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Old 03-25-2007
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Re: Most Germans want speed limit on autobahn?

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Originally Posted by DairyQueen View Post
It's not
No speed limit on residential streets or even in cities won't work
Why not?
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If your in a crashed car it won't help you to know that it's the other's fault.
Yes, it will. Namely the fact that he will be forced to pay for damages.
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A speed limit prevents from going to fast and causing those accidents, -for the main part-
A speed limit might reduce the occurrences of going unsafely fast. That's basically all it does, plus it gives a lot of people tickets for going a few miles over a ridiculously low speed limit.
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On freeways and highways, there's no reason or a speed limit
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