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As above, the Autobahns, in my experience, work extremely well. Unless there's an accident or major works ongoing, you'll spend more time worrying about not getting squished by cars closing you down at warp speed while you're sat in the outside lane than you will about filtering.
The roads, particularly the speed limited stretches, do of course get busy at the usual times. I've never experienced any trouble while filtering in Germany, in fact I found the drivers to be generally observant and courteous and often moving over to allow bikes through. As ever, do so responsibly and at a sensible pace and everything will (probably) be fine. ____________________ CG125, CBF250, DRZ400-SM, Z750, Street Triple R, Tuono V4R |
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I came back from Germany last year. I filtered behind a Police traffic officer for over 15 miles...They were like moses parting the sea!...I was just a disciple! ____________________ Bike trip through Europe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2yTtFPM7Xc |
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I rode up from Munich across into Belgium on a bank holiday and the traffic was a nightmare, pretty much stop start anywhere within 20 miles of a city. Its the only time I've really needed to filter on the autobahn but people moved over in there lanes and were generally friendly about it. Most other bikes were filtering but I did see a few just sitting in traffic. ____________________ Yamaha FZR400RR 3tj
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It is illegal to filter in Germany. That doesn't stop us doing it but be ready for the clown who objects and blocks your path. Technically he is in the right.
In the event of slow or stationary traffic, the outside lane will move to the offside and all lanes inside of that to the nearside to form an open lane for emergency vehicles. very tempting but use it at your peril. ____________________ A Petrol Head in The Alps
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it is illegal, and from talking to friends who've biked in germany a fair bit, the locals do not take very kindly to their laws being broken, and not just blocking your way, but actually knocking you off wouldn't be seen as uncommon or necessarily a problem to them. have only seen blockage myself though whilst in car over there ____________________ CBT - 17/09/12 * Theory - 23/10/12 * Mod1 - 05/03/13 * Mod2 - 25/03/13 * BOSH!
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Well, I can now report exactly what happens when you Filter on the Autobahn and an unmarked BMW 5 series touring sees you. They shout at you to pull onto the hard shoulder and follow them at 30kph with their lights on to a parking bay, then they explain that overtaking on the right is illegal in Germany (I was filtering in solid traffic at around 30kph on an autobahn near stuttgart). Then they give you a 100 euro on the spot fine and call a van to bring a card machine with which to pay. He also didn't believe me that filtering is legal in the UK until I showed him online. Then they pull out of the lay by behind you and when two german registered bikes fly past down the middle of the traffic they do absolutely nothing. Fucking foreign plate tax bullshit.
So yeah, unless you have a german plate don't filter in Germany unless you want to spend 100 Euros ____________________ 2011 XT660Z Ténéré - 2003 YZR-R1 5PW (In Build) |
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And they say the Germans don't have a sense of humour. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 14 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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