Notes on Driving in Germany

Here are a couple of observations on driving in Germany:

• There is a yellow light before green light
• The stripes on the road are all white (except for where the lanes have been temporarily changed due to road construction--those stripes are orange)
• There's very little room for merging lanes--about 5 seconds
• On the autobahn the speed limit can vary with each lane
• The rule is to stay on the right unless passing--seems like drivers take that very seriously
• There are very few passing lanes.  Even on the autobahn it's mostly 2 lanes in 1 direction.  On the other highways   its mostly 1 lane each direction
• Very slow moving vehicles don't seem to feel the need to pull over to allow traffic to pass
• There's a small village every 5 minutes; there's never any speed change notice signs

Overall, it seems the Germans have built a world-class highway system, but expect drivers to figure out how to drive on it on their own.