Safety Training
When I was in Germany, I took part in a driving-safety course at the ADAC Centre in Linthe
The course covered some useful issues such as emergency braking in the dry and the wet, the effect of ABS and ESP and braking on slippery surfaces going downhill and on bends.
This video shows one of the participants trying to avoid jets of water that pop up randomly. You can barely see how the wheels lock up and ABS kicks in to unlock them. Unfortunately for that car, it was on “summer” tyres and wasn’t half as good as cars on the softer winter tyres. Whatever about electronics, the right tyres can make a difference of 40 yards when braking even at a reasonable speed.
One rather unusual thing about the German license too - it never expires! They have a date of birth, a date for when the card was issued and a simple dash for 4b (expiry date).
It also fits nicely into a wallet