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17-01-2018, 11:10 AM
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Re: How To Avoid Speeding Fines.

The NT has no speed limit on some of its roads in particular the Stuart Hwy from Alice Springs to Darwin (some of it has a limit of 130kph), on the SA section the limit is 110kph.

I was amazed how few people take advantage of the open speed limit. I drove for hours at about 112kph all day on cruise control (best fuel economy at that speed) and was overtaken 5 times 3 of those vehicles were doing only a few kph more than me. The only thing I over took were road trains and trucks (limited to 100kph) and the odd caravan who generally limit themselves to 80/90kph for fuel economy.

In spite of the motoring groups and the occasional speeder clamouring for higher speed limits there doesn't really seem to be much demand for them.
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17-01-2018, 11:23 AM
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Re: How To Avoid Speeding Fines.

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
I don't think there is anything wrong with Motorway speed limits, as Norway points out, there are a lot of drivers unable to cope with reaction times over seventy mile per hour, and there's always one not paying attention....

The speed limits I find inappropriate are the ones that have been reduced to 30mph from 40mph on main roads. Anyone who can't react to an emergency while travelling at 40mph should not be on the road. Drivers should be able to asses the speed required to drive safely through built up areas. I'm not talking about minor roads and roads through housing estates and past schools, just the A class roads through villages and towns (through routes)

Speed limits have been reduced on roads round here following serious accidents, most of these accidents were caused by young drivers exceeding the speed limits by large amounts and losing control, sometimes in vehicles that were uninsured and should not have been on the roads in the first place. These drivers will ignore any speed limit posted, and the safe drivers who will obey the speed limits would not have been involved in accidents in the first place. So we all suffer the lower speed limits but the idiots will ignore the limits as before.

It's not the speed that kills people, It's the inability of the driver to concentrate on the road ahead and drive at a speed suited to the conditions.
There are far too many distractions inside vehicles these days taking away the drivers concentration....
I agree totally OGF.
 
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