, given the light conditions, but that's just guess work.
  
  Edit: like like the dashboard clock says 18:27, so it's probably fine.
- ~~100~~
  
  120
those mostly have an image of a car with wet ground. it looks more like those "between 6-20h" limitation

𝕯𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖐𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖓𝖚𝖓 𝕰𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖚𝖒 𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖐 𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉

Goodness, 168 mph. I can’t imagine driving that fast.

From my experience, on a strait road, 160 doesn’t really feel that fast once you get up to speed. In fact, it doesn’t really feel any different than going a normal speed.
- It does if your driving test involved simply navigating McDonald's drive thru without having a SHRIEKING MELTDOWN then becoming stationary in a parking area the size of a small village

I rented a Fiesta when I was there for work and I think I hit about 110mph, but I live in Detroit and our highways are nicknamed the Michigan Autobahn so 90+ is not unusual. What was unusual and required some attention were the cars coming up behind you at over 150mph. If you chose to pass you had to look a lot further back to see if anyone was coming or you'd cut some Porsche/Merc/Beemer off.
I had a lot more fun on the twisting back roads in Germany and Belgium

You would've even cut me off, in my 2001 Ford.

How do you cross the Autobahn without dying?

Or is it simply best to never do that?

It is a crime to cross the Autobahn
- Not if you're using a bridge.
You don't. Autobahnen usually exist between cities, and are separate from other types of traffic. Your vehicle also needs to meet a minimum speed requirement to be allowed on. When an Autobahn runs through a city, there's usually a grade separation.

‘bei nasser’

You be nicer
Nässe (or Naesse for y'all non-German folk)
- Donkey shine. But seriously, I sort of did that phonetically by mistake. Immer lernen.

I doubt most Americans would do that. I had American friends visit and they asked me to slow down at like 160 km/h.

number must go up

I find that the majority of the time all that is needed is to take my foot off the accelerator. Sometimes it seems like I'm the only driver on the road that is aware you don't have to accelerate until you brake if you just manage your speed accelerating and coasting.