It took almost half a century, but police in Lower Saxony finally asked for a 77-year-old driver's papers this week - only to be duped one last time before he takes the rap.
UPDATE: The SPD told a paper on Monday that they will not agree to law reforms that entail "backdoor costs" to German motorists when road tolls come into affect on Autobahns.
Gamification has literally hit the streets in Hildesheim, where pedestrians at a busy crossing on Tuesday passed the time playing a classic arcade game with opponents across the road.
A controlled detonation of a 500-kg bomb from the Second World War left a 20-metre-wide crater in the middle of one of Germany's busiest traffic corridors on Tuesday night.
Germany is being exposed to very high levels of fine dust in the air, the environmental office (UBA) said on Tuesday. In big cities, levels exceed those deemed safe by experts.
A small-town television reporter in eastern Germany became an internet sensation after two cars crashed into each other behind him as he was presenting his debut road safety show.
German motorists are being warned to expect heavy traffic over the festive period as people set off on their winter breaks and go on last-minute shopping sprees.
A German woman who paramedics thought had died in a car crash is being treated in hospital - after a morgue employee noticed she was still breathing hours after the accident.
Some of the best ways to escape speeding fines in Germany include driving a foreign car, living abroad and having an odd address. Figures from Hamburg show foreigners often get away scot free.
German police officers who on Wednesday shot and then drove at a dog running loose on a motorway have become the target of online death threats. “Bruce” the dog, remains at large.
Motorway experts on Thursday warned Germans to drive safely, as sweltering heat has caused roads to buckle up to half a metre into the air - and already resulted in one fatality.
Cyclists who suffer head injuries in a collision but are not wearing helmets are at least partly to blame – even if the crash itself was not their fault, a German court has ruled.
Drivers in the southwestern city of Stuttgart have to contend the worst traffic congestion in Germany and face delays comparable to the clogged streets of Los Angeles, according to a new study.
Winter hit large parts of north western Germany hard on Friday morning, with heavy snowfall which started at sunrise expected to continue throughout the day, causing traffic chaos and creating conditions for an icy weekend.
Drivers in north-western Germany should watch their speed on Wednesday, as two German states and the Netherlands will be launching a joint effort to crack down on speeders.
German police checking a British man’s truck were astounded to see he was driving on tyres bearing the slogan “Made in German Democratic Republic” – the former socialist East which collapsed more than 20 years ago.
Pedestrians in Berlin are having a hard time crossing the road, environmentalists said on Tuesday. Traffic lights often leave only seconds to cross, and pedestrians spend forever waiting for the green light.
Faced with the problem of getting fire rescue trucks into tunnels – and then out again – a German firm has made a special push-me-pull-you vehicle with a cabin at each end.
"Aggressive cyclists" have come under fire from Germany's Transport Minister, who called Tuesday for a tougher course of action against bad behaviour on the roads.
Far from effortlessly zooming down Autobahns at limitless speeds, German drivers are increasingly sitting in traffic– with nearly half a million kilometres of jams recorded this year.
Drivers preparing to travel during the Easter break are being warned that German roads are likely to be choked with traffic over the next few days, while increased petrol prices could add to their misery.
<b>The long wait at the many unnecessary traffic lights in Germany may soon be over. Communities nationwide are exploring the use of alternative traffic control systems, such as roundabouts and zebra stripes, to resolve the traffic light's growing issues of expense and safety.</b>
