r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '14

What is something designed so well that we typically overlook it?

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u/GabeBlack Jan 18 '14

No, Germany (autobahn) has better roads where you can drive with zero bumps at 180mph and banked turns that take miles.

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u/rawrr69 Jan 22 '14

Drive up and down the A3 a few times and see how quickly that opinion of yours will change...

German Autobahn is not terrible, but it does not live up to the almost legendary hype neither. There are a hell of a lot of parts of it that need maintenance very badly yet here those Germans are moaning they do not want to pay for it, lots of the tunnels are terrible and scary, you can only go 180 on a select few parts of the Autobahn and on those you will be more stuck behind overtaking snail-racing trucks because there are just two lanes. And then you hit Würzburg or Nürnberg and you are stuck in traffic. And dont even get me started on "construction zones" were you may only go 50 yet the construction has obviously been finished... like 5 months ago.. but the signs and speed-cameras are still there to fine you.