Originally Posted by
oliver2002
Well, French Motorways cost a lot of money to drive on...
The
RDS TMC info that updates navigation systems with traffic situations if broadcast unencrypted and free of charge in Germany by most radio stations. So if your tom tom or other navigation aide has a TMC receiver it will show/display the traffic blocks ahead.
I paid 30 Euros for the pleasure. Money very well spent.
My car has built in RDS-TMC (Lexus RX) and I speak some German (having been born in Hannover), however, we've had such bad experiences on German roads that we were glad for alternative...especially while travelling with a 9 month old.
A couple of years ago, the traffic was so bad on the A8 near Augsburg that we ended up in a camp at the side of the road. By camp, I mean people were pitching tents! The problem was due to a truck fire in a roadworks section which essentially closed off the whole road.
I'm very used to the Eastern European traffic. I encounter a large amount of it on my daily commute up the M20>M26>M25>M40. The only accidents that my wife and I have ever had have been with Eastern European Trucks on British roads.