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Toll tags in Texas (OT)Toll tags in Texas (OT)Posted Jun 12, 2008 6:44 UTC (Thu) by jbailey (subscriber, #16890)In reply to: Toll tags in Texas (OT) by drag Parent article: Stallman attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of Linux (ZDNet)
A friend of mine explained to me that the posted speed limits on Germany's Autobahn are guidelines, but that if you're going faster than that and get into an accident you face triple damages. I have no idea if it's true, but it seems like a nice way of handling it.
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Toll tags in Texas (OT) Posted Jun 21, 2008 15:46 UTC (Sat) by TRauMa (guest, #16483) [Link] No, speed limits are speed limits. There is a concept of a recommended max speed of 130km/h on every highway in the absence of a hard speed limit, though, and if you are having an accident at higher speed it becomes *your* responsibility in civil court to prove that the accident would have happened if you had stuck to the recommended speed. On top of that civil courts can raise damages if your speed just was beyond reason, either in relative terms (fog, rain, etc.) or absolute (300km/h being considered reckless).
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