Beautiful views of the Harz. I drove this highway twice in my life, to Hannover and Braunschweg, but that was over 10 years ago. I've probably already seen this section of the road at someone's place, but it's good to refresh yourself and see what it looks like now.
Hey, maybe you should do one of the "mountain" sections of A7 (Kirchheim-Kassel ?). It is really crazy how they did the routing through the hills in the 1920/30s without heavy vehicles in mind when there would have been an option to stay in the valleys.
Right in the beginning we can see the mess of German Autobahn: Construction sites everywhere but no one working....anyhow, this is a good part of the highway as recently renovated. If you keep going north the A7 around Soltau the Autobahn is in its "early state", 2 lines and full of holes and bumps.
Nice video. Comparatively quite a few cars driving >130 km/h; it's not so commonplace anymore as it used to be but in this video quite a few folks stepping on it.
Fast driving seems to have declined in much of Germany, there's so much construction, traffic, trucks and other limitations that it's not worth it. Fuel is also perceived to be expensive. You do see a fair amount of people going up to 150-160, but 180 or faster seems to have become outliers.
@@EuropeanRoads Yes unfortunately the fuel ist too expensive. I used to always drive the maximum speed, but now "only" 160 because of the fuel-costs and "price-averagespeed-efficiency".
When I drove A7/A5 Kiel- Frankfurt in June 2023 the traffic was not this calm. The inner lane was like a caravan of trucks with only 10-15 m space between. The other lanes were also full of cars. I had never experienced that intense traffic ever. But I guess it was because it was a Monday. No trucks are allowed to use Autobahn from Saturday at 15:00 hrs to Sunday at 22:00 hrs.
Gee, I wasn't aware that the 'Rechtsfahrgebot' had been lifted. 🙄 I remember travelling in the back of my parents' car, in the late 1970s/early 1980s, over the German Autobahn on the way to our holiday destination. And there were always Baustellen. 50 years later, and nothing has changed. Why are Germans always working on the roads?
The Highways are (mostly) in a good quality and to keep it that way, roadworks are mandatory. Some of them are (especially at new buildings) ridicoulous long
@@einmensch2182 Yeah, but neighbouring Netherlands have better roads, and don't have works going on every few dozens of kilometres. Look through his other videos: the only country where you keep running into work sites is Germany.
@@SeverityOne The Netherlands has easier flat terrain and also easier weather conditions, thus less heat and frost stress on the surface. Most other countries have less traffic, especially less heavy truck traffic than Germany. That might not explain all the differences but at least some of it.
@@CosyJoeLive You are aware that the largest port outside Asia is in Rotterdam, right? And that most of the freight coming in is transported further on the road? The Netherlands even have Eurocombis, 25 metre long lorries, like they do in Scandinavia. The climate is pretty much the same as in its neighbouring countries, and yet the roads are ranked second-best in the world, after Singapore. And I suspect that the larger percentage of deaths in the Netherlands, due to higher speed limits and no restrictions in car ownership, are the sole reason why Singapore scores higher. Like I said, check the other videos of this channel. Where do you find the most work areas? Right. It's endemic in Germany.
@@SeverityOne Yes, I am aware. I was refering to "most" other countries, not the Netherlands in the sentence about traffic density. The temperature medium is similar in Germany and the Netherlands, but the extremes are higher and lower espcially in East and South Germany. I'm not an expert, but I think than can make a significant difference. Like I said, that probably doesn't explain everything. For example driving through German construction zones often leave me with a feeling that the works could be done faster.
