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Anyone who has ever been flashed on the Autobahn with a Twingo has made the impossible possible. Because overtaking maneuvers have to be carefully planned (at least that was the case almost 15 years ago) with little speedsters. If you have to cope with climbs, you would be well advised to turn on the indicator straight away and cut in behind a truck. But there are those few spots on German autobahns that are familiar to all those who are not on the move in horsepower. Journeys where the gradient suddenly allows unimagined speeds. 100 km / h, 110 km / h, 140 km / h. Not a single word can then be understood in the interior of an older small car. It rustles. And there is lightning. Damned. Experienced at Elzer Berg on the A3, back then, more than ten years ago. The souvenir photo of the speed frenzy was expensive.Then always slowed down well. Even after the speed monitoring failed for a long time in 2019. From Thursday on, dear drivers, there will be lightning again. The new technical bridge has been put back into operation. FAZ editor Carsten Knop, who is on the road a lot for work, reminds in his comment that such a state-of-the-art speed measurement system is primarily not installed to make life difficult for drivers, but to protect them. He proves that with numbers.reminds in his comment that such a state-of-the-art speed measurement system is primarily not installed to make life difficult for motorists, but to protect it. He proves that with numbers.reminds in his comment that such a state-of-the-art speed measurement system is primarily not installed to make life difficult for motorists, but to protect it. He proves that with numbers.

In the meantime, word of it should have got around. A Hessian wants to become the new chairman of the CDU. Quasi the Laschet from Gießen. Just completely different. Helge Braun has applied for the post of federal chairman. As the first candidate. He is to be nominated by his district association for tomorrow, Friday. Braun wants to explain his reasons for his application to the presidium at a virtual meeting. The election itself will not take place until January. Norbert Röttgen and Friedrich Merz are traded as possible further candidates. Braun's application, writes our author Robert Maus, is perceived in well-informed circles within the CDU as an attempt not to leave Merz to the party leadership without a fight. Why Prime Minister Volker Bouffier should not have been pleased with the way the application was made,In the FAZ or at www.faz.de, you can find out how the chances are for Braun and why the state executive, which also includes members of the state and Bundestag as well as representatives of the Young Union, Women’s Union and Senior Citizens’s Union, will not vote on Friday.

A trial before the local court is eagerly awaited in Pfungstadt. Because in the dock sits Mayor Patrick Koch (SPD). He is accused of betrayal of secrets. The allegations against Koch result from his time as a detective inspector. He had investigated a case that made headlines in 2009 and still makes it into media coverage today. Koch was one of the investigators of a double murder in Babenhausen. At that time, a married couple was murdered and their severely disabled daughter was critically injured. The victim's neighbor, a young family man, was quickly targeted by the police. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in a circumstantial trial. His wife sought a retrial in 2018.According to the indictment, Koch is said to have communicated details of the investigation to the wife's lawyer in an email. The mayor does not deny that he wrote this email. That he did it with “criminal energy”. Negotiations will take place on Wednesday. If convicted, Koch would have to resign.