Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

And now something that really surprised me back then: Drivers are used to higher speeds and then actually drive more safely when they are going slower.

I have also thought about exactly that. Intuitively, I found that a good argument, but I had no scientific basis to argue it. Therefore, I kept out of it.

I actually believe that there are fewer (not more) accidents because many people drive more focused and less annoyed when they are not "artificially" slowed down. Surely there are some accidents that are due to increased speed, but in my view this whole "speed limit" discussion is just a drop in the ocean anyway.

By the way, I myself usually only drive 130-140 on the highway. But I do not see the necessity to restrict people as long as it is not really proven that there is a significant benefit. Whether this benefit exists – of course everyone has a different opinion on that – I do not necessarily see it.

I just lose my temper when I read:
170 km/h or even faster is not more dangerous than 120 or 130 km/h.
How do you come to such an assessment? Let's just assume that the number of accidents at
200 km/h is just as high as at 130 km/h, physics says that it simply hurts more the faster you
are. Longer reaction distance = faster impact.
Longer braking distance = faster impact.
Higher speed = harder to catch.
Higher speed = harder to avoid.
Higher differential speed = higher accident potential.
And no matter what some claim, the faster you go, the higher the fuel consumption.

And 120 is more dangerous than 80, and that in turn more dangerous than 50. Best we just leave the car and only walk. These discussions are pointless. Some personal responsibility can still be expected from the population.

With fuel prices, hardly anyone drives very fast anymore anyway. The highways have construction sites like no other and due to the traffic density, in 95 out of 100 cases it is hardly possible to drive faster than 130. If at all. The topic of "speeding" has resolved itself in recent years. That is also shown by our average speed of about 100 km/h.

And when the highway is clear, then let people drive a few minutes faster. I myself hardly drive on the highway anymore so I couldn't care less whether a limit is introduced or not. But what bothers me is the prohibition mentality that is currently spreading.

And even in other countries with speed limits, locals zoom past you at 180 (Poland, Czech Republic, France, Italy and Spain experienced that myself). But since one expects it less, I was all the more surprised when they flew by.

And 120 is more dangerous than 80 and that in turn more dangerous than 50. The best thing is to leave the car and just walk. These discussions are pointless. The population can still be trusted with some self-responsibility.

Nobody has ever been able to give me a reasonable reason why it is necessary to be allowed to drive faster than 130.
"I’ve always done it that way" is not acceptable to me.
There is no need to even discuss the accident risk question. Moreover, it has been proven how much CO2 we unnecessarily emit into the air every year because of it.

What is a reasonable reason that we, as the ONLY country in "Eurohausen", think we don’t want a speed limit?
I always suspect that it is the lobby of these souvenir sellers in Berlin who sell those blue "I drove German Autobahn" T-shirts to American tourists.

What is a reasonable reason that we, as the ONLY country in Eurohausen, think we don't want a speed limit?

Because it's sometimes fun? What you accept or not actually doesn't concern me at all. Why are we still allowed to watch TV? That also consumes unnecessary electricity. Cold showers are also clean. Rather save unnecessary trips on vacation and stay at home. Saves much more CO2 than driving 180 for 5 minutes ;) . This is a discussion as pointless as a speed limit and I'm out of it. Have a nice week.

have you ever driven a car in the USA? In sparsely populated areas, there are highways where nothing is going on. If you drive straight ahead at 120, monotonously, you fall asleep. That is exhausting. The roads are not always paved. Such a layer of earth feels like slush on ice during heavy rain, no guardrails, deep embankments. The cars, the kind of junk that is sold used there. There are used car markets that look more like a German junkyard. I have already refused to get into some taxis/Ubers.

What does all this have to do with the construction costs? Asking for a friend.