Thread: 130km/h speed limits

Originally Posted by one_iota

Of course we live in nanny state the road death statistics prove it:

List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They need to start measuring stress and include that...

The state of a lot of the roads particularly in Qld leave a lot to be desired,most of them were designed in the pre WW11 era or just after when the average vehicle's cruising speed was 50 mph (80kph)

Try to drive from Brisbane to Biloela and get and stay on 100kph in comfort and safety.

People would not sit in the fast lane if the cops booked them for it as they do in Europe.

The fastrest lane on the M1(exF3) is often the left lane. I find it bizarre to often overtake in the left lane when the middle and right lanes are chock full of numpties doing 107Kmh, probably with their nanny state speedos reading 112Kmh.

Regards Philip A

I don't rely on the speedo only now, both cars have a GPS, I use that as the RRC speedo reads 100kph when GPS reads 107kph and the D1 speedo reads 5kph high at 100kph

I'd love to be able to do 130km/h legally.
But until we get much better roads (at least in my area) and the average Aussie driver learns the concept of lane discipline, I'm happy to stick to 100.

Insisting that it is safe for one driver to sit on 130 when the limit is 100 or 110 reminds me of the story that Ireland is going to trial having all cars drive on the right hand side of the road for a week. If the trial is a success then the following week, all trucks and buses will also drive on the right.

There is nothing much wrong with 130 if the roads are suitable for that speed and if that is the speed that drivers expect others to be doing. In the same way that if there was a blanket limit of 50, there would likely be a few incidents caused by someone decided that 100 was perfectly safe.

While we all know that you should drive defensively, expect the unexpected, use your mirrors and probably assume that everyone else on the road is out to kill you, the fact remains that someone driving significantly over the limit has the potential to cause incidents.

I have less of a problem with everyone doing 130 in the fast lane than with one driver deciding to unilaterally demonstrate that 130 is afe.

A few years back the media had an article on 130 kph being trialled on a section of the Brand Highway north of Perth. Nothing ever seemed to come of it. I guess the concept was too scary to some of the bureaucrats.
Australia is very backward in this regard.
The modern vehicle is more than capable of being driven safely at higher speeds on most of the arterial country roads like the Brand.

The figures for the total number killed worldwide are huge, immagine what the number injured must be.....HUGE!
In my job i reguarly drive over the speed limit in an emergency vehicle that has all kinds of visible and audible warning devices on it and so many motorists still do not see it approching from behind them.
So many drivers just do not look in their rear vision mirrors often enough!
Professional drivers like truckies are usualy sharpest when it comes to checking mirrors.

Cheers, Mick.