Information about the green capped autobahns in Germany
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According to media reports, the environmentalist party is launching a motion in the Bundestag. It comes after the federal government earlier this year strictly rejected a general speed limit on the country's Autobahn, where there is famously no speed restrictions in some parts.
But the Greens are arguing that limiting speed will make the roads safer and help slow climate change.
"If you want to make motorways safer and traffic flow more smoothly, you cannot avoid the speed limit," Anton Hofreiter, leader of the Green parliamentary group, told the "Redaktions Netzwerk Deutschland" (RND).
"It prevents many accidents and significantly increases the capacity of motorways,” he said.
“In addition, it protects drivers' wallets and lowers traffic noise as well as greenhouse gas emissions.”