Thread: Does anyone ever obey the speed limit

G'day Rovercare

Yup! I sure have been in a table drain fairly recently too,I put my restored Series 3 Lightweight into one about 400 metres from home one evening after the bonnet came up, blocked my vision, I pulled left as there was traffic following,down the table drain at 70kph(80 limit) stood it on it's nose and over onto it's back, I crawled out the rear through the remains of the canopy and hood bows

I will rebuild it in the New Year

In the suburbs, I try to stay at or below the speed limit, especially around schools. One of my local streets carries a lot of traffic and often has HWP on it. I never speed on it but many do.

On the open road, I'm usually at the limit (by the GPS). We've had three Subaru Foresters and their speedos indicate 118 at 110. I suspect most other cars are the same and that's why so many drive below the limit.

Add in a few Victorians who think NSW has the same 2km/h tolerance and therefore travel even slower......

My P38A's speedo (when using road tyres), is spot on compared with the GPS. However, with my larger off-road tyres, I have to remember the speedo reads slow - not good.

Re stop signs, there is a stop sign from the street my local shopping centre to the Gt Western Hwy and it is mostly ignored by drivers who are turning left. When I say mostly, I would suggest over 80% of cars do not stop, nor really slow down as they go left.

I once mentioned this to a HWP copper who was working RBT nearby but he was packing up so he wasn't interested. I even sent a letter to the Penrith LAC and mentioned it on the Penrith LAC Facebook page but no policing of the intersection has ever been seen.

I wrote to the RTA and suggested changing the sign to a Give Way sign since almost no one stopped. They disagreed as the sign protected a six lane road.

How many are going to accept drivers going above the posted limit on the street where they live ? So why then is it ok else where ?
The suburban street I live on is a race track. There are skid marks where the end of the road has appeared a bit sooner than expected . Not to bad where kids play , and all sorts use the road as a defeacto footpath.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Hahaha... I was dumbfounded on many of my trips to QLD that when it rained everyone pulled over! ) especially up Noosa way...

I can't work out why they do that either,sure slow down if you want,but why pull over.

Maybe our vehicles are the only one's around that are capable enough to drive in heavy rain.

Anyway,i recon it is great they do it,leaves the road less congested,so i can speed up and get on my way.

Not much chance of getting pulled over either,as they don't like standing and writing tickets in the rain.

Have had the experience in the past when driving during a hailstorm of drivers stopping under an overpass. They don't pull off the road, they just stop and create a traffic jam.

Originally Posted by Debacle

They don't pull off the road, they just stop and create a traffic jam.

Originally Posted by Debacle

Have had the experience in the past when driving during a hailstorm of drivers stopping under an overpass. They don't pull off the road, they just stop and create a traffic jam.

Yep, I once saw it here on the M4 Motorway. It was amazing no one crashed into them because many drivers didn't slow down in the hailstorm.

Maybe amusingly I have to admit that as a young shaver I sped as much as I could. Even in the old series 3 or 300tdi. Admittedly that may have been helped with the big hills we had

But jokes aside beside the farm Utes my early cars were a great Sprite and 3.5 Rover P6.

Have to admit that I loved how I could put the foot down and pass almost anyone in the old Rover.