I drove through France last week and driving there was so nice. They have an 80mph speed limit and everyone rolls at that. Noone hogs the middle lane, heavy goods are aloud to do around 60mph so aren't pushing each other too badly either.
It just made for super-relaxed driving and a great average for the 1200km stretches I was doing.
As soon as you get back into Germany you just had to be so much more watchfull when overtaking because of the relative speed differences. You can be doing a quickish 120mph, want to overtake someone in the middle lane doing 100mph and then still have some joker come up behind you on the left lane at 150mph+. Not that relaxed really...
I like going quick once in a while as much as the next guy but I don't like that my car uses 30% more fuel and that potentially it is more dangerous.
Prison sentences for speeding are ridiculous though!
