The debate about a speed limit on German car as a contribution to climate protection provides for dispute in the Federal government. The Federal transport Ministry (BMVI) said on Tuesday a Wednesday a planned experts meeting of the government Commission on the future of mobility. The lead for the Arbeitsgruppe1 of the National platform (NPM), the Federal Ministry for the environment. Here, it was the cancellation that was not matched, surprised.

In an internal discussion paper, the daily mirror, had been proposed by the experts, among other things, a speed limit to a speed of 130 km and violent counter-reactions it provokes. Transport Minister, Andreas Scheuer (CSU) had consideration of a speed limit and to higher diesel rejected taxes at the weekend, categorically. You will be directed to mind is “against every man”.

members of the Commission feel under pressure

The indignation of the Minister on the working level of the Ministry, apparently for a considerable irritation. The work of the experts “is very important to us and should ignore the media coverage continued,” it is in the Mail, with the help of the responsible unit, cancelled the Meeting. The reason given was that it should be achieved, “a timely co-ordination of the Work of all working groups”. A new date is to be found.

members of the Commission feel that the Intervention of the BMVI disabled. “The work of the Commission is apparently not the way it was presented to the Minister of transport”, it said on Tuesday, in the body. Now public pressure is applied. The government Commission on the mobility was due to the “targeted by the sting of emotionally charged individual proposals and the Overreaction of the Federal transport Minister in troubled waters”, said the managing Director of the German pro-Rail Alliance, Dirk Flege, on the part of dpa. He is a member of the working group. “Now, we rebuild trust.”

On 30 percent of the car speed-limit

government spokesman Steffen Seibert Railways today had stressed on Monday that there is still no political determination. “What we want, what we all want in the government, is a coherent overall concept.” The Commission, with representatives from, among other things, the IG Metall, the ADAC Volkswagen, railway, and environmental organizations working on proposals to contribute to the transport sector more climate protection.

A look at the ADAC statistics shows that around 30 percent of all highway a fixed or temporary (e.g. in wet conditions) sections of today speed limit. Add to this the speed restrictions at construction sites. With a total length of almost 26000 kilometers (both carriageway) shall apply accordingly to well-7600 kilometers of motorway speed limits, such as from 2017 of the data published by the Bundesanstalt für straßenwesen (BASt) for the year 2015. More recent statistics are not available.

accident researchers: 80 Dead less

a General speed limit Would be introduced, there would be around 80 accident deaths per year less. Is this on the official accident statistics based estimate of the overall Association of insurance companies. “In 2017, an estimated 80 people on sections of motorway with no speed limit to death, because they were non-adapted speed on-the-go,” said Siegfried Brockmann, head of accident research of the General Association of German insurance industry (GDV) of the daily mirror. Overall, in 2017, according to his information, to 277 fatal accidents on stretches of highway with no speed limit, 114 of speed-related accidents, around 80 of which were due Brockmann according to your speed is to high.