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Traveling by car: unthinkable without the motorway. A wide strip of asphalt on which we can make rapid progress. For the motorway system to work, there is more to it than just having a full tank, getting coffee and rolls on the way, or getting electricity for your new electric car. Motorway maintenance departments ensure that there are signs, clean rest areas, safe roads, and that truck drivers find a place to rest after a long day on the road. The ACE rest area testers, for example, regularly inspect the condition of motorway parking areas and award points for order and cleanliness. Newly built motorways cut up habitats. That is why foresters ensure that wild animals can still cross the motorway. Wild bridges are built on the animals' old migration routes. These ensure genetic mixing despite the motorway. And if we break down, regardless of whether we have run out of gas or the engine has broken down, mobile helpers rescue us from the hard shoulder. More information: https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendunge... You can find more documentaries in the ARD Mediathek: https://www.ardmediathek.de/dokus First broadcast: April 19, 2023 Reupload: April 26, 2023 #ndr #doku #autobahn