Originally Posted by fastball
That's the problem with our interstate system. The feds left it up to the individual states to maintain and enforce (with the exception of that god-awfull 55 limit from '74-91), so it's incredibly inconsistant and poorly built and maintained.
Germany is also many times smaller than the United States. There is no way that the US goverment can afford to maintain the thousands upon thousands of miles of interstate to the same level that Germany can maintain the Autobahn. There are almost 45,000 miles of interstate in the US, compared to less than 7000 in Germany. Also German drivers are required to pass more stringent tests and start driving at an older age, things that would never fly here in the US.