Autobahn Documentary | Germany Hi-Tech Hi-Way System | Geographic TV

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Autobahn Documentary | Germany Hi-Tech Hi-Way System | Geographic TV. The Autobahn (German: Autobahn, plural Autobahnen) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is Bundesautobahn (plural Bundesautobahnen, abbreviated BAB), which translates as "federal motorway". German autobahns have no federally mandated speed limit for some classes of vehicles.[1] However limits are posted (and enforced) in areas that are urbanized, substandard, accident-prone, or under construction. In case of bad weather, speed limits come into play and are frequently enforced. On speed-unrestricted stretches, an advisory speed limit (Richtgeschwindigkeit) of 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph) applies. A 2008 estimate reported that 52% of the autobahn network had only the advisory speed limit, 15% had temporary speed limits due to weather or traffic conditions and 33% had permanent speed limits.[2] Measurements from the German State of Brandenburg in 2006 showed average speeds of 142 km/h (88 mph) on a 6-lane section of autobahn in free-flowing conditions.[3] Germany's autobahn network has a total length of about 12,917 kilometres (8,026 mi) in 2014,[4] which ranks it among the most dense and longest systems in the world. Longer systems can be found e. g. in China 111,950 kilometres (69,560 mi), the United States 77,017 kilometres (47,856 mi) and Spain 16,583 kilometres (10,304 mi). For more updates subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKdOt6Kd7qVly7fkzpEP03g Visit our website for more documentary films: http://worldgeographicchannel.com/ Thanks for watching “Autobahn Documentary | Germany Hi-Tech Hi-Way System | Geographic TV"