Berlin, October 24.10.2022, 8, 15:XNUMX a.m – For the 3rd week in a row, people of the last generation are interrupting traffic on Berlin's main arteries and motorways this morning (three gantries and several road blockades). They are demanding that the federal government put an end to the speeding on German motorways. On Saturday, Mr. Wissing's pictures of the Ministry of Transport with five hundred “Tempo 100” signs were very popular on social media; The signs had been delivered there by people of the last generation.
- The The majority of Germans are in favor of a speed limit on the highways
- Even the Bundestag factions of the SPD and the Greens, who rejected a corresponding request from the Left last week, are actually in favor of the speed limit and “could not agree [only] because they could not have agreed on a speed limit with the FDP in the coalition agreement”.
- The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) judges clearly: A speed limit would help mitigate the deadly course of the climate catastrophe – UBA boss Dirk Messner: “[In the transport sector] Every opportunity must be used, especially if it can be implemented almost free of charge and immediately. "
- In addition, a speed limit is improved completely free of charge traffic safety, air quality and noise pollution.
- Even the conservative ADAC gave up its resistance to a speed limit a long time ago; In an internal opinion poll, 50% were in favor of a speed limit.
For these reasons, civil society recently launched the “Speed ​​limit now” was founded, which has cross-party support from transport and environmental experts.
“It is clear: the fact that the speed limit has not long been decided is pure lobbying and clientel politics. That has nothing to do with real democracy. At this historic moment, when we can still avert apocalyptic numbers of heat deaths, flood victims and famine, we need a government that shows now that things can be better. Who stands up for common sense and decides what the majority of Germans are demanding, as are experts and the Federal Environment Agency: the speed limit.” – like that Aimee van Baalen, speaker of the Last Generation.
And Simon Lachner, environmental engineer from Munich: “How many weeks does it take to reach 100 km/h? Mr. Wissing received the signs. People die on Germany's highways every day. The other countries laugh at us because we can’t manage even such a simple measure.”
The question for the Climate Chancellor remains: How many weeks will it take to reach 100 km/h, Mr. Scholz?
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