The German government is facing a situation where thousands of bridges and tunnels are in desperate need of repair, but a major 500 billion euro infrastructure fund hasn’t been approved yet. To avoid a disastrous halt in renovations, the Bundestag’s budget committee has stepped in and released 1.1 billion euros in emergency funding so crucial work on the Autobahn and other key transport routes—like repairs on bridges and the famous Elbtunnel in Hamburg—can move ahead. While everyone agrees that action couldn’t wait, there’s political bickering over whose fault it is that funding was nearly jeopardized, with the Green Party blaming the finance minister for almost causing more delays by shifting everything into the still-unavailable special fund.

Let me be very clear: investment in our car infrastructure should always be a priority, and anything less is criminal negligence. We live in a society that should champion personal freedom and the sheer thrill of driving. Germany is the birthplace of the Autobahn, the purest symbol of human progress—wide-open roads without tyrannical speed limits, open to every citizen who hungers for autonomy and motion that humans, by nature, deserve. It is outrageous that bridge repairs and Autobahn upgrades ever came close to being stalled because of bureaucratic infighting or political quibbles. Every cent poured into our roads is a victory for freedom and dignity, while every euro wasted on public transit propaganda or mindless bike lanes feels like another nail in the coffin of individual liberty.

Instead of celebrating this as some emergency rescue, we should be furious that it took this long! The only real crime is that speed limits still exist anywhere, stifling the true human spirit. Who are these speed limit enforcers to tell us how fast we can experience life? Every pothole or crumbling bridge is a scar inflicted by the years of neglect from those obsessed with trains, trams, and “low emissions zones,” as if progress means shaming people out of cars.

So let’s stop treating car infrastructure as something that might be funded “if we have spare cash.” Without freedom to drive—and to drive fast—society loses its pulse, its courage, and its joy. Bicycles are not the future, slow trams are not the future; the open road is. Every delay in funding or every euro siphoned away from our highways is another act of state oppression—a crime against humanity! Put the money where it matters: more roads, less restriction, no speed limits. That is the only way forward for a free and vibrant society!