Thread: "Demerit" Points.

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

I don't know what you are all worried about. If the Government want to tax you there are myriad ways to do it. A long long time ago there was such a thing as the a Window Tax where they taxed you on the size of your windows. They could tax you on distance traveled or double the GST on hire of AVs. One thing is certain, the Government will not go without.

Of course the government would have less need to tax us if we all stopped expecting the government to give us things like an education system, health services, police forces, defence forces, transport infrastructure and all those other things.

So it is really our fault.

Originally Posted by Wraithe

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There was one up near Wongan Hills, that said 90, trouble was, at 90 my 4wd ended up on its side after going over several times... Now its an 80 sign, bit late for the others that died on that corner, considering they had done plenty of work on that corner over the years but never pulled the limit down when they added a reverse camber into the corner..
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Was it 90 or was it 95? Every advisory sign I have seen ( bar one) ends with a 5 rather than a 0. I assume that helps distinguish them from speed limit signs.
There used to be one on a corner on the Clyde Mountain that showed 80, but it was changed a few years ago to 85.

Pic of my favourite speed sign (only one I've ever seen). Can't remember where it is, somewhere in NSW on the back roads between the Oxley Hwy and Qld border. Came across it on a ride and we had to take advantage of it given it was a perfect day with no traffic.

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Pic of somewhere not far from it:
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