Signs like the one above may become a thing of the past if Germany’s opposition government gets its way. Identifying unrestricted speed zones on the country’s famous autobahn road system, Sigmar ...

Q Greetings from the Autobahn in Germany, where I’ve gone as fast as 125 mph on those sections without a maximum speed limit. HP Baumeister A A recent email from reader Brian Sanborn praising German ...

Germany’s autobahn is not just a freeway network, it is also one of the country’s best known cultural exports. Ask a gearhead to nominate facts about Deutschland and the lack of speed limits over much ...

Editor’s Note: Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer focusing on renewable energy in Europe. He is the author of four books on European issues, most recently “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, ...

Every time I get back to the U.S. from Germany, my friends ask me if I drove on the Autobahn. When I respond "yes," they often tell me they're jealous. But my friends shouldn't envy me, because the ...

The tall ancient trees along the renowned Autobahn Road have been abruptly felled, depriving the city, already grappling with summer heat waves, of green cover. It remains unclear who ordered the ...

Summer has officially arrived and it’s getting uncomfortably warm in a number of places. One of them is Germany were the temperatures were so high that officials put speed limits on usually ...