The Autobahn sign looks like that because the Autobahn is, by definition, grade separated. The "residential area" thing is officially called "traffic-calmed area", commonly known as "Spielstraße", "play street", an older, similar, and now quite rare concept and signage. It's where you should absolutely expect kids playing football on the street or drawing with chalk as if they own the place, which they do.
Two more basic points: - The difference between motorway and expressway is essentially highway vs freeway. - The sign shows two parallel lanes, crossed by a bridge. The bridge is on there because you don't get intersections on the Autobahn. If you want to see how they handle two autobahns (Autobahnen) intersecting, do a search for "Autobahnkreuz" and you'll see the thumbnail of the schematic.
Interesting. Here in Belgium, a residential area (like the signage shows) (NL: Woonstraat, literally "living street") and a playstreet are different things! A playstreet here is a temporary set-up, usually during the school holidays and during just the afternoon, in which the street has been blocked for all non-residential traffic with a metal fence, and a responsible parent watches the kids while they play on the streets. Sometimes a bouncy castle will be set-up on the street and some benches and adults for the adults to meet each other, giving it a street party vibe. But the latter is very much optional, maybe only for a day or two, while the playstreet can be set up for entire weeks! Interesting though, very much so!
@amyloriley that's pretty cool! I don't think there is a corresponding sign for your playstreet one here. By the way, the official term for our residential area sign is "Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich", which means loosely "area with calmed traffic". It means that you are only allowed to go footspeed (and of course, you have to watch out for all kinds of obstacles - both objects and people).
@@amylorileyI just looked it up to be sure, and the sign for a residential area (traffic-calmed area) is indeed different from the sign for a play area. It is true that you see the sign for a residential area much more often (I don't know if I ever saw the play area signs tbh) in Germany. A proper play area indeed forbids any motor vehicles (it's a white circle with red outline, just with an added sign below). A residential area allows for motor vehicles, but imposes a tempo limit of walking speed. Pedestrians are allowed on the street the same as e.g. cars and should be expected. It seems it's very similar to Belgium after all.
11:28 We have a "Warning for accidents" sign - usually that exclamation mark with a small extra sign showign a car crashing into another one. But at some locations big white boards have been set up showing a read car hitting a black one from behind. I remember one of those signs: someone had used a big black marker to write a formula onto it: - E = mc² :D
Which proves once more, that the European system for the traffic signs is very good. He only got explained that red circles = prohibition, triangles is warning and blue circles is mandatory, and from there he can infer the meaning of most of the signs. It's very similar in poland, but i think i prefer our version where prohibitions are same red circles but warnings have yellow background, instad of white. It gives more visual separation between warnings and prohibitions.
I like how he wondered 5 videos earlier, how anyone can understand all of these signs without text written on them and now after only 50 questions he knows almost all signs
@@gloowaczthe difference between prohibitions and warnings here is the shape of the sign. Prohibition signs are (with maybe some execptions) are always circles while warnings are always triangles.
@@m0lDaViA I know. Still, i drive in poland and germany and i prefer polish version. I think my point is 'why not have more distinctive signs when you can?' kind of thinking. doesn't make much of a difference, just preference of mine.
Motorway is British English and would be called a interstate or highway in the US and in this context refers to the Autobahn (which is just the German word referring to a highway/motorway) Build up area = city/village/town
In germany I believe that sign means Autobahn, and the blue sign with a white car means motorway (forget the german word). While in Norway again, we have the same 2 sogns, but are called Motorway Class A for this sign, and Motorway Class B for the blue with white car sign.
@@JanGaarni the blue one is the autobahn which is the German word for motorway in British English. A blue sign with a car inside is a „Schnellstraße“ (fast street [lit] or express way) and could have crossing traffic. Tip for Ryan: - white circle, red outline: something you must not do (ex a number which is the maximum speed) - white triangle with red border: something to be aware of / avoid warning (ex. crossing wildlife) - blue circle: something you must do (ex. Only left turns or with a number inside a minimum speed) - reactangles are normally just information for example indicating a „Verkehrsberuhigte Zone“ (traffic calmed area, blue rectangle with a house, child and a ball on it) or giving directions. A yellow reactangle with the name of a town name indicates city limits Most of the traffic signs are based on a UN convention most countries (not all though) follow. The U.S. is one of the exceptions.
Additionally, a Built-Up area is a legal concept in many European countries and is marked by signs. Once you're in the built-up area, many additonally regulations apply regarding parking, speed-limit, weight-limit etc. I'm not sure the UK is familiar with that concept. But regarding Motorways, that most definitely corresponds to the European concept of Autobahn / autoroute /Autostrada.
The sign with the bike and the text “Fahrradstraße” does actually mean “Biking-Street” it is a street where only bicycles are allowed. Though most of the times there is an additional sign allowing cars as well, making it a street where bicycle have priority over cars and the speed limit is 30km/h.
A normal bike Lane would be just the blue circular sign with the bike without the word "Fahrradstraße". The test seems not to very exact. As already explained, the sign marks a complete street just for bicycles if not opened for other users with an additional sign.
The "residental area" is more than just a warning, it actually gives the pedestrians the right of way and your only allowed to drive "Schrittgeschwindigkeit", "walking speed" meaning around 7 km/h which is 4.5 mp/h
I'm from Germany so i knew what the sign meant (and i recognized the two seperate lanes as well as the bridge over the top of it), but I never really noticed it being shaped like an "A" lol - I always assumed it was shaped this way to give a sense of depth (that the road continues into the distance - kind of like the view you get from the bridges over the autobahn)
9:11 Even our deers are so german, if it would mean "prohibited access for animals", they would go to the next traffic light and wait for green to cross the street.
@@lent10It is interesting to use Peirce's Semiotics on the sign. Besides looking like an A, which makes it a symbolic sign, it also is an iconic sign, as it resembles two roads that are separate (so there is no danger of oncoming traffic) and crossed by a bridge (so there will be no traffic coming across.) A quite well designed sign. For many languages where the name doesn't begin with A but begins with M, it can still work symbolically. But the iconic meaning is clearest.
11:23 FYI, these signs would come with an additional sign below (small white rectangle, black border, and text or a pictogram) indicating what the warning is actually about.
Hi Ryan! Been following your Germany videos for quite a while now. I moved to Germany 7 years ago from Boston. I wanted to let you know: Whenever you say “Hallo” you pronounce it “Halla” you should try pronouncing it like shallow “Hallow”. Been loving seeing you react to everything unknown to us Americans 😂 -Brooke
The ambiguous warning sign usually has a small sign below it to specify what it's actually warning about. These are a rare instance of German signage actually containing words! They'll say things like "Markierung fehlt" (missing road marking lines), "Straßenschäden" (damaged road surface) or "Mäharbeiten" (mowing on the roadside).
The reason for the pc running slow after a few weeks of being on is probably a memory leak. Which when a program says "Hey I wanna borrow some memory, to store some stuff" and the programmer never implemented the "hey I no longer need this memory I borrowed" so after a few weeks of running memory leaks that are usually accaptable pile up, and the pc starts running slow
The developer console worked well, seemed more like a network thing, loading the images slowly, but then again it's Chrome with it's bad memory management, so who knows ...
@@amyloriley once we talk server side I would immediately ignore memory, not because it can't be, but because you need to ignore any previous assumptions. Anything could be the case, high load (for whatever reason), bad (as in slow) routing and so on. All I say is, they host their images themselves (so no CDN) and that everything looks snappy when I open it up. Their server seem to be in Belgium apparently? At least with the IP I get, so the route to me is at least shorter. idk, all guesses + I just really don't like Chrome but even Chrome should handle a few days of open tabs^^
Oh and btw Ryan don't read this ^^: The image filenames tell you what the answer is... come on, some filename randomization wouldn't hurt for a quiz ...
The sign where the road narrows on the left is usually before road works with 2 driving lanes. Due to the roadworks on one side, one of the two lanes might narrow. In the case of 3:00 the road works is on the left and the left lane is not as wide as usual.
It seems he motorway is just the autobahn, expressway on the other hand is the "Schnellstraße". The expressway differs from the motorway in that it can be crossed by other roads. But yea you were right, the sign is the autobahn
7:00 Yes, this is End of Autobahn. And the Autobahn-Sign use a Bridge as Symbol, because there are no intersections on the Autobahn. You have to use bridges (or tunnels) to get to the other side.
To explain the difference between the "defrost window" signs or more generally how to remember which is which: The front window is this rounded/trapezoid window. The rear window is rectangular. It is in reference to how the real window in the car is shaped. The front in most cars is trapeziod, the rear is more rectangular.
6:54 you were right: it means the end of the autobahn. and whoever translated it _autobahn = motorway_ . translation issues complicated the driving test for me too. 😉
What this "genius" translator wants to say: "End of Autobahn". The other option was "End of Schnellstrasse", but that is a different sign (blue with a white car). So those options were confusing, indeed.
7:04 „Motorway“ is basically the „Autobahn“ were there’s no speed limit at default. A „expressway“ or „speedway“ („Schnellstraße“ in German) looks like an „Autobahn“ but actually counts as a „normal“ road and has a default speed limit of 130 km/h
Sometimes it really hurts to watch your videos - but you are a really nice guy. You are evolving in this topic :D This is my go-to-bed video for tonight. You are the kind of guy I would love to have a good, munich beer with you. Have a good time!
The last sign is confusing with mandatory + two options because what the sign really wants to convey is "You're going to get in trouble for trying to turn left." This sign usualy pops up while driving on a multiple lane big street and a small sideroad is coming up on the left with no trafficlight to stop ongoing traffic.
@@lyanerisNot only no left turns, but also no U-turns, no sharp lefts, no half-lefts, no half-rights, no sharp rights, and no other direction that may exist at that junction if it is especially weird.
The "residental area" has way more meaning than just pay attention to children. It's usually a street where there is no separation between the pavement and the road, because pedestrians can walk everywhere. The ground is often out of paving stones and there are often small flower beds and other traffic slowing measurements. The speed limit is walking speed, you have to pay attention for playing children, pedestrians and cyclists, you must not park your car on the street. Parking is just allowed in dedicated parking spots (or on your private ground).
9:09 yes, this sign means "Animals crossing" In Sweden and Finland the background of the signs is yellow, not white, and in this particular case it shows an elk. Elks are a real problem in the north; they cause many accidents. Fun fact: many of those elk signs get stolen every year - mostly by German tourists. The road authorities already try alternate methods of mounting those signs instead of using regular screws, for instance, by welding the signs to the pole. There are many souvenir items for sale in Scandinavia and Finland that simply show these elk warning signs, like towels, stickers, cups, and also such signs in original quality - used and new ones.
Autobahn/Autobahnähnliche Straße is the name for a controlled-access highway commonly called freeway (US) or motorway (UK), it describes the way the street is build. Autobahn is a brand name for cross country freeways and their auxiliary routes called interstate (US) or motorway (UK). a Kraftfahrstraße is generally a limited-access highway commonly called highway (US) or dual carriageway (UK). In Germany, a freeway branded Autobahn is an Autobahn, a Freeway branded Bundesstraße is an Autobahnähnliche Straße, in the US, however you brand the freeway it is a freeway.
Well done Ryan - I'm pleased to know you're no longer sick. If this is the German theory test, I assume you're using the English translation - in which case for Autobahn, read Motorway - where there are separate carriageways for each direction of travel and all the junctions are grade-separated, often with flyovers... An expressway may be a road that looks to have similar characteristics, but which is not classified as a motorway as such - these are usually quite short and within urban areas. 'Road narrowing' literally means that the road ahead is about to become less wide. 'Built-up' means urbanised, developed.
3:05 "What do you mean it's narrowing on the left?" Bro, you're looking at it. The lanes get closer to another. They drew it for you. 😂😂 5:05 yes, you saw this already for the left lane 2 minutes ago. 🐟💭
Hehe yes.. In some Cases i just think: "Damn, its so simple why do you not understand this" .. And here we are, why can a road narrowing? Mainly because of road constructions and similar situations. But also maybe if the road goes under or over a bridge, while the bridge is less wide than the raod.. Lot of possible reasons, why a road or even just a specific lane could narrow.... And about: "Hoy you could tell front or rear Window defrosting?" Most Front-windows are heated by Air, while the rear Windows have tiny heatwires inside the glass.. Therefore, the frontwindow-defrost sign looks like a window with airstreams while the rearwindow-defrost sign is bit smaller and have wave-like or zigzag-like lines in it.. Does your american Cars really dont have the same worldwide standardized signs in their dashboards ? .... I know i start to rage a bit, but sometimes i really think; yes, americans are that under educated... ( no personnal offence, just an overall feeling )
An Expressway is generally a ring road which goes around the outskirts of a lager town/city as a bypass so you don't have to drive through the town/city traffic to get to the other side. They can have more than one lane on each side and the speed limits are usually higher. Sometimes they join the Motorways on ether side of the town/city.
8:00 the sign directly in front of my house. traffic-calmed area = 6 kmh zone, where pedestrians, bicycles and cars share the road. The red line means the end. After the sign there is either a 30 km/h sign or no sign. In the city, 50 km/h is standard.
A "motorway" is another term for what Americans call a "highway", aka it's a road with priority where you know there is no intersecting traffic or things to look out for from alternate directions, and you will under normal circumstances be able to drive at the highest tier of speed limit designated. It's why the bridge is depicted, to show that crossing roads will not intersect with the motorway/highway. On the other hand, an expressway is basically just a road that is made to more efficiently connect certain areas with minimal needless interaction - such as a ringroad or another road with long stretches of low interruption, and higher potential road speeds than standard (like you could be allowed to drive 70 on an expressway within a city zone, where regular roads would normally have a 50 limit).
As a German, I would like to say that it's really great to see that you fully understand the whole concept of German traffic signs. This test seems too easy for you. 👍
About the front and rear window: the front window has a curved top, and the rear window has a square top. Just like the lights: lights pointing to the left are the front lights, and pointing to the right is the rear. Don't know why, we have to learn that by heart.
This site has some strange translations... The triangle pointing up can always be read as "Attention - pictogram", e.g. #34 "Attention - cyclists!", not "Warning for cyclists"... The sign usually indicates a crossing or ending bicycle path. #36 asks "What is Autobahn in British English?" #37 is end of "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich", roughly translated zone with calmed down traffic. It's important to know this sign - there's only walking speed allowed and ignorance is an easy way to lose the driver's license. End of residential area is plain wrong - the residential area probably continues, but with more motor friendly rules.
Also, right before left does not apply to "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich"/ "Spielstraße". It does apply to cars exiting a one way street. (Which sounds logical in theory, but signage can be confusing)
08:00 the sign without the red lane means there is a Traffic-calmed area(with red lane it says this area end): What is allowed here In a traffic-calmed zone, pedestrians and vehicles have equal rights. Pedestrians, whether small or large, do not have to walk on the edge of the road, but can use the entire street. If necessary, vehicles must wait. Children are allowed to play here, but pedestrians are not allowed to obstruct traffic. Pedestrians must move aside when a vehicle wants to pass. The road must not be blocked by large objects, toys or the like. However, motorized vehicles and bicycles must pay particular attention to pedestrians and may travel at a maximum walking speed. In case law, 7 km/h and sometimes 10 km/h are sometimes assumed to be walking speeds
When the time changes, change the air in the tires to remove the summer air and add winter air. :) It will save you from the tire warning signal in the car.
Sometimes people are completely ignorant to traffic rules. One guy in Germany made international headlines: "Car in a Church Roof" "Such spectacular car accidents don't come around too often. In a small German town near Chemnitz, a 23-year-old driver lost control of his car, hit an embankment and ended up stuck seven meters up in the roof of a church in late January." -- DER SPIEGEL They also have a number of photos of this really funny accident. It was in 2009, and media all over the world had reports on this.
Yes, the square sign with the two straigt independant lanes and the bridge means "Autobahn", its literary a little picture of it. In contrary to the blue square sign with just a white car in it means "Kraftfahrstraße" (translates to "road for powered vehicles" and basically says that only those which can reach a minimum (legal!!) speed of 60KPH are allowed there and these are usually Bundesstraßen (=state roads) or roads solely leading to a Autobahn. All Autobahn are "Kraftfahrstraße" too by default, no bikes, mopeds and tractors allowed there of course. (Important note: only some parts of the "Bundesstraßen" are "Kraftfahrstraßen". Unfortunately, as the one I regulary use is often also used by tractors......) Very generally I would translate the road classes like this: Autobahn (named A) = Interstate Bundesstraße (B) = Federal Highway Staatstraße (S or Name) = State Highway/Street The translation is confusing because its british. Over there Autobahn = Motorway and Bundesstraße=A-Road. But not 100% sure, as I don't drive on the wrong side of the road, I have driven many times on US roads, but never by myself in UK 😉
The "drive straight or turning right mandatory sign" is often used as an indicator for example on multilane crossings so you know on what lane you can drive in which direction. It is then mostly used in combination with an "only turn left mandatory sign" for the other lane.
Maybe a little hint: not only the color matters. Round blue signs are the mandatory ones but square blue ones are the fourth main category: information signs.
The logic of the last one is the following: There are more ways possible in principle than the sign allows. So for example you would see this at a crossing where you could in principle turn left, turn right or drive straight. This sign says you can only go straight or right, essentially saying you can't turn left. There are quite a lot of variations of the sign but they all follow the same logic.
Please note: the english that is tought in Germany is british english. So we mostly use british vocabulary, but due to pop culture with an american pronounciation. Motorway is the british word for Autobahn.
Even British English has different types of dialects.Officially tought in German schools is the so called 'BBC English'. That's what British news anchors (news speakers) on the BBC tv channel usually do speak.
I think one translation there was incorrect. The sign said "Fahrradstraße", which woul mean "bycicle street", not "lane for cyclists". So that entire street is primarily for cyclists, cars may use it but must drive 30km/h at most and yield to all cyclists.
The Residential Area sign is actually very confusing for many germans. In colloquial terms those signs are "Play streets", which are actually completely different. The latter is completely prohibited for cars to enter. The former allows cars to drive into but only with a top speed of 6--7km'h, which is walking speed.
7:23, The translation is bad here too! End of the residential area" would be a yellow sign! This one means "end of the play street"! There are streets in Germany that are designated as "play streets". This means that traffic is not allowed to drive faster, like walking (walking speed) and that you have to watch out for people playing!
Interesting bit of information for you. When you have a "prohibited" sign with a vehicle class (e.g. bicycle) on it, it DOESN'T mean ONLY bicycles prohibited, it means bicycle AND ALL CLASSES ABOVE, so no motorcycle, cars, trucks, etc.
5:35 "I think we've got some kind of pedestrian bridge ..." This sign (without the red stripe) represents an Autobahn, which has as main charactreistic: there are NEVER EVER crossroads. The bridge represents, that crossing traffic is ALWAYS lead over a bridge over your head (or through a tunnel under yor feet), but never, never, never across your driveway (in contrast to "Kraftfahrstrasse", where you might have a (well secured and well preannounced) traffic light once in a while. Edit: This is Germany only!. In the Netherlands you are facing crossroads with trafficlights on Autobahns quite frequently. The crossing traffic are cargo ships on crossing waterways while the Autobahn bridge is standing upright to let she ships pass. Of course such crossings are also quite well preannounced, so that you do not crash against the upright lifted bridge ;)
6:50 i recently got my drivers license (im german) but i also had to look up the difference between motorway and expressway, i also thought it would be the other way around, i think this test should use the german terms for some things
"Don't ride no bloody expressway with me!" Jake Blues, in that scene where they drive around in big parking lot outside the shopping mall, when they where chased by the police (there is a video clip "Blues Brothers shopping mall") German version: "Ich hasse Schnellstraßen, Elwood, Ich hab sie schon immer gehasst!" ("I hate expressways, Elwood, I have always hated them!"
The "motorway / autobahn" sign: There is 2 strech of road next to each, and a crossing bridge for crossing traffic ;) In European road designs, you have to meet requirements to have it count as a road that can be a motorway, with separated traffic, emergency lane, and specified on/offramp lenghts. Many country require fences so the game/deer/etc cannot enter the motorway.
1:10 Actually the sign reads "ascent of 4 percent", not "ascent of 4 degrees". Well, an ascent of 100 percent would correspond to an angle of ascent of 45 degrees (because the tangent of 45 degrees is 1). The percentage is defined as the difference in altitude in relation to a _horizontal_ distance of 100m. Many people get this wrong and think that the percentage relates to 100m of the road in front of you. Thus, an ascent of 4 percent equals to an vertical angle of around 2.3 degrees.
Motorway - British English translation for Autobahn; "interstate" Expressway - translation for Kraftfahrstraße, a motorway-like section of a non-interstate highway
The website is wrong on the Fahrradstraße. It is an entire ROAD where only bikes (and pedestrians) are allowed (and local residents and their deliveries). Not just a bike LANE.
For someone from the US the autobahn seems to be an Expressway, but for a native german it is just a normal Motorway. And yes, we also have some expressway-parts on or "federal street" network.
motorway british for autobahn. expressway is german schnellstraße, where pedestrians and cyclists are prohibited and speeds are higher than normal for build-up areas (villages, towns, cities)..
I think u should've gone through all of them in one sitting and then splitting them up in multiple video. That way the tab would be fresh und fast. But still a great Video. I really like ur interpreations of some of the signs
The motorway is the Autobahn. The expressway is called "Schnellstraße" in German and has yellow signs instead of the blue ones from the Autobahn. Expressways do not necessarily have a speedlimit either. Nobody talks/knows about that though.
You did very, very well. Many germans would not know half of the signs without having several theoretical driving-lessons. To pass the test is quite difficult, because you must not have more than 10 points wrong. There are up to 5 point for one question, depending on the questions you got wrong. I passed my test in 1976 and I'm not shure I would pass it today in fist attempt. it's not just knowing the signs. You have to know lots of right of way-rules and even questions to save the environment. For example: it is not allowed to run your car to warm the engine up. You have to move the car within 90 seconds after starting or you could get a ticket... There are many signs I know how to understand and use but forget the right name...t.b.c. :-)
This test is even easier than the real one because you can always only select one answer. In the real one it’s multiple choice with 3 questions but it also can be just 1 correct answer 2 or even all 3.
The sign telling you to go straight or turn right mandatory isnt so much about telling you what to do, but more about what you are not allowed to do. it basically says "whatever you do, dont turn left".
13:22 is actually wrong. "Fahrradstraße" means literally "cyclist road". It is not merely a lane for cyclists, but a whole road for cyclists, which means, that cyclists always have priorority in relation to cars and cars need to pay extra attention, that they do not interfere with the cyclists.
Well it’s British English - and the concept of the autobahn is a motorway in British English … I’m not surprised an US American struggles with the test in those instances as it is quite common here to use the British terms (it’s also the first type of English I learned in school …)
end of residential area - i think it lags in translation... word by word translation is a "traffic-calmed area" where you ONLY may drive walking speed (2nd gear not pressing the gas pedal)...
0:40 I'm a coder and Imma try to explain this in two ways, technical and the "teach me like Im 5" way. you're 5: Imagine that everytime you start your computer, there is a water leak in the basement, the more water you get in your basement, the slower everything runs. But every time you restart your computer all the water in the basement is drained. So if you go a long time without restarting the computer, you get a lot of water in your basement. Or you could just think of it like, just like a human, it need to rest (restart). The more correct: What is happening is something called "memory leaks" (most likely), the majority of programs that run on your machine uses memory, basically tells the OS (Windows, MacOS or Linux) "Hey, I want some more memory to use for stuff I wanna do", and the OS is just like, "OK" and give it. The memory leak is when a program asks for more memory without giving it back, so it will take up more and more of your RAM the longer it runs, even if it doesn't actually need more ram. Basically, most programs have microscopic bug that happen all the time, but it's only after a long time you start to notice them/they make a big enough impact.
Hi, How you know its a front screen de-icer rather than rear, Most front screens are heated by an air flow through a vent (from the bottom), thus the arrows upwards, whilst rear is a heated wire in the glass
The symbol for the rear window de-icing has the same arrows. The difference is that the rear window is rectangular, while the front window has this curved symbol.
@@ChicaTiquita well not quite. Motorway and expressway are both words also in britsh english, and at least acording to multiple dictionaries are synonyms. But ignoring that, it is a bit stupid to have a vocabulary test for translated technical terms, especially if those concepts do not translate very well.
Build-up area is indeed quite confusing. The German original (geschlossene Ortschaft) is not much better. Basically, it means "inside a town or village". But it is not put at the actual administrative border of the town (which in most cases would be somewhere in the fields), but were the zones with houses and factories start, the area with buildings, hence "buiild-up area". It comes with some restrictions. Speed limit is 50 km/h, and you are no longer allowed to use high beams, for instance.
The Autobahn sign looks like that because the Autobahn is, by definition, grade separated. The "residential area" thing is officially called "traffic-calmed area", commonly known as "Spielstraße", "play street", an older, similar, and now quite rare concept and signage. It's where you should absolutely expect kids playing football on the street or drawing with chalk as if they own the place, which they do.
Two more basic points:
- The difference between motorway and expressway is essentially highway vs freeway.
- The sign shows two parallel lanes, crossed by a bridge. The bridge is on there because you don't get intersections on the Autobahn. If you want to see how they handle two autobahns (Autobahnen) intersecting, do a search for "Autobahnkreuz" and you'll see the thumbnail of the schematic.
Interesting. Here in Belgium, a residential area (like the signage shows) (NL: Woonstraat, literally "living street") and a playstreet are different things! A playstreet here is a temporary set-up, usually during the school holidays and during just the afternoon, in which the street has been blocked for all non-residential traffic with a metal fence, and a responsible parent watches the kids while they play on the streets. Sometimes a bouncy castle will be set-up on the street and some benches and adults for the adults to meet each other, giving it a street party vibe. But the latter is very much optional, maybe only for a day or two, while the playstreet can be set up for entire weeks!
Interesting though, very much so!
@amyloriley that's pretty cool! I don't think there is a corresponding sign for your playstreet one here.
By the way, the official term for our residential area sign is "Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich", which means loosely "area with calmed traffic". It means that you are only allowed to go footspeed (and of course, you have to watch out for all kinds of obstacles - both objects and people).
@@amylorileyI just looked it up to be sure, and the sign for a residential area (traffic-calmed area) is indeed different from the sign for a play area. It is true that you see the sign for a residential area much more often (I don't know if I ever saw the play area signs tbh) in Germany.
A proper play area indeed forbids any motor vehicles (it's a white circle with red outline, just with an added sign below). A residential area allows for motor vehicles, but imposes a tempo limit of walking speed. Pedestrians are allowed on the street the same as e.g. cars and should be expected.
It seems it's very similar to Belgium after all.
@Oma_Wetterwachs Fair enough. He's probably still collecting royalties from his grave.
11:28 We have a "Warning for accidents" sign - usually that exclamation mark with a small extra sign showign a car crashing into another one.
But at some locations big white boards have been set up showing a read car hitting a black one from behind. I remember one of those signs: someone had used a big black marker to write a formula onto it: - E = mc² :D
He actually has improved a lot compared to the first episode🙃
Which proves once more, that the European system for the traffic signs is very good. He only got explained that red circles = prohibition, triangles is warning and blue circles is mandatory, and from there he can infer the meaning of most of the signs. It's very similar in poland, but i think i prefer our version where prohibitions are same red circles but warnings have yellow background, instad of white. It gives more visual separation between warnings and prohibitions.
I like how he wondered 5 videos earlier, how anyone can understand all of these signs without text written on them and now after only 50 questions he knows almost all signs
@@gloowaczthe difference between prohibitions and warnings here is the shape of the sign. Prohibition signs are (with maybe some execptions) are always circles while warnings are always triangles.
@@m0lDaViA I know. Still, i drive in poland and germany and i prefer polish version. I think my point is 'why not have more distinctive signs when you can?' kind of thinking. doesn't make much of a difference, just preference of mine.
@@gloowacz but isn't the shape itself already distinctive?
The general warning sign with the big "!" usually comes with additional signs to specify the warning.
On the other hand, german sings in general come with additional signs... That made us the wonderful "Schilderwald" (Sign-Forest) 🤣
Motorway is British English and would be called a interstate or highway in the US and in this context refers to the Autobahn (which is just the German word referring to a highway/motorway)
Build up area = city/village/town
In germany I believe that sign means Autobahn, and the blue sign with a white car means motorway (forget the german word). While in Norway again, we have the same 2 sogns, but are called Motorway Class A for this sign, and Motorway Class B for the blue with white car sign.
@@JanGaarni the blue one is the autobahn which is the German word for motorway in British English. A blue sign with a car inside is a „Schnellstraße“ (fast street [lit] or express way) and could have crossing traffic.
Tip for Ryan:
- white circle, red outline: something you must not do (ex a number which is the maximum speed)
- white triangle with red border: something to be aware of / avoid warning (ex. crossing wildlife)
- blue circle: something you must do (ex. Only left turns or with a number inside a minimum speed)
- reactangles are normally just information for example indicating a „Verkehrsberuhigte Zone“ (traffic calmed area, blue rectangle with a house, child and a ball on it) or giving directions. A yellow reactangle with the name of a town name indicates city limits
Most of the traffic signs are based on a UN convention most countries (not all though) follow. The U.S. is one of the exceptions.
@@pascalnitsche8746 aah, Schnellstraße. 😊
Thank you.
Additionally, a Built-Up area is a legal concept in many European countries and is marked by signs. Once you're in the built-up area, many additonally regulations apply regarding parking, speed-limit, weight-limit etc. I'm not sure the UK is familiar with that concept. But regarding Motorways, that most definitely corresponds to the European concept of Autobahn / autoroute /Autostrada.
@@pascalnitsche8746 The official term is "Kraftfahrstraße"
The sign with the bike and the text “Fahrradstraße” does actually mean “Biking-Street” it is a street where only bicycles are allowed. Though most of the times there is an additional sign allowing cars as well, making it a street where bicycle have priority over cars and the speed limit is 30km/h.
Iirc on a Fahrradstraße you are also allowed to drive side by side as cyclist, which you aren't allowed otherwise.
A normal bike Lane would be just the blue circular sign with the bike without the word "Fahrradstraße". The test seems not to very exact. As already explained, the sign marks a complete street just for bicycles if not opened for other users with an additional sign.
@@antonf.9278 No, of course you are allowed to drive side by side. Whatever evil car driver propaganda tells you otherwise is wrong.
@@antonf.9278 As long as you don't hinder traffic, you are allowed to ride side by side on any road.
@@stahlschorschWtf are talking?
The "residental area" is more than just a warning, it actually gives the pedestrians the right of way and your only allowed to drive "Schrittgeschwindigkeit", "walking speed" meaning around 7 km/h which is 4.5 mp/h
In translation it's a "bully car zone" sign. It's 20 in Czechia, what are u guys smoking in Germany?
actually in germany there is no definition of walking speed. it has to be at least under 20km/h
@@xrecixNo!
_"Spielstraße"_ is 7 km/h for sure!
@@xrecixDriving 20 there could cost you 60-80 €, so better drive carefully
@@xrecix In case law, 7 km/h and sometimes 10 km/h are sometimes assumed to be walking speeds
Notice the Autobahn sign with its two separated lanes and the bridge forms the letter 'A'. This is actually genius.
I've never noticed it before despite living in Poland where we call it ‘autostrada’ so it fits as well!
I'm from Germany so i knew what the sign meant (and i recognized the two seperate lanes as well as the bridge over the top of it), but I never really noticed it being shaped like an "A" lol - I always assumed it was shaped this way to give a sense of depth (that the road continues into the distance - kind of like the view you get from the bridges over the autobahn)
That's how it looks like across the entire continent
Every video Ryan makes about this, I am pretty sure he gets closer and closer to actually passing the test :) Nice job
9:11 Even our deers are so german, if it would mean "prohibited access for animals", they would go to the next traffic light and wait for green to cross the street.
But they would speed.
The Autobahn sign is quite iconic. There is even a song called "Autobahn" by the German band Kraftwerk and the album logo is the sign.
I like the design of it looks a bit like an "A"
@@lent10 That was intentional.
@@SiqueScarface I assumed so
@@lent10It is interesting to use Peirce's Semiotics on the sign. Besides looking like an A, which makes it a symbolic sign, it also is an iconic sign, as it resembles two roads that are separate (so there is no danger of oncoming traffic) and crossed by a bridge (so there will be no traffic coming across.)
A quite well designed sign. For many languages where the name doesn't begin with A but begins with M, it can still work symbolically. But the iconic meaning is clearest.
11:23 FYI, these signs would come with an additional sign below (small white rectangle, black border, and text or a pictogram) indicating what the warning is actually about.
Hi Ryan! Been following your Germany videos for quite a while now. I moved to Germany 7 years ago from Boston. I wanted to let you know: Whenever you say “Hallo” you pronounce it “Halla” you should try pronouncing it like shallow “Hallow”. Been loving seeing you react to everything unknown to us Americans 😂
-Brooke
Im watching your videos of germany for a long time. With the correction of the typo you got me again :D. You are a funny guy. Keep up your work.
The ambiguous warning sign usually has a small sign below it to specify what it's actually warning about. These are a rare instance of German signage actually containing words! They'll say things like "Markierung fehlt" (missing road marking lines), "Straßenschäden" (damaged road surface) or "Mäharbeiten" (mowing on the roadside).
I've seen that sign without a small sign below it, too.
@@SELBLINK_in_your_areaJust "be aware of something you might not expect ahead", go on very carefully.
The reason for the pc running slow after a few weeks of being on is probably a memory leak. Which when a program says "Hey I wanna borrow some memory, to store some stuff" and the programmer never implemented the "hey I no longer need this memory I borrowed" so after a few weeks of running memory leaks that are usually accaptable pile up, and the pc starts running slow
The developer console worked well, seemed more like a network thing, loading the images slowly, but then again it's Chrome with it's bad memory management, so who knows ...
He should try to free the cache… 😅
@@klaus4040 Maybe it's a server-side memory issue? Especially given other websites still are able to open well on Ryan's PC.
@@amyloriley once we talk server side I would immediately ignore memory, not because it can't be, but because you need to ignore any previous assumptions. Anything could be the case, high load (for whatever reason), bad (as in slow) routing and so on. All I say is, they host their images themselves (so no CDN) and that everything looks snappy when I open it up. Their server seem to be in Belgium apparently? At least with the IP I get, so the route to me is at least shorter. idk, all guesses + I just really don't like Chrome but even Chrome should handle a few days of open tabs^^
Oh and btw Ryan don't read this ^^: The image filenames tell you what the answer is... come on, some filename randomization wouldn't hurt for a quiz ...
The sign where the road narrows on the left is usually before road works with 2 driving lanes. Due to the roadworks on one side, one of the two lanes might narrow. In the case of 3:00 the road works is on the left and the left lane is not as wide as usual.
It has nothing to do with roadworks. It is just a general warning sign for a road that narrows ( left or right).!
It has nothing to do with roadworks. It is just a general warning sign for a road that narrows ( left or right).
It seems he motorway is just the autobahn, expressway on the other hand is the "Schnellstraße". The expressway differs from the motorway in that it can be crossed by other roads. But yea you were right, the sign is the autobahn
A Autobahn is a "Crossing free" Street. And best you show this by iconize it with a crossing bridge, therefore no real crossing on the Autobahn.
Wouldn't it be a "Kraftfahrstraße"? IIrc, "Schnellstraße" is not the official name.
In either case, translating Autobahn isn't the best idea.
7:00
Yes, this is End of Autobahn.
And the Autobahn-Sign use a Bridge as Symbol, because there are no intersections on the Autobahn.
You have to use bridges (or tunnels) to get to the other side.
To explain the difference between the "defrost window" signs or more generally how to remember which is which:
The front window is this rounded/trapezoid window.
The rear window is rectangular.
It is in reference to how the real window in the car is shaped. The front in most cars is trapeziod, the rear is more rectangular.
OMG laughed my ass of when you fixed the typo. As an computer scientist I know this trick, but never thought this will happen in a video on here.
6:54 you were right: it means the end of the autobahn. and whoever translated it _autobahn = motorway_ . translation issues complicated the driving test for me too. 😉
I thought the same. Where's the difference? Dict.leo says one is American slang. But both means Autobahn. Strange.
@@ayoutubechannelhasnoname6018 as a German myself, I wouldn’t have known the difference either… It’s just poor translation in this case :(
What this "genius" translator wants to say: "End of Autobahn". The other option was "End of Schnellstrasse", but that is a different sign (blue with a white car).
So those options were confusing, indeed.
But "motorway" means "Autobahn".
motorway is british english, highway american english
7:04 „Motorway“ is basically the „Autobahn“ were there’s no speed limit at default. A „expressway“ or „speedway“ („Schnellstraße“ in German) looks like an „Autobahn“ but actually counts as a „normal“ road and has a default speed limit of 130 km/h
Sometimes it really hurts to watch your videos - but you are a really nice guy. You are evolving in this topic :D This is my go-to-bed video for tonight. You are the kind of guy I would love to have a good, munich beer with you. Have a good time!
The last sign is confusing with mandatory + two options because what the sign really wants to convey is "You're going to get in trouble for trying to turn left." This sign usualy pops up while driving on a multiple lane big street and a small sideroad is coming up on the left with no trafficlight to stop ongoing traffic.
You could look at it as "You have to either drive straight or turn right" - those are the options.
That does, of course, equal no turning left.
@@lyanerisNot only no left turns, but also no U-turns, no sharp lefts, no half-lefts, no half-rights, no sharp rights, and no other direction that may exist at that junction if it is especially weird.
looking forward to part 4 🙂
The "residental area" has way more meaning than just pay attention to children. It's usually a street where there is no separation between the pavement and the road, because pedestrians can walk everywhere. The ground is often out of paving stones and there are often small flower beds and other traffic slowing measurements. The speed limit is walking speed, you have to pay attention for playing children, pedestrians and cyclists, you must not park your car on the street. Parking is just allowed in dedicated parking spots (or on your private ground).
9:09 yes, this sign means "Animals crossing"
In Sweden and Finland the background of the signs is yellow, not white, and in this particular case it shows an elk. Elks are a real problem in the north; they cause many accidents.
Fun fact: many of those elk signs get stolen every year - mostly by German tourists.
The road authorities already try alternate methods of mounting those signs instead of using regular screws, for instance, by welding the signs to the pole.
There are many souvenir items for sale in Scandinavia and Finland that simply show these elk warning signs, like towels, stickers, cups, and also such signs in original quality - used and new ones.
Autobahn/Autobahnähnliche Straße is the name for a controlled-access highway commonly called freeway (US) or motorway (UK), it describes the way the street is build. Autobahn is a brand name for cross country freeways and their auxiliary routes called interstate (US) or motorway (UK). a Kraftfahrstraße is generally a limited-access highway commonly called highway (US) or dual carriageway (UK). In Germany, a freeway branded Autobahn is an Autobahn, a Freeway branded Bundesstraße is an Autobahnähnliche Straße, in the US, however you brand the freeway it is a freeway.
Usually I am shocked about your knowledge of foreign culture. But the traffic sign Test you are doing great. My deepest respect. 👍🏻
You are getting into it Ryan! Good job😂❤
Well done Ryan - I'm pleased to know you're no longer sick. If this is the German theory test, I assume you're using the English translation - in which case for Autobahn, read Motorway - where there are separate carriageways for each direction of travel and all the junctions are grade-separated, often with flyovers... An expressway may be a road that looks to have similar characteristics, but which is not classified as a motorway as such - these are usually quite short and within urban areas. 'Road narrowing' literally means that the road ahead is about to become less wide. 'Built-up' means urbanised, developed.
3:05 "What do you mean it's narrowing on the left?" Bro, you're looking at it. The lanes get closer to another. They drew it for you. 😂😂
5:05 yes, you saw this already for the left lane 2 minutes ago. 🐟💭
Hehe yes.. In some Cases i just think: "Damn, its so simple why do you not understand this" .. And here we are, why can a road narrowing? Mainly because of road constructions and similar situations. But also maybe if the road goes under or over a bridge, while the bridge is less wide than the raod.. Lot of possible reasons, why a road or even just a specific lane could narrow....
And about: "Hoy you could tell front or rear Window defrosting?"
Most Front-windows are heated by Air, while the rear Windows have tiny heatwires inside the glass..
Therefore, the frontwindow-defrost sign looks like a window with airstreams while the rearwindow-defrost sign is bit smaller and have wave-like or zigzag-like lines in it..
Does your american Cars really dont have the same worldwide standardized signs in their dashboards ? ....
I know i start to rage a bit, but sometimes i really think; yes, americans are that under educated... ( no personnal offence, just an overall feeling )
Those are not lanes but road borders. The lines for lanes have a triangle head. (And the lines for directions have an arrowhead.)
An Expressway is generally a ring road which goes around the outskirts of a lager town/city as a bypass so you don't have to drive through the town/city traffic to get to the other side. They can have more than one lane on each side and the speed limits are usually higher. Sometimes they join the Motorways on ether side of the town/city.
8:00 the sign directly in front of my house.
traffic-calmed area = 6 kmh zone, where pedestrians, bicycles and cars share the road. The red line means the end. After the sign there is either a 30 km/h sign or no sign. In the city, 50 km/h is standard.
A "motorway" is another term for what Americans call a "highway", aka it's a road with priority where you know there is no intersecting traffic or things to look out for from alternate directions, and you will under normal circumstances be able to drive at the highest tier of speed limit designated. It's why the bridge is depicted, to show that crossing roads will not intersect with the motorway/highway.
On the other hand, an expressway is basically just a road that is made to more efficiently connect certain areas with minimal needless interaction - such as a ringroad or another road with long stretches of low interruption, and higher potential road speeds than standard (like you could be allowed to drive 70 on an expressway within a city zone, where regular roads would normally have a 50 limit).
05:45 this sign without the Red line is the Sign for every Autobahn, with the red line the Autobahn end.
As a German, I would like to say that it's really great to see that you fully understand the whole concept of German traffic signs. This test seems too easy for you. 👍
„This could be the American flag“💀
But it would have to have the crossing red line.
About the front and rear window: the front window has a curved top, and the rear window has a square top. Just like the lights: lights pointing to the left are the front lights, and pointing to the right is the rear. Don't know why, we have to learn that by heart.
This site has some strange translations...
The triangle pointing up can always be read as "Attention - pictogram", e.g. #34 "Attention - cyclists!", not "Warning for cyclists"... The sign usually indicates a crossing or ending bicycle path.
#36 asks "What is Autobahn in British English?"
#37 is end of "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich", roughly translated zone with calmed down traffic. It's important to know this sign - there's only walking speed allowed and ignorance is an easy way to lose the driver's license. End of residential area is plain wrong - the residential area probably continues, but with more motor friendly rules.
Also, right before left does not apply to "verkehrsberuhigter Bereich"/ "Spielstraße".
It does apply to cars exiting a one way street. (Which sounds logical in theory, but signage can be confusing)
Great answering! I really like this vids - always funny to see 🙂
You get the hang of it! Well done.
the Autobahn sign shows a stylized road with separated lanes and a bridge across - and looks like an A, too!
I needed this
08:00 the sign without the red lane means there is a Traffic-calmed area(with red lane it says this area end): What is allowed here
In a traffic-calmed zone, pedestrians and vehicles have equal rights. Pedestrians, whether small or large, do not have to walk on the edge of the road, but can use the entire street. If necessary, vehicles must wait. Children are allowed to play here, but pedestrians are not allowed to obstruct traffic. Pedestrians must move aside when a vehicle wants to pass. The road must not be blocked by large objects, toys or the like. However, motorized vehicles and bicycles must pay particular attention to pedestrians and may travel at a maximum walking speed. In case law, 7 km/h and sometimes 10 km/h are sometimes assumed to be walking speeds
Here’s the keys. You drive.
Proud of you!🏅
And good to see you back on the road. 📈🤗
When the time changes, change the air in the tires to remove the summer air and add winter air. :) It will save you from the tire warning signal in the car.
u did very well
and yes that blue sign was the sign for the autobahn
Sometimes people are completely ignorant to traffic rules. One guy in Germany made international headlines:
"Car in a Church Roof"
"Such spectacular car accidents don't come around too often. In a small German town near Chemnitz, a 23-year-old driver lost control of his car, hit an embankment and ended up stuck seven meters up in the roof of a church in late January."
-- DER SPIEGEL
They also have a number of photos of this really funny accident.
It was in 2009, and media all over the world had reports on this.
Hallo ! .... this is so really great, everytime I am laughing 🙂
You did a good job 👍😊
Yes, the square sign with the two straigt independant lanes and the bridge means "Autobahn", its literary a little picture of it. In contrary to the blue square sign with just a white car in it means "Kraftfahrstraße" (translates to "road for powered vehicles" and basically says that only those which can reach a minimum (legal!!) speed of 60KPH are allowed there and these are usually Bundesstraßen (=state roads) or roads solely leading to a Autobahn. All Autobahn are "Kraftfahrstraße" too by default, no bikes, mopeds and tractors allowed there of course.
(Important note: only some parts of the "Bundesstraßen" are "Kraftfahrstraßen". Unfortunately, as the one I regulary use is often also used by tractors......)
Very generally I would translate the road classes like this:
Autobahn (named A) = Interstate
Bundesstraße (B) = Federal Highway
Staatstraße (S or Name) = State Highway/Street
The translation is confusing because its british. Over there Autobahn = Motorway and Bundesstraße=A-Road. But not 100% sure, as I don't drive on the wrong side of the road, I have driven many times on US roads, but never by myself in UK 😉
I like how the "end of zone" signs are in gray, like they are a memory of something that´s gone.
The "drive straight or turning right mandatory sign" is often used as an indicator for example on multilane crossings so you know on what lane you can drive in which direction. It is then mostly used in combination with an "only turn left mandatory sign" for the other lane.
Maybe a little hint: not only the color matters. Round blue signs are the mandatory ones but square blue ones are the fourth main category: information signs.
"Didn't I see this already" Of course you did, when you restarted a test with random order two times.
The logic of the last one is the following:
There are more ways possible in principle than the sign allows. So for example you would see this at a crossing where you could in principle turn left, turn right or drive straight. This sign says you can only go straight or right, essentially saying you can't turn left.
There are quite a lot of variations of the sign but they all follow the same logic.
Please note: the english that is tought in Germany is british english. So we mostly use british vocabulary, but due to pop culture with an american pronounciation. Motorway is the british word for Autobahn.
Even British English has different types of dialects.Officially tought in German schools is the so called 'BBC English'. That's what British news anchors (news speakers) on the BBC tv channel usually do speak.
I think one translation there was incorrect. The sign said "Fahrradstraße", which woul mean "bycicle street", not "lane for cyclists". So that entire street is primarily for cyclists, cars may use it but must drive 30km/h at most and yield to all cyclists.
13:25 it's a bit wrong, it is not just a lane for cyclist. Its bicycle street. So the whole street is for cyclist.
When will you do part 4?
6:21 A blue sign ALWAYS has to do with the “highway”.
The Residential Area sign is actually very confusing for many germans. In colloquial terms those signs are "Play streets", which are actually completely different. The latter is completely prohibited for cars to enter. The former allows cars to drive into but only with a top speed of 6--7km'h, which is walking speed.
we noticed Ryan! Hope you ne completely better next few days.
Oh I noticed Ryan too, he was right in front of the camera the whole video over. Good job.
7:23, The translation is bad here too! End of the residential area" would be a yellow sign! This one means "end of the play street"! There are streets in Germany that are designated as "play streets". This means that traffic is not allowed to drive faster, like walking (walking speed) and that you have to watch out for people playing!
Interesting bit of information for you. When you have a "prohibited" sign with a vehicle class (e.g. bicycle) on it, it DOESN'T mean ONLY bicycles prohibited, it means bicycle AND ALL CLASSES ABOVE, so no motorcycle, cars, trucks, etc.
5:35 "I think we've got some kind of pedestrian bridge ..." This sign (without the red stripe) represents an Autobahn, which has as main charactreistic: there are NEVER EVER crossroads. The bridge represents, that crossing traffic is ALWAYS lead over a bridge over your head (or through a tunnel under yor feet), but never, never, never across your driveway (in contrast to "Kraftfahrstrasse", where you might have a (well secured and well preannounced) traffic light once in a while.
Edit: This is Germany only!. In the Netherlands you are facing crossroads with trafficlights on Autobahns quite frequently. The crossing traffic are cargo ships on crossing waterways while the Autobahn bridge is standing upright to let she ships pass. Of course such crossings are also quite well preannounced, so that you do not crash against the upright lifted bridge ;)
6:50 i recently got my drivers license (im german) but i also had to look up the difference between motorway and expressway, i also thought it would be the other way around, i think this test should use the german terms for some things
"Don't ride no bloody expressway with me!" Jake Blues, in that scene where they drive around in big parking lot outside the shopping mall, when they where chased by the police (there is a video clip "Blues Brothers shopping mall")
German version: "Ich hasse Schnellstraßen, Elwood, Ich hab sie schon immer gehasst!" ("I hate expressways, Elwood, I have always hated them!"
The "motorway / autobahn" sign:
There is 2 strech of road next to each, and a crossing bridge for crossing traffic ;) In European road designs, you have to meet requirements to have it count as a road that can be a motorway, with separated traffic, emergency lane, and specified on/offramp lenghts. Many country require fences so the game/deer/etc cannot enter the motorway.
It’s the same in the US, there it would be Motorway/Autobahn = Freeway/Interstate and Expressway = Highway
1:10 Actually the sign reads "ascent of 4 percent", not "ascent of 4 degrees". Well, an ascent of 100 percent would correspond to an angle of ascent of 45 degrees (because the tangent of 45 degrees is 1). The percentage is defined as the difference in altitude in relation to a _horizontal_ distance of 100m. Many people get this wrong and think that the percentage relates to 100m of the road in front of you.
Thus, an ascent of 4 percent equals to an vertical angle of around 2.3 degrees.
Motorway - British English translation for Autobahn; "interstate"
Expressway - translation for Kraftfahrstraße, a motorway-like section of a non-interstate highway
The website is wrong on the Fahrradstraße. It is an entire ROAD where only bikes (and pedestrians) are allowed (and local residents and their deliveries). Not just a bike LANE.
For someone from the US the autobahn seems to be an Expressway, but for a native german it is just a normal Motorway. And yes, we also have some expressway-parts on or "federal street" network.
1:57 "You'll never see this sign in Germany."
*DOCH!!!*
motorway british for autobahn. expressway is german schnellstraße, where pedestrians and cyclists are prohibited and speeds are higher than normal for build-up areas (villages, towns, cities)..
This could be the American flag 😂😂😂
Nice videos. I sent you a link to a real German driving school theory test via your Google form.
2:52 it's not a lane ending because there is only one lane each direction on this road. The sign for lane ending is different.
I think u should've gone through all of them in one sitting and then splitting them up in multiple video. That way the tab would be fresh und fast. But still a great Video. I really like ur interpreations of some of the signs
The motorway is the Autobahn. The expressway is called "Schnellstraße" in German and has yellow signs instead of the blue ones from the Autobahn. Expressways do not necessarily have a speedlimit either. Nobody talks/knows about that though.
You did very, very well. Many germans would not know half of the signs without having several theoretical driving-lessons. To pass the test is quite difficult, because you must not have more than 10 points wrong. There are up to 5 point for one question, depending on the questions you got wrong. I passed my test in 1976 and I'm not shure I would pass it today in fist attempt. it's not just knowing the signs. You have to know lots of right of way-rules and even questions to save the environment. For example: it is not allowed to run your car to warm the engine up. You have to move the car within 90 seconds after starting or you could get a ticket... There are many signs I know how to understand and use but forget the right name...t.b.c. :-)
@15:41: End of the motorway. Yes, it's End of the Autobahn.
This test is even easier than the real one because you can always only select one answer. In the real one it’s multiple choice with 3 questions but it also can be just 1 correct answer 2 or even all 3.
This is starting to develop into a really fun series with lots of running gags if you pay attention ; )
The sign telling you to go straight or turn right mandatory isnt so much about telling you what to do, but more about what you are not allowed to do. it basically says "whatever you do, dont turn left".
13:22 is actually wrong. "Fahrradstraße" means literally "cyclist road". It is not merely a lane for cyclists, but a whole road for cyclists, which means, that cyclists always have priorority in relation to cars and cars need to pay extra attention, that they do not interfere with the cyclists.
The motorway vs. expressway was a mean one. 😕 The Autobahn is the Autobahn and nothing else. 🙂
Well it’s British English - and the concept of the autobahn is a motorway in British English … I’m not surprised an US American struggles with the test in those instances as it is quite common here to use the British terms (it’s also the first type of English I learned in school …)
When I did my licence in 1983 there have been questions who has the right of way after pictures where shown.
end of residential area - i think it lags in translation... word by word translation is a "traffic-calmed area" where you ONLY may drive walking speed (2nd gear not pressing the gas pedal)...
0:40 I'm a coder and Imma try to explain this in two ways, technical and the "teach me like Im 5" way.
you're 5: Imagine that everytime you start your computer, there is a water leak in the basement, the more water you get in your basement, the slower everything runs. But every time you restart your computer all the water in the basement is drained. So if you go a long time without restarting the computer, you get a lot of water in your basement.
Or you could just think of it like, just like a human, it need to rest (restart).
The more correct: What is happening is something called "memory leaks" (most likely), the majority of programs that run on your machine uses memory, basically tells the OS (Windows, MacOS or Linux) "Hey, I want some more memory to use for stuff I wanna do", and the OS is just like, "OK" and give it. The memory leak is when a program asks for more memory without giving it back, so it will take up more and more of your RAM the longer it runs, even if it doesn't actually need more ram. Basically, most programs have microscopic bug that happen all the time, but it's only after a long time you start to notice them/they make a big enough impact.
Hi, How you know its a front screen de-icer rather than rear,
Most front screens are heated by an air flow through a vent (from the bottom), thus the arrows upwards, whilst rear is a heated wire in the glass
The symbol for the rear window de-icing has the same arrows. The difference is that the rear window is rectangular, while the front window has this curved symbol.
Third part Was good.
a motorway doesn't have level crossings, but an expressway does. That's the difference
As a german, i also wouldn't have known wether they translated the Autobahn into "experssway" or "motorway"... their english translations are weird...
Motorway is the British word for Autobahn. The test uses British English vocabulary.
@@ChicaTiquita well not quite. Motorway and expressway are both words also in britsh english, and at least acording to multiple dictionaries are synonyms. But ignoring that, it is a bit stupid to have a vocabulary test for translated technical terms, especially if those concepts do not translate very well.
2:05 youll never see this sign. me, a german, walking past it with my bicycle every day except weekends
The bicycle sign will you see at every Autobahn way to go on it
a blue sign with white in it always means a must or only allowed, very good
Build-up area is indeed quite confusing. The German original (geschlossene Ortschaft) is not much better. Basically, it means "inside a town or village". But it is not put at the actual administrative border of the town (which in most cases would be somewhere in the fields), but were the zones with houses and factories start, the area with buildings, hence "buiild-up area".
It comes with some restrictions. Speed limit is 50 km/h, and you are no longer allowed to use high beams, for instance.
If the roads are not lit and nobody will be blinded, you may use your high beams.
He was like this could be the German flag, but we don’t have that much flags in Germany as they have in America 😂