Autobahnpolizei
Sign in to savethumb| car (Lower Saxony) thumb| in 1959, standing beside their Porsche 356 police cars '''' is the term in Germany for the highway patrol. Heavy traffic and high-speed accidents resulted in the creation of special police units to patrol the expressways known as Autobahnen''.
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thumb| car (Lower Saxony) thumb| in 1959, standing beside their Porsche 356 police cars '''' is the term in Germany for the highway patrol. Heavy traffic and high-speed accidents resulted in the creation of special police units to patrol the expressways known as Autobahnen.
==Organisation== Although the autobahns are federal roads, the are always part of the state police (Landespolizei in Germany). In Switzerland, the state police (Kantonspolizei) is responsible for highway patrols as well.
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