Germany: 'Tailgater' jail sentence overturned

A German court today lifted the jail sentence of a former DaimlerChrysler engineer convicted of causing the death of a woman and her daughter with his high-speed tailgating, ruling that “he is no Rambo of the road” and deserves only probation.

The appeals verdict re-ignited an intense debate about driving habits in Germany, the only European nation with no general speed limit on superhighways.