An EU official called on Germany to impose speed limits on its autobahns to fight global warming, drawing angry responses yesterday in a country that cherishes what it calls "free driving for free citizens."Ahh, the global warming excuse again. We must be herded by the state to prevent global warming. We must drive the right cars, use the right light bulbs and drive the right speed for the sake of a theory questioned by many scientists.
But fortunately for the German spirit of farfegnugen some Germans are standing up to the EU's speed police.
The German Association of the Automotive Industry, which represents an industry that includes such famous names as Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche and DaimlerChrysler, said Germany needed "no coaching" from Brussels on how to protect the climate -- "above all when the proposals are only symbolic."
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