* Some traffic lights are turned off in the evening and weekends, because there isn't enough traffic to justify keeping them on.
* Blitzer = Speed camera. These take photos from the front! They need to have a photo of your face. Unlike in Australia, the actual driver is solely responsible, not the owner of the car. This means in theory that if you obstruct the view of your face you could potentially get away with not paying a fine because they can’t be 100% sure it was you. Can you spot the blitzer?
* Yellow rectangle signs with a town/city name on it mean “go at 50km/h”. It doesn’t actually have the number 50 anywhere or any ‘speed sign’ near it. You’re just supposed to know it. There’s one on the way into Leipzig from the north and there is a blitzer soon after it. Very sneaky if you ask us. How are you supposed to know that! Fortunately Nathan was given plenty of warning about this particular nasty.
* There are blue speed signs that mean you must go FASTER than the stated speed. Only in Germany....
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