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submitted 1 month ago by Artisian@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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The thumbnail is the map of countries which use mph vs km. You can hover the colors for names if you click through.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Damn, I didn't know that Germany is actually the only non-microstate country without a general speed limit. Insane.

[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah. The problem is that Google maps always calculated the ETA based on infinite speed. So it's difficult to plan anything...

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Autobahn has no speed limit

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

Oh only. Sorry.