Germany, new traffic penalties

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Following taken from 'aus.cars' Newsgroup where I am usually found, posted courtesy of Bernd Felsche, included here for discussion-perusal. One would wonder if our 'experts' would ever be capable of even comprehending this, notice Germany accepts speed as a given and deals with it, we on the other hand, try to deny it.

Germany is increasing penalties for amongst other things; tailgating
(following too closely) from May 2006.

e.g. Those maintaining a following distance of less than 15 metres
at 100 km/h will get a 3-month holiday from driving for a small fee
of 250 Euro (approx AUD$400).

Those following at more than 15 metres
(but less than 25) get a one-month vacation from behind the wheel at
a small fee of 150 Euro.

That 15 metres is 30% of the minimum recommended (half-speedo = 50
metres which approximates 2 seconds). Germans are fitted with
calibrated eyeballs when they get their licences so that they can
measure distance as easily as time intervals. :-)

Apply that in most of Australia and you'd eliminate almost all
crashes for 3 months by thinning out traffic by more than 80%.

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