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Driving In Germany

  • 24-03-2003 8:41am
    #1
    tech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,869 ✭✭✭


    Ok Im off the Germany in July, But I have never driven in a foreign country, Is it a scary experence to be on the other side of the road? or will it just come normal ??

    I drive over 70,000 miles on Irish roads per year


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  • #2
    Quigs Snr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭Quigs Snr


    Drove around Europe the past few summers. It's a doddle. Open Roads will not be a problem (watch it in germany ! 90 miles per hour puts you in the slow lane. I was doing 100 and was passed so quickley on the Autobahn into Cologne that he car shook. The other car must have been doing about 180.

    Where you might get confused is coming out of parking spots etc... and driving off down the wrong side of the car park or if theres a place with a way in and way out you might try to drive in the wrong way by force of habit. I did this once or twice, but not during the first couple of days when you are concentrating, more later on when you get cocky and don't think. After a short while though it all becomes second nature. Don't sweat it.


  • #3
    bricks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 443 ✭✭bricks


    Its difficult to get lost as long as you have a map.
    Not like in Ireland either where you might have the odd sign post here and there. They have a sign at every junction pointing in every direction. Not like the half-ar*ed sign posts they have in Ireland.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,644 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Try to get translations of the common signs, e.g. "Ausfahrt" is "Exit".

    Remember to take breaks and make sure your vehicle is in top condition, especially for the Autobahn.

    Check with say the AA what special requirements Germany has (hazard trianges and so on).


  • #5
    Borzoi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭Borzoi


    It's dead easy if you've a hire car (ie Left Hand Drive)

    The first time I drove on the wrong side I'd just come off a six day bender and had the shakes so much I could barely sign the credit card slip. Left the airport, and followed the car in front for a bit, just to get the hang, then pottered off along the backroads.

    Roundabouts have a differnet priority, but don't sweat it as they are few and far between (1000miles driving - saw one)

    Autobahns are scary fun. As Quigs said, there are some guys going riciculous speed, so when your changing lane, bear in mind that the guy way behind in the fast may be going like a rocket.


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