European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 13, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 German sacred cow unlimited Speed autobahn slowdown tries rejected lion him in hours after the German parliament rejected a new Ai Icmat in place a Speed limit on the a lion s famed aut hahns 115 cars and 1 Rucks sped like lemmings into a massive Chain collision on a superhighway. Five Days later. 3 Cabinet minister clipping along at 100 Mph was involved in a Nasty Accident on the autobahn where speeding performance cars Urc sometimes mis Iakon for Low living air Craft on air defense radar screens. The i Hill of flouring a car in Tho no spi cd a Iii autobahn is the most visible Symbol of personal Freedom in a country notorious far in seemingly endless list or restrictions and taboos. But recurring lairs of twisted Metal and carnage in mass collisions particularly curing the Long foggy Winters have emboldened those who argue that Lions Are needed to save germans from themselves. All surrounding countries have Speed limits and they would apparently like to Sec the West germans slow Down As Well. But Chancellor Helmut Kohl s govern ment recently turned thumbs Down on a european Community recommendation fora 120-Kilomclcr-pcr-hour Speed limit the equivalent of 74 Mph on the 5,219 Miles of autobahn. On the Day of the 85-Vchiclc Pik up East of Bonn 6 bulls at fest leap Over fallen runners Pamplona Spain him six Bull deftly jumped Over a group of Young men saturday who had fallen Dur ing the running of inc bulls a the san Fermin festival. No one was seriously injured police said. Authorities said 15 people were treated for minor scrapes and bruises and three Weic hospitalized. All the injures were caused in Falls and no one suffered Horn wounds a Spok woman at tic Hospital do Navarra said. The injuries brought to 99 the number of people Hurt in five Days of the City s annual eight Day running of the bulls made famous by Ernest Hemingway in his 1926 novel the Sun also  each morning sit bulls bred to kill charge i half mile along inc City s cob blcsloncu1 streets from the pens to the ring before facing matadors in the afternoon. A police spokesman described sat urday s run As slow and clean despite an increase in the number of runners who travelled to Pamplona for the week end. The incident occurred at the end of the mad scramble when a Young Man full at the narrow Entrance to the ring causing pileup of panicked runners. Witnesses said the bulls just jumped Over the pileup and sped into the ring Pamplona s festival began in 1591 to Honor the City s Patron Saint f Erma. An estimated half million revellers from around the world flock to the Northern Spanish City each car to take nun in what has been called Europe s big Geil parly. Rebels kill nine policemen new Dkl ill India api to aka re Bels raided a police Camp and killed nine policemen in Remote northeastern Manip i suite the United news of India re Perl cd. The tribal insurgents fighting Lur an Independent Homeland escaped Wuh nine rifles 10 Light machine guns and mortars from Llic Camp after the attack. Kohl s parliamentary majority was Able to defeat another demand by the opposition greens and social or Sociats to Cap autobahn  at Ijo Kilometres per hour Aboul 62 Mph. The privilege of going As fast As one can on the autobahn remains a political sacred cow. It seems to Lap a primal Streak of aggression in the German Char Acter and enjoys unwavering Protection from the car industry1 and from powerful automobile clubs. German car company officials argue that the no holds barred autobahn image is an essential ingredient in their Export Success in Germany one need not head for a Racetrack to do with a car what foreigners Only dream Aboul. German automobile manufacturers have grabbed an impressive share of the upscale car Market with their reputation for Quality luxury performance and above All. Speed. The Bow has become Japan s biggest Selling imported car. Anil even the Adverse Dollar Mark Rale has not killed big ticket Mercedes demand among the . Motoring Cine. The germans insist their roads Are Safe. Although the autobahn network is Only a Small fraction of the country s 307,500 Miles of roads it handles 27 percent of All traffic. The statistics show Bat accidents and fatalities Are disproportionately Low on  the aut Hahm Are the safest roads thai exist said Llerna by Allock a trans port ministry hokum Iliin. A Speed limn by itself would not accomplish anything. It would have in be  his ministry Irons out statistics to show that the country s motorists Uii fully abide by the government s recommended limit of i 30 kilo Rock is per hour about so Mph and Ilia the average Driver travels Only 70 Mph on the Auto Bahn. Transportation minister Jucar pc Warnke assured parliament the dunces lag. During the recent debate on a Speed limit that germans Are Mil As the environmentalist greens contended a Irhie of  hut  lawmaker Norbert Weiss charged that the government s Accident figures Are misleading and social demo cratic lawmaker Robert an Treller accused the government of playing Down i he problem the critics got new ammunition july i when economics minister Martin Bange Mann had a close Brush with death on the autobahn while racing at 100 Mph in his official Mercedes to an appointment near Frankfurt. Duntemann s car narrowly avoided a truck Lii Al suddenly moved into his Lane but a second Mer cedes in the minister s Cunt no Bil the truck. Splashed across the front  of next Clay s tabloids was inc Story of the enraged t Abinel mimic a chasing Dou a the truck and Sli Outing at the Driver you Are All murderers you have no business in the passing Lane three years ago. Speed limit advocates blamed exhaust fumes for a blight that was cd log the beloved German forests. Hut the Kohl government defused the Issue by introducing unleaded gasoline and exhaust canal St converters. Ii also conducted k so that showed a Speed limit would not make the air much cleaner. Limper stickers pleading for a mini Muni Speed of Jiuu Kilometres per hour for the forests Sake Are still seen but the environmental Issue dickers Low these Diss. More and More germans however Are having second thoughts about when her it is really Safe to gun their cars Down the autobahn. I be concluded it s just irresponsible to go More than 100 Kilometres per  said an editor in  org. I just let them pass me if they want. 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