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08-11-2014, 08:41 PM

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Matt_in_VA

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Originally Posted by freq

The wife and I are doing European Delivery on our BMW at the end of the month.

It will be interesting to see how the driving etiquette differs over there ......

Munich, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and back to Munich is our intinerary.

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Originally Posted by robb

I'm hoping the day comes when cellphone use is illegal while operating a vehicle.

As someone that used to travel to Europe and Germany about four times a year on business. I noticed the difference in etiquette and traffic in Germany over the years. Sadly, on my last trip in 2002 I found and it was confirmed by an American living in Germany that only 15% of the miles on the Autobahn still had unlimited speed zones due to a combination of traffic congestion and the influx of the immigrant population that had not grown up with the "driving culture" of German society. I have fond memories of my first trip to Germany being passed by "blue haired women" driving their Mercedes at 140 + MPH while driving my rental car.

Like Robb, I also look forward to the day (which will never happen) that we adopt the German policy that no one in a moving vehicle can be on a mobile phone.