[s-cars] NAC: Rear-ended on the Autobahn

[mlp on D530]

Hey, I know (or at least I think I know) it's not an official part of the
"Autobahn" but .... after having been there, you think you can find any
accident "statistics" for the public road "Nordschlief" @ 22km near the town
of Nurburg, Eiffel Mountains, Germany?

I know I looked, but couldn't find much info published on that particular
statistic  :-)  Think those Germans are hiding something from the motorcycle
tourists? 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list On Behalf Of calvinlc at earthlink.net

>Well, all I know is what I heard on the History channel with a 
>documentary on the Autobahn.  I will go re-listen to the tape 
>and see what the exact quote is, if I can find it.
>
>This is out of a Forbes Magazine Article written on Aug. 28th, 2003.
>
>>In 2001 the death rate was 6 per billion passenger-vehicle miles, 
>>versus 8
>for U.S. interstates. (The number of passengers per vehicle is 
>not appreciably different).
>
>Another quote from Wired Magazine:
>>Despite the higher speeds, the death rate on the German Autobahn is 
>>lower
>than on US highways.
>
>I could find a few more, but even the IRTAD stats that I saw 
>quoted basically say the same thing.
>
>--Calvin
>
>