German Auto Industry Trade Group Blasts Idea Of Autobahn Speed Limits - ENN

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HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Imposing a standard speed limit of 130 kph (80 mph) on German motorways would have scant impact on the environment and only hurt domestic carmakers, the country's VDA auto industry group said on Monday.

"Such fixed speed limits would be an ecological zero-sum game and would damage the German auto sector," VDA President Matthias Wissmann said in a statement to Reuters.

Germany is unusual in that stretches of its motorways still have no speed limit, and the country's influential car industry has lobbied hard against any national rules.

Wissmann was reacting to a Social Democrats (SPD) vote at the weekend to support a speed limit as a way to curb emissions of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). The SPD governs in a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. Merkel ruled out the idea on Sunday.

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http://www.enn.com/energy/article/24140

[Mojorabbit]

1. That was the most wonderful road

I have ever been on. Designed beautifully and IMO less chances for collisions.