The Autobahn owes a lot to Germany's unique and difficult history. The first big buildout of the system was essentially a Nazi propaganda project, designed to portray the country as a futuristic ...

with 317 deaths on the Autobahn. Environmental organizations are calling for a speed limit, as are the police union in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the German Road Accident ...

The cautiously regained confidence of the German people during the post-war period of economic recovery thus connected to a myth the Nazis had cleverly presented during their period of growth in the ...

They had to make their way from BMW's headquarters in Munich to a certain race track, and when in Germany, there's only one road that's worth taking to get where you're going: the Autobahn.

Thankfully that's something you rarely have to worry about while on the Autobahn. It's rare to see German police (polizei) on the Autobahn. And if you do see them, you likely don't have much to ...