It’s Normal There

Jerry Hulse fell prey to one of the most common mistakes tourists make when visiting a foreign country when he states “. . . there seems to be a total lack of rules of the road. Particularly on Germany’s autobahns” (Travel Tips, Aug. 18). He then tells us how he was tailgated going 100 m.p.h. with the driver blinking his lights requesting him to get over.

In Germany, slower traffic always moves in the right lanes and in normally moving traffic you never pass on the right (if you do, you get a ticket). Furthermore, there are no speed limits on the autobahn, and, although the 100 m.p.h. seems extremely fast by our standards, it is a routine cruising speed on the autobahn, with cars often zooming by in the fast lane at considerably greater speeds.

PAUL W. ROSENBERGER

Manhattan Beach