The longer you look, the worse it gets. 3 stripes between 0-20, 20-40. But then 60-80 gets only 2. And after 140 km/h? Instantly jumps to 260 km/h. Which actually isn’t that bad of an idea… anything over 140 is too fast anyway unless you are in the right parts of Germany.

It’s not just the stopped cars that might be on the shoulder / emergency lane, but it’s also that there might be more loose stones there and in winter snow and ice. The middle of the road is then safer.