(DLLSUITE.COM) - So ah, "ze Autobahn". Germany represents more than a few parts to stay developer. Cologne, West Germany that the image is properly in the GDR TV tower Berlin that action would be strict Autobahn (or "runway car") linked to the ground.
Over the decades, it has morphed useful for a piece of national infrastructure that has spawned a cultural icon artworks, albums, traffic around the globe - in the name of the Irish pub.
But why is fabulous and they were made, and she did not have a relationship with them the German Autobahn today? Preferably, the truth is, you can drive as fast as you want it?
Blood hesitant beginnings
These things first so for the first time, not parish or from the Autobahn were not found. Instead, the idea was conceived in war perform motorways connecting Germany expanding cities in the world, after the war, the Weimar Republic. In the first method of this kind 1932 of the perfumers, and binding him in the University of Bonn to Cologne. That still exists - Today, it's the Autobahn 555.
After Hitler rose to power in 1933 to use the Autobahn to gain political Frederick Todt given to "Road German Inspector General Construction" and tasking it to enhance Autobahn network.
On the back of the progression of jobs over the creature that was Todt Nazi from the doctrine of the Lord, have helped to blot out the leisure in Germany. Autobahn construction workers lived in camps near their work places, though they often do not own way - and is compulsory to be enrolled by the government Work Service (this way are removed from the unemployment register).
But if none of the truths, and the construction of the enlarging of the Motorway, we are compelled to believe that you will hardly find a more encounter took place in the camp is good for domestic workers', according to the 1939.
"Due to the huge number of workers required to sustain production is necessary to go to war, which ran from workers to do the Autobahn, and forced to work more important," said Taurus Etropolszky, mobility and pain experienced Product Development Berlin door2door lead to a public transport service provider.
How to do, he adds, took place "in a very poor working conditions obviously."
By 1942, the war against registers not only have 2,360 miles (3,800 km) from a planned 12.430 miles (20,000 km) Freeway at an end.
East vs. West
War mainly be repaired and put back into use Autobahn West Germany, beginning with the 1950 expansion of the developer.
In the GDR (East Germany), meanwhile, especially for military purposes trafficking motorways are state-owned and manufacturing automobiles.
Germany, too, of acting and, indeed, when it happens, Motorway construction of the High divided to the various places you may be able to feel the difference of a few old men at the same time when the passage from trunks of trees on the smooth surface of which is a part of West Germany, and is subject to more iscrivendoti Autobahn to hardships and the form of eros. And you try the A2, just in Magdeburg.
Today Autobahn
Since 1953, the time limit for the official German motorways Bundesautobahn of the "federal motorway". Now there's a whopping 8.080 miles (13,000 kilometers) of Autobahn, ranking it in the longest and most dense systems in the world.
Number two, three or four roads each direction a more constant region.
For when it is for the indolence of the Germans Autobahn, unremarkable, however, the eyes of the fans to worship the true. Colon architect Christian Busch is one of them.
"I will not always be had to the improvement of the technical developments called for, to do the things that are coming to the perception of the user," he said.
"This technique is known almost from the time Recipe lake itself."
That was not endowed Autobahn Germany stability in the tax field passes. Cars have free access, but since 2005, lorries need to pay a "maut" (toll).
The Autobahn and its police force to Autobahnpolizei, often ignored the drivers used police cars equipped with video cameras to document speed violations.
Even a TV series dedicated to them, "Do About the thief was beaten 11 ', which focuses on the action-packed and work as a team on the floor Autobahnpolizei cross the Rhine, Ruhr.
Speed is of the essence
Of course, one that has the most people (it seems) you do not drive the Autobahn as fast as the car can manage. Surprising, that is partially true. Some Autobahn Zion spreadeth forth - but the gift of A3 between Cologne and Frankfurt by way of example - the speed limit does not have, to give the opportunity to the drivers over them, which is a rip. Hanks, as when the Autobahn from his experience: "When I said that a past '120, through which the line it up with the gloves off, baby. The German government is off your back."
In the public consciousness
So it's not surprising that they left the Autobahn cultural impact, starting with "Autobahn" and the song list from the German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk, which reached No 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.
The song affected by the villains of the "Big Lebowski" a cult classic 1998 in the mud. In the movie "Autobahn" is the name of the main antagonist techno band-pop Uli Kunkel (Peter Stormar) and two nihilist bandmates (played by Torsten Voges Red and Kochbüch, bass player, flea).
There are also some rather curious cultural approaches to the impact of the Autobahn in Germany. Since most industrial Ruhr region to the west of the country in the name of the European Culture Capital 2010, large parts of the M40 were closed to traffic. Instead, two million people use it to walk, cycle, run, have a picnic or attend a concert - in every State of the art entitled Leben-still, "or" Still Life ".
The future Autobahn
Today, Germany is the only European without silk speed limit, and there will always be introducing discussions about a political hot topic in German. Calls for introducing speed limits around since the 1980s, and in recent years has increased - and, indeed, can reduce CO2 bananas.
Party tried hard to introduce the collapse of 130 kph (81 mph) speed limit in 2019, but it was voted out.
Speed limit or not, is a different challenge from the Autobahn critical role in the air. For he shall be replaced in the future along the column to leave a trace? Alice Etropolszky believes its "controlled environment" means that I'll have the power region.
"In terms of human behavior which is highly Autobahn king - people just use it as a A to B," she said.
"I believe that you'll see soon automated transfer of goods will continue to be more automated solution, followed by passenger transport."
However, the Christian Busch says: "At the time of focus on existing traffic and car-grown infrastructure, which in Germany at the sides to make progress."
But he thinks the changes will be made for preserving "The argument was counted among the opportunity to rethink and remake the country."
But now our public decisions Germany is famous Autobahn future.
This is because they are more motorways Germany transport minister Andreas Scheuer highly controversial.
Scheuer recently tweeted: "If you live in a town, you need to Autobahn" which drew the ire of many people in the rural areas better that they prefer public transport.
German Greens to fail to demand more expansion plans Autobahn - A49 Hesse, especially when he was 300 years old and fail-1000 has a forest Dannenröder Wald.
But as long as the uncertainties of the future of the German Autobahn and the history of the place is assured.
Pedal to the metal and how to drive on the Autobahn
* It is a crime and the vehicle from the right. The movements make for the land to be slower through the nation climbers are always reserved for men. Leaders of the Autobahn, but even if there is no other traffic free lane to the left and behind the Rechtsfahrgebot, said that "the rule right lane" - only to prevent him from Ferrari (see next point).
* If you drive the car, F1, there's always someone faster than you - check your left side always view mirrors. Speed might make his story Suspendisse ut 130 kph (81mph), but the Germans were of beaten work, of duplicity in some cases to the drive.
* Most are rather on the Autobahn speed limits, always indicated by signs or overhead electronic displays. The legal speed limit in the number of black to white through a red signal into several sections outlined the Autobahn has no limit to the collapse of 120 kph (75 mph) or lower. There are those who adhere to the earlier, unless the force was known to the Autobahnpolizei.
* If you keep this as quite safe driving on the Autobahn it. But if you're the following gridlocked traffic accident up ahead, you'll need to create a Rettungsgasse - the emergency vehicle lane.
Drivers are required under the law, But when the crisis of life, because of the traffic they also are turned back to the space, so that emergency services. To move two lanes to the right until the remaining vehicles carriageway, creating a "middle region." If you have more lanes of the cavalry on the right and left by the side of the rectors of the third or fourth of the ways of how much the rest of the inhabitants of the earth at a distance on the right.