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In part one of our two part series, we cover the driving culture in Berlin, where to park and buy gas and, most importantly, the laws.
You write: 'Check your outside mirror repeatedly when turning right to avoid cutting anyone off. '
That should be 'to avoid killing or severly injuring a cyclist' -- which happens relatively often here, due to the frequent use of bike paths in the city. Fortunately, these are being eliminated, but only very slowly, and they are still popular with many cyclists because of their perceived safety.
Not all local side roads have right of way, some side roads where the cycle path goes across the side road entrance the driver coming from that side road doe not have right of way. But be very careful on all german roads as many German drivers think they always have right of way when coming from a side road, and worse than that they do not even slow down to look if the road they are entering is clear. A second point worth noting is, the German traffic light system is very misleading for many Brits, as in the UK and many other countries all the pedestrian lights are red and do not change to green until the motor traffic lights are all at red, this is not so in Germany, the pedestrian lights turn green in sympathy with the motor traffic green light direction. Always look out for pedestrians crossing when you have the green light and are turning a corner.
Wow, really great information sharing. I have already read so much on this topic but your this article has answered so many questions in my mind.
You write: 'Check your outside mirror repeatedly when turning right to avoid cutting anyone off. '
That should be 'to avoid killing or severly injuring a cyclist' -- which happens relatively often here, due to the frequent use of bike paths in the city. Fortunately, these are being eliminated, but only very slowly, and they are still popular with many cyclists because of their perceived safety.
Not all local side roads have right of way, some side roads where the cycle path goes across the side road entrance the driver coming from that side road doe not have right of way. But be very careful on all german roads as many German drivers think they always have right of way when coming from a side road, and worse than that they do not even slow down to look if the road they are entering is clear. A second point worth noting is, the German traffic light system is very misleading for many Brits, as in the UK and many other countries all the pedestrian lights are red and do not change to green until the motor traffic lights are all at red, this is not so in Germany, the pedestrian lights turn green in sympathy with the motor traffic green light direction. Always look out for pedestrians crossing when you have the green light and are turning a corner.
Wow, really great information sharing. I have already read so much on this topic but your this article has answered so many questions in my mind.
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In part one of our two part series, we cover the driving culture in Berlin, where to park and buy gas and, most importantly, the laws.
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