Hoon caught doing 170 in 100 zone.

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Originally Posted by 911Racer

An "international race license" Licenses you to drive on a race track where you can do whatever speed is "appropriate". It does not give you the right to do any speed you feel like on a public road, just a a gun license does not give you the right to shoot tin cans in you front yard because you "think" it is safe.

Bottom line, on the road, the variables at play are not just your ability, they also include the actions of pedestrians, the pot hole that was not on the road last week, the neigbours dog that just ran out in front of you etc etc and this is largley an issue because a public road is not in the sense of the word a controlled envioronment. A race track is to a much greater degree controlled as it removes a lot of these variable.

Don't get me wrong, I am no saint and I agree that a good many speed limits are too low, but it is a fact of life and largly because of the idiots who are in fact unsafe at any speed.

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I agree totally, but by the same token you cant say that driving above the speed limit is dangerous all the time... an empty motorway at night on a dry evening for example....

I almost managed to avoid this thread as I knew it would go downhill!! :)

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Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Didnt say that atall.... I just stated that driving above the posted speed limit is not necessarily dangerous.....

160... I drive a diesel defender!!! :o

Rgds
Pete.

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And for the record, i don't disagree with you. i am saying that the vast majority have no idea and the rules are set to the lowest common denominator because as far as common sense go's it is apparent more and more to me that too many just don't have enough.

totally agree... to add to this, Australia has (well Qld at least) the worst driving standards of any country I have ever been too!

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Originally Posted by Psimpson7

totally agree... to add to this, Australia has (well Qld at least) the worst driving standards of any country I have ever been too!

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And the gold coast is the worst place to be a motorist in QLD

You would seem to be correct!!:)

I'll throw a spanner in the works . I have ridden a Gsxr 1000 on an open road and have had it wound out to 290kph in a 100kph zone . OH NO I'M A BAD BOY !

You're a bad man Mick!:p

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Originally Posted by Psimpson7

Didnt say that atall.... I just stated that driving above the posted speed limit is not necessarily dangerous.....

160... I drive a diesel defender!!! :o

Rgds
Pete.

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Sorry if that sounded a bit personal but the fact is that driving above the speed limit for some drivers and some cars is dangerous and the cops cant go around filtering out who can and who cant speed. I spend all day on the roads and think that the current speed limits are quite ok for everyone to get around safely.
Just remember that travelling at 120kph in a 100kph zone is an extra 20% above the speed limit and so therefore would take you an extra 20% of time to stop in an emergency, that could be the difference between life and death.

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Originally Posted by Fusion

I'll throw a spanner in the works . I have ridden a Gsxr 1000 on an open road and have had it wound out to 290kph in a 100kph zone . OH NO I'M A BAD BOY !

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Did it make you feel more of a man? ;)

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Originally Posted by jbarracl

Sorry if that sounded a bit personal but the fact is that driving above the speed limit for some drivers and some cars is dangerous and the cops cant go around filtering out who can and who cant speed. I spend all day on the roads and think that the current speed limits are quite ok for everyone to get around safely.
Just remember that travelling at 120kph in a 100kph zone is an extra 20% above the speed limit and so therefore would take you an extra 20% of time to stop in an emergency, that could be the difference between life and death.

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No worries.

Rgds
Pete