Driving in Germany

I have done a lot of driving. It was a 2 1/2 hour drive to Dachau. Very easy on the autobahn. The autobahn is usually two lanes each direction. When it is near big cities it turns into 3 lanes. Usually a speed is posted. Sometimes it shows an upper and lower limit. When it is two lanes the left lane is for passing and for those going warp speed. When people pass, they go right up to the truck they want to pass, quickly pass it and then quickly move back over to the right lane. Sometimes while out in the fast lane someone will come up behind you at warp speed. It is like the batmobile or something - all of a sudden you have someone bearing down on you at an incredible speed from out of nowhere. You move over quickly. There are places where there is no speed limit posted. There people go all out. I was in the slow lane and cars were going 95-100 mph in the slow lane! (My gps is set in mph so I can tell what the speed is in my language.) The cars in the fast lane moved by like I was standing still. It is very fast but not scary or uncomfortable. It feels very safe and the drivers are good. It costs several thousand dollars to get a license here and one can lose it if not driving safely, so people take their driving seriously.

There are a lot of signs that show deer crossing areas. That worried me. If I am driving 80 0r 90 in this little autotopia like car and hit a deer, well I think it would be all over.

Actually, I find driving the autobahn much easier than driving in the cities. I think I know the meaning of most of the signs, but lots of times stuff will be written on the signs with exclamation points (like it might be important) and I don't have a clue. That is a little unsettling. There is no right turn on a red light which I have to keep reminding myself. There are lots of round abouts where it is easy to miss the exit. And on the autobahn they don't always have on and off ramps. If you get off at the wrong place there may not be another on ramp for miles. So, one needs to be alert.