Thread: 130km/h speed limits

Originally Posted by solmanic

- mandatory speed limiters for all new cars set to 130km/h. Compulsory installation on older cars at the owner's expense if found speeding excessively.
60 zone, but it at least stops them doing 200 in a 60 zone or anywhere else.

seems silly to do that.

My Audi is limited to 250 klm/h does`nt mean I drive that speed 245 will do Don`t like it bouncing on the limiter

Originally Posted by solmanic

I'll repeat my old soapbox statement - mandatory speed limiters for all new cars set to 130km/h. Compulsory installation on older cars at the owner's expense if found speeding excessively.

And in conjunction, 130km/h limits on suitable stretches of road. It is a speed "limit" after all, not a "target".

Yes, I know this doesn't stop an idiot doing 130 in a 60 zone, but it at least stops them doing 200 in a 60 zone or anywhere else.

That is the single stupidest thing I have ever read, are you the type of imbecile to brake in front of a b-double?
Sometimes you actually need some speed to avoid danger.

Will

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Something like 95% of Australia's population would do most of their driving on multi lane roads. The test which started this thread was about driving sydney-melb.

As for Landrover drivers... Most these days are driving D3s, D4s and Evoques around cities...

I think the percentage would be a little lower than that, particularly since even in cities most drivers do a lot of driving on roads that are not multi-lane, and even if they are, are certainly not candidates for 130 speed limits. I spent several hours driving in the Sydney metropolitan area at the weekend - very little of it was multilane roads, and what was multilane divided roads had a speed limit of 80 or less, with frequent traffic lights, and an actual traffic speed well below the speed limit most of the time (even early Sunday morning!). Even though I agree most Australians live in cities, only a small proportion would do most of their driving on multi-lane divided, limited access roads.

Your comment about Landrover drivers is, I fear, probably right - although possibly not in those models - still a lot of D1/D2 about.

John

I'm against mandating anything except common sense these days.
We all have to accept that an idiot is able to defeat any form of protection or limit anyway.

Originally Posted by MR LR jnr.

That is the single stupidest thing I have ever read

Not a big forum reader then?

How exactly do you put a speed limiter on though?
I'm not attacking the idea, I might disagree with it but I'm not writing it off.
So how?
Electrical?
Mechanical?
Both of those can be altered easily enough, us Land Rover owners know that all too well.
Personally I think it's a tad extreme.
If you drastically changed the way driver education occurs in Australia, as well as trying to improve behind the wheel attitude, it might take a generation or two but it would probably work a lot better than most of the "fix it now" type solutions.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Not a big forum reader then?

Sort of... Haha

I just do a lot of highway driving (for a person who isn't a truckie) and regularly hit 140 in different situations (don't maintain it). So that would be a royal PITA for me, as well as the fact that some cars will only be doing 80 at the top of a hill they hit at 140...

Which IMO is more hazourdous than speeding up to get a run at it.

Mobile chicanes are the worst thing on our roads.

Will