Thread: Let's change the way we look at speed.

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

In Balmain/Rozelle, East of Victoria Rd the speed limit is 40. West of Victoria Rd where the conditions are identical, The limit is 50. Why? In Stanmore where the conditions are worse and most drivers travel at around 45, the limit in some Streets is 60. WHY?

Speed limit matches suburb IQ?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I'm not trying to condone exceeding the limit. I take umbrage at governments, of all persuasion, taking me for a fool, expecting me to believe their lies about enforcement being for safety. Be honest, it's pure revenue raising.
The highest speed recorded, over the holiday, was a tad under 200 kph in a 110 zone. That driver will be deservedly on shank's pony for a while.
As a motorcyclist and driver of a heavy vehicle I face various challenges in traffic, I should be able to assume that traffic is travelling within a few kilometres an hour, of the limit.
For this reason I personally endeavour to comply with speed limits, but with all the things that require attention whilst driving, it is easy to inadvertently exceed the limit by 10%, a margin that is not unreasonable.
There are many more behaviours on the road that are far more dangerous than minor speeding offences, but probably no where near as lucrative.

100% agreement from me.
Of course there's a large component of revenue raising involved, particularly with speed cameras.
State Govts quack about the number of people caught in speed cameras, radar etc, blah, blah, blah, BUT if they revealed how many were under 5k
s over, & many are, the numbers would be dramatically reduced.
So, doing 105 in a 100 zone is dangerous, worthy of a $176 fine,..yeah right.
If ya're on a main road, & you need to overtake a semi doing say 90/95ks, it's pretty hard to overtake "properly" without going over 100KPH, and people get booked for this. I could go on.
Pickles.