TL;DR: “sorry, you are right, I over-simplified”and “don’t be a dick on the Autobahn”

Ok, you are technically correct, which is - as we all know - the best version of correct. 😎

I admit to gross over-simplification on my part. This is the internet after all.

My point was to not underestimate the weight of the advisory speed limit. Living over here at a stretch of Autobahn with no posted speed limit I have seen my fair share of reckless speeding and felt compelled to make a point as the image projected by many ‘influencers’ is that anything goes on the Autobahn.

Some more details for the three people still reading this:

Courts over here in good ol’ Germany are pretty clear that paragraph 1 of the German highway code lays out the guiding principle of traffic and has to be followed at all times:

[…]

1. Participation in road traffic requires constant caution and mutual consideration. (2) Anyone taking part in traffic must behave in such a way that no one else is harmed, endangered or hindered or inconvenienced more than is unavoidable under the circumstances. […] (Translated by myself using deepl.com)

To the advisory speed of 130 km/h:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_speed_limit

[…]While travelling above the advisory speed limit is not illegal per se, it may be negligence per se and liability for any collisions that occur as a result of traveling above the limit can be placed partially or entirely on the person exceeding the advisory speed limit.[…]