I totally agree, in the last few years, driving on German Autobahn could be hectic and chaotic, but must not.

I liked to drive on German Autobahn (and yes, I was on of these BMW guys ) some time ago, but since I reduced my time on the road and sold my car last year I got a really different impression of Drivers on German “Autobahn”.

Honestly, he problem are not only the German Drivers, there are also the Austrian, Swiss, Dutch Drivers etc., who enjoy driving fast. And they are more fast cars than BMW, Mercedes, Audi, you can add Porsche, Toyota, VW, Ford, etc.
And nowadays, everybody accelerates to higher speed if he could and breaks some meters ago - why, because he has 150 + hp and a top speed of 200 km/h + and he wanted to show us.
Today, I have been in a typical Stop-and-Go Situation in rush hour (luckily one on the rear seat) on an Autobahn (A 3) from Düsseldorf to the Ruhrgebiet Area. In front of us was a guy with a Lexus, who accelerated his car up to 140 km/h only o break after 600 m – he could have seen the car slowed down. He overtook a van on the right lane during this time and the speed limit was 80 km/h. He turned to the exit lane only some 60 meters before exit sign (with still 100 km/h), we and two other cars on the right lane had to break. But this situation is typical. The most people drive today, as they are the only car on the road. And you are in an even worse situation, if you only have a small car. Trying to overtake another car it could happen you get a view of the full front lights, bi-Xenon-light and fog lamps of the Audi pp..

I do not know, but during rush hour in the big cities we really need a speed limit or a speed limit which is set by the traffic situation.

Okay, you can really drive fast (and a few times a year I do it myself) on a sunny Sunday Morning at 6 a.m on my favourite motorway. But in any other time, I prefer the train, especially the High Speed Trains are much faster and you can reach Frankfurt City from my office by train in less than 1 hour 35 minutes relaxed.