Driving on Berlin highways A 100 and A 115

Settings:
1. In-camera image stabilization turned off, at least regarding my camcorder HV20: it shows "nystagmus" during driving.
2. Camera mounted on a Glidecam 2000.
3. Exposure lock with an emphasis on protecting highlights. Shadows and midtones may be lifted during postprocessing.
4. Tv mode with a shutter speed of 1/500 s.
5. Possibly slight reduction of green during postprocessing due to windshield tint.
6. Software image stabilization in Magix Video deluxe.

Music: Fall to Pieces (Van Gelderen Remix) by DJ Spoke, via YouTube AudioSwap.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Berlin
• highway
• A 100
• A 115
• ICC
• Autobahn
• Bundesautobahn
• AVUS
• Autobahndreieck Funkturm
• Charlottenburg
• Kaiserdamm
• Stadtautobahn
• Stadtring
• Verkehrsdichte
• Spandauer Damm
• Seestraße
• Seestrasse
• driving

[airtouch01]

Nice video

But why are the average cars in Berlin slightly older then the cars in Frankfurt..?

[iotatau]

Good observation, and you are right. Compared to other German cities - especially in South Germany - Berlin is poorer. Unemployment is about 15%. To make the best of it the current mayor called Berlin 'poor but sexy'...

[meesternadim]

Is this during rushhour?

[iotatau]

The clip wasn't taken during rush hour, I'd say the traffic density is about average. The route covers the highway section of Germany with the highest traffic density, nearly 200,000 vehicles per day on average, one of the reasons why I recorded the clip. During rush hour there are often jams.

[ronal144]

:) good!  5 star:D

[iotatau]

Thanks for the comments, ronal144.

[EdM021]

@Jamari17 Here's an example. Very narrow travel lanes on a city interstate in Brooklyn, NY and the Brookyn Bridge.

watch?v=D9aORqMr88I&NR=1&featu­re=fvwp

[ElvisKeAm]

wow the cars in germany are great , in my country (Albania) most used cars are Mercedes W123 , W201 , W124 also Wolksvagen Golf 1 , 2 , dont say shit i saw a E-classe taxi there

[EdM021]

@Jamari17 Sometimes they are. Here in the US the individual travel lanes can be as narrow as 10 feet (3.0 m)! And the video of your stadtautobahn shows travel lanes of fairly normal width (11 to 12 ft) (3.3 - 3.6 m) except for that chokedown in the construction zone at the Spandauer Damm. BTW we have those, too.

[Jamari17]

@EdM021 yeah but i doubt that the lanes are that small like there are here in berlin ;) and with "tourists" I don't mean like tourists from foreign countries, I mean german tourists who wanna drive in berlin ;)

[EdM021]

@Jamari17 In Boston we used to have a "stadtautobahn" called the Central Artery which has since been torn down and replaced with an undergound freeway (true autobahn). But there are still a lot of highways in the eastern US that are still like the former road in Boston.

[nevmx]

I want to live in Germany.

[airtouch01]

@iotatau Yeah you can tell.. Bcoz the cars are shit and dirty

[Jamari17]

@pi314159t thats why tourists shouldn't drive in berlin :P it is called "Stadtautobahn" (city-autobahn) so if you don't know how big your car is you shouldn't drive in berlin ;)

[pi314159t]

How can this road call itself an Autobahn? Lanes are too narrow, the curve radius is too low, partially no guard rails, acceleration and deceleration are lanes way too short, some signs look like 1989... and lets not talk about the surface condition.......

Great upload though, 5 stars!

[marvinishak]

Cool music..

Poor but sexy yehh I remember reading that somewhere..

But I never understood why anyone would rather live in Berlin than Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt other then slightly lower cost of living..

And to airtouch01 ; your absoluteley right about that the cars in Berlin are much older then those of Frankfurt..

15% umemoyment is in the worst suburbs of Berlin I.e. Neukölln I.e Turks