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autobahn going the way of the dinosaur? attn: Dirk




Ooops! Sorry bout that, thanks for point that out.
Nice to see you on the list Dirk!

-Marc


-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk [mailto:SCIROCCO@t-online.de] 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 5:01 AM
To: Marc Getty; 'David Utley'; 'Dan Smith'
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: autobahn going the way of the dinosaur? attn: Dirk



> It's definitely illegal in Germany to flash your lights as you come

it is definately NOT illegal to flash your lights to indicate
overtaking you CAN even use your horn, this is law and one of the
things you learn at driving school here.



> There is no telling if this was a 2 lane (most common) or larger 
> section of autobahn. If it was a 2 lane section, there are times
when


in this area ( you should know the  Karlsruhe A5 as you have visited
me :-) ) 
the Autobahn has 3 lanes.

and right lanes were empty according to what the witnesses
 are saying.



> a Kia can be in the left lane. For instance, all trucks are governed

> at 90 KM/Hr (56 MPH) even a Kia can easily pass these, especially if

80km/h top be exact


> there is a long line of them. Oh, and don't forget that trucks pass 
> each other, the Kia woman could have been stuck behind a truck with 
> nowhere to go. -Marc

This was not the case 


Marc, your posting was full of mistakes and assumptions.
This is not helpful :-)


Greets
Dirk