In Germany, the white painted lines on the highway are six meters long. And the bare asphalt space between the white stripes, is twelve meters long.
The judges of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Oldenburg reversed a decision of the District Court Wildeshausen against a truck driver for a 80 euro fine, because he had not complied with the minimum distance of 50 meters to the vehicle ahead.
The district court judges argued that the driver should have kept his distance by the broken center line, assuming that every driver knows how long the road markings and the intervening spaces are. No, he does not, the 2nd Division of the Court of Appeal decided.
Although it is clear from the Directive for road markings (RMS 1 and RMS 2) the length of the bars of six meters and the interstices of twelve meters, the appeals court judges decided the average motorist can not be generally assumed to be using the road markings to find the distance.
Found on http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/fahrstreifen-fahrer-muss-mindestabstand-nicht-einschaetzen-koennen-a-1014410.html
The judges of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Oldenburg reversed a decision of the District Court Wildeshausen against a truck driver for a 80 euro fine, because he had not complied with the minimum distance of 50 meters to the vehicle ahead.
The district court judges argued that the driver should have kept his distance by the broken center line, assuming that every driver knows how long the road markings and the intervening spaces are. No, he does not, the 2nd Division of the Court of Appeal decided.
Although it is clear from the Directive for road markings (RMS 1 and RMS 2) the length of the bars of six meters and the interstices of twelve meters, the appeals court judges decided the average motorist can not be generally assumed to be using the road markings to find the distance.
Found on http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/fahrstreifen-fahrer-muss-mindestabstand-nicht-einschaetzen-koennen-a-1014410.html
