Perhaps I should introduce you to Robert. He grew up very much as described in the 'Disco' thread which talks about kids in Hippy communes. His car is a BEAST. A Merc with far more than 300 horse power. A while ago he gave me a lift from Brussels to Dortmund. That's exactly 325 km. It took him one hour fourty minutes. The tacho needle stood at 240 all the time. (He pays the Dutch police twice a year for this.)
Would you trust this guy drive you home?
Photo of Robert: http://2003.whv.net/Fachforum/Bilder%20Referenten/Dr.%20Robert%20Georg%20Henkel.jpg "The USA appears destined by fate to plague America with misery in the name of liberty." Simon Bolivar, Caracas, 1819
However. Driving 240 on a highway where allowed, fine. Driving 240 on a highway where other people don't expect cars to drive 240, wrong. Completely irresponsible. As long as the Dutch do not adopt the German way, Robert will need to adapt. It's the moral thing to do, it's the legal thing to do.
And if this is true about the Dutch police that they let it slide for money, shame on them.
