Thread: Do gooders MADNESS!

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

<snip>

Once you sign up to the "speed kills" brainwash school it's impossible to debate that slower isn't safer and this is the kind of rubbish you end up with.

All objective research shows that it's differences in speeds between road users that kill, not absolute speed. Ie if everyone is travelling at 80 in a 100 zone, then that is the safest speed. Same if they are doing 120 in the 100 zone... 120 is the safest speed.

<snip>

Not if you're a tree, or a telegraph pole.

Originally Posted by ScottW

My car stays at home. I'm still paying rego and taxes so why aren't I entitled to use the nice black strip the local gov and council has layed down. Actually, I'm paying 2 rego's at the moment, so I'm even more entitled than most.

using that logic, you could argue that you only need to pay rego on one vehicle, because you only use one vehicle at a time......

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Not if you're a tree, or a telegraph pole.

Oh well .... let's all go back to walking then

Originally Posted by ScottW
My car stays at home. I'm still paying rego and taxes so why aren't I entitled to use the nice black strip the local gov and council has layed down. Actually, I'm paying 2 rego's at the moment, so I'm even more entitled than most.

Originally Posted by Sprint

using that logic, you could argue that you only need to pay rego on one vehicle, because you only use one vehicle at a time......

I was paying 5 till someone nicked one of my cars, now I pay 4, does that qualify me for KING OF THE ROAD
30km or 40 km ph....people will still step out in front of you.
Some drvers will still speed.

Originally Posted by stooge

Funny thing is Matt, the cyclist at work told me that here in Tassie anyway a cyclist maybe booked for going the wrong way on a one way street or even for speeding!!!

Yeah, the rules apply equally, just not the practicality.

Matt

Originally Posted by Tank

My son was booked for 62klm/h in a 60klm/h zone in the ACT last year by a speed camera, Regards Frank.

That's why speed camera's are a joke. At least a Police officer has their own tolerance and discretion....which is why that wouldn't happen with people enforcing speed limits.

But I agree that (62/60) is ridiculous...$$$$$$$$$

Matt

I wouldn't have a problem with lowering the speed limit from 50km/h to 40km/h or even 30km/h in suburban streets.

Kids and animals are unpredictable. Half the time I only tootle around the back streets of town at 40km/h anyway, too many kids, too many elderly that can't hear/aren't aware, horses (being ridden) not to mention dogs, etc.

I'd rather get to the next job 30 seconds later than wear Mrs Jones little Johnny on my bullbar or have Sue's Grandma as a new bonnet mascot.

There is a 50km/h limit down the main street in town here too, unfortunately hardly anyone goes at that speed as it also happens to be the New England Highway.
I've seen far too many near misses as elderly residents try and cross the road to go to the supermarket and nearly be cleaned up by a B-Double that is doing 70km/h that just can't stop.
Of course the RTA wouldn't install the speed camera where the shops and pedestrian crossing was, they installed it at the base of the range 1.5 kays away where the speed drops from 100 to 50 and they could generate the most revenue.
This was after repeated attempts by council and various community groups for the camera to be sited where it would do the most good.

The elderly and kids have much worse awareness or ability to judge the closing speed or distance away of a vehicle, hell, most elderly people are deaf as door posts anyway. How big a deal is it to go a little slower ?

On the open highway raise the limit to 120km/h IMO, 100km/h is nanny state stuff, but around town, yeah, I reckon a lower limit (if people obeyed) would be better.

flame away

Rick, your point is valid if:
a) the authorities can enforce the law
b) If the drivers are responsable enough to obey the rules
c) The idiots which are not intelligent enough to see the danger of driving fast in this areas will still be driving at speed that are not safe enough for the road conditions. They shoul drive slow in this areas regardess the law or speed limits imposed.