Germans Favor Speed Limits for Autobahn

Germans Favor Speed Limits for Autobahn
A truck passes a 120 km/h (75 mph) speed limit sign on the A27 Autobahn near the northern German city of Bremen in this file photo. Reuters/Morris Mac Matzen/File Photo
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BERLIN—A majority of Germans favor setting maximum speed limits for Germany’s famously fast Autobahns, according to a poll published on Jan. 26.

Fifty-two percent of those polled wanted vehicle speeds limited to between 120 kph and 140 kph (75 mph and 87 mph), the poll conducted by the Emnid institute and published by Bild am Sonntag newspaper showed. Forty-six percent opposed such limits.