Are all German highways are called autobahns, or is there only one “Autobahn”?
Like the US, Germany has a system of local streets, highways (where you can drive a bit faster (70 kph, [kilometers per hour], which is the equivalent to approx 43 mph)) and the famous “Autobahns”. This latter group consists of high speed two to four, occasionally 6, lane, median separated highways. They are equivalent to our “freeway” system; or if you come from New York, the “through-ways” of NY. The Autobahns therefore are present all over the country and connect major cities, much like we might have a freeway that connects Tucson and Phoenix, for example. The speed limit is not posted but understood to be 130 kph (78 mph) but if, weather and road conditions permit, you may drive faster. How much faster? Actually, as fast as you wish. Sounds interesting, huh? One proviso! If you get into an accident on the Autobahn at rates of speed in excess of 130 kph, (and you live to tell about it), and it is determined that you exceeded a speed that was safe for weather conditions at the time,
