...I presume you haven't driven your car in the Netherlands yet? Replace German with Dutch and your description would be just as accurate, if not more so.

And where in Germany do you drive? I haven't the same experience as you had... This was from last October, just after 5 pm:

But let's talk about the roadworks in Germany... Man. There was not one motorway in Germany on that +2000 km trip that did not suffer from some road construction. (Then again, the Dutch have also copied this for this year.)

Or you might just baiting us into the jaws of a "Vive la France!"... since I've to agree on the superb quality of French l'autoroutes.