PEOPLE AND DRIVING - Five Highways, No Limits

By Lisa Kuok | Motor Trader Malaysia – Tue, Apr 15, 2014

Federally no speed limit but look out for areas where local authorities have imposed limits 

due to localised conditions

Ever dreamt of pushing your limits? Going as fast as you and your car can handle without a care in the world about speeding tickets? If you drive on one of these five motorways, you could just have that freedom.

Autobahnen, Germany

Best known of all these motorways for the speediness of the cars on it, it's not strictly true that there is no speed limit on the 12,845 km of German autobahnen. While there is no federal speed limit, there is a recommended speed limit of 130 km/h which is not enforced if drivers exceed this. Within each German state though, there are are stretches which have limits, some temporary: accident-prone areas, sections under repair or construction; or when there is bad weather. Where there are limits, these are posted and enforced by local authorities.

Northern Territory Highways, Australia

In the middle of nowhere, there's supposed to be an 130km speed limit but with no one out there to enforce it, it's virtually limitless. Keep an eye out for kangaroos and other wildlife as your car will come off worst in an encounter. Just as there is no one to enforce speed limits, the availability of help is also limited in an emergency.
Note: make sure you observe the speed restrictions once back in civilisation because Australia is one of the toughest and rigorous countries when it comes to traffic enforcement.

The Isle of Man

A small self-governing British Crown dependency off the coast of Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man guards its lack of speed limits outside of urban limits fiercely. Though there is no national speed limit, there are laws against careless and dangerous driving.

India

There are no speed limits on the highways in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Caution should be exercised though before flooring the pedal. An accident in 2012 resulted in the deaths of 26 people and several more injured when a fast moving car caught up more rapidly with the rear of a slow moving bus sooner than the driver had anticipated.

The United Arab Emirates

Technically there is a speed limit of 121km/h but the traffic police don't pull drivers over unless they exceed 140km/h. But, if you're thinking you can just hightail it out into the big wide desert to lose the coppers, think again. The United Arab Emirates police forces have some of the fastest cars in the world including the Nissan GT-R, Mercedes-Benz SLS, a Bugatti Veyron, an Aston Martin One-77, Lamborghini Aventador and Ferrari FF .