Can someone please explain to me why driving at 60 isn’t allowed. The top answer says you’re not allowed to drive FASTER than 60. Surely 60 is fine, but going faster than that is the problem.
by ClydeinLimbo
Can someone please explain to me why driving at 60 isn’t allowed. The top answer says you’re not allowed to drive FASTER than 60. Surely 60 is fine, but going faster than that is the problem.
by ClydeinLimbo
19 comments
Imagine a sharp corner, you cannot drive 60 there. Well, maybe you can, but you shouldn’t 😉
Because the sign means “Maximum of 60km/h, as long as conditions permit”. If the road is icy, it doesn’t matter what the sign says, it is most likely not okay to drive 60. If you see kids, animals or other vehicles standing on the road it is not okay to drive 60. And so on.
It always depends on whether the conditions allow it.
Probably because there might be other influences which might require you to drive slower, like snow or ice. So there might be a problem with driving 60.
There can well be situations where you can not drive 60 km/h. For example bad road conditions like snow or heavy rain. Or when there are people on bicycles, you cannot drive 60km/h behind them. So 60 is the limit, but there are many situations where you cannot drive at that speed. Therefore answer 3 is correctly wrong.
It’ says “There is ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM in drivin at 60km/h”
However these signs always only show the maximum allowed speed. You might be obligated to drive more slowly due to situational circumstances. E.g. weather, people on the road, construction sites, parking vehicles obstructing the view and so on
You are correct that it is no problem going 60, but that is not what the sign indicated. It indicates that the speed limit is 60 and you are not allowed to go over that.
So one is what it is indicating, the other is a conclusion based on that.
You still have to have an appropriate speed for the situation. E.g. if there is heavy fog, it would be a problem driving 60.
It’s the wording: While you are not allowed to drive faster than 60 (answer 1), it is absolutely possible that you cannot drive 60, because of other traffic laws. Like if there is really intense fog and you can’t see very far? No 60. If there is ice on the road? No 60. If there is a slower vehicle ahead of you that you can’t overtake safely? No 60.
I think that’s why the third option is wrong.
Pro tip: Answers that state “absolutely always with no exceptions” are often wrong because there are exceptions!
The answer indicates “there’s **absolutely no problem** driving at 60 km/h”. The reason the answer is considered wrong is because speed signs aren’t “turn off your brain and drive this exact speed, no matter what” signs.
There can be good reasons to drive slower than the allowed maximum speed: In foggy conditions, during snow, heavy wind or rain, at night on unfamiliar roads, when you spot road spillage, on unclear traffic conditions, when there are small children playing on the sidewalk etc etc etc.
The keyword is “absolutely”. Don’t skim through the questions, every word matters.
The translation is not great. A more direct translation of the German original would be:
“A speed of 60km/h is unproblematic in any case.”
It is allowed to drive 60 not 61, 62,63 or 70
But only if:
– The security distance to the car ahead allows it
– The conditions of the road allow for it (so dry, ideally no potholes, not snowy, not high levels of water built up on the road)
– clear sight in front of you afterall you should not drive 60 at all cost.
– if the driver ahead doesn’t drive 60 you shouldn’t either if you can see a sign indicating the start of a city you might also and should also think that you can decelerate towards 50 as in cities it is always 50 unless stated otherwise
60 ist hier nicht die Richtgeschwindigkeit, sondern das Maximum, das nicht überschritten werden darf. Wenn 60 die Richtgeschwindigkeit wäre, müsste es ein blaues Schild sein. Die Richtgeschwindigkeit kann man unterschreiten und (ganz leicht) überschreiten. Beim Verbotsschild darf die 60 nicht überschritten werden. Ganz einfach
60 is not fine if there are sharp corners, traffic, fog, snow, heavy rain and so on. It’s a tricky question.
It’s only safe to do 60 if real-world conditions permit (weather, traffic, etc.). “absolutely no problem” is why the answer is wrong.
The answer to your question has been posted enough but a quick tip: on the top of the app/website you see that little lightbulb, when you click it it gives you an explanation so you don’t have to wait for answers on reddit
Nowhere it is said you aren’t allowed driving at 60
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# The top answer says you’re not allowed to drive FASTER than 60″
Yes.
But that condradicts qour oen question.
Adding to the comments about road conditions:
Yes that sign means that you can go 60 kph no problems but that’s not what it’s *trying* to tell you.
Your answer would be also be applicable to the same sign with 90, 120, 150 etc., basically any number bigger than 60 written on it. So that’s why that sign means you can’t go above 60.
The sign tells you that due to circumstances you aren’t allowed to go faster than 60. This doesn’t mean you should drive 60 because those circumstances might be due to dangerous situations that can arise while on that section of the street. So you better go slower than those 60 instead of thinking: It says 60 so I have to go 60!