Hoon caught doing 170 in 100 zone.

**Sprint** · 9th January 2009, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Nothing to do with "afford" - if you are not in a hurry why waste fuel? Particularly if you are looking at the countryside, perhaps reminiscing about how much it has/has not changed in the last fifty years. And in any case many people of all ages do things they can't afford, scraping pennies to manage it.

1: regardless of wether you're in a hurry or not, its common courtesy to travel at the posted speed limit, anyone who wants to speed, its thier problem, they want to break the law, they can overtake you, just because you're not in a hurry is no reason to get in the way of other law abiding road users

2:if you are so serious about seeing the countryside, pull over from your dawdling and admire the countryside, it'll give the dozen cars and trucks that have been jammed behind you for the past half hour to get past and get on with thier day

**scarry** · 9th January 2009, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Fusion

R.I.P Brocky . Also my hero

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x2

**abaddonxi** · 9th January 2009, 10:23 PM

And what do the P platers do when limited to 90Kmh?

Single lane road, of course, 100 or 110 limit.

Should they pull over onto the shoulder for every other vehicle?

Simon

**Slunnie** · 9th January 2009, 10:29 PM

A P plater isn't smelling the roses as he drives.

Tombie · 9th January 2009, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

And what do the P platers do when limited to 90Kmh?

Single lane road, of course, 100 or 110 limit.

Should they pull over onto the shoulder for every other vehicle?

Simon

YES... YES... YES... Where safe to do so, OR more so, when there are no safe overtaking points for the trailing vehicles...

Not that you can catch up to most P platers

**abaddonxi** · 9th January 2009, 10:55 PM

I do remember a sign somewhere about not bringing bicycles or horse drawn carts onto the highway.

Simon

**CraigE** · 9th January 2009, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by 81stubee

I don't think any of us are asking to go flat knacker in an SS, most of us just want to use our own brain and drive at a safe and comfortable speed. If you can only do 110kmh in your 110 then so be it, just keep to the BL#$DY left. My EL Fairmont was quite capable of sitting on 125kmh with the cruise on, and actually returned better fuel economy.

I just want to use my own judgement to drive safely and not worry every five minutes about being treated like a criminal for doing 5kmh over the posted limit.

What was wrong with the 10% rule anyway

Stu

Yeah. sorry dipstick but we have a 5.7 Statesman and an SS Torana that are quite capable of sitting on 180kmph all day every day and capable of much more but I dont, because if I hit other road users doing the speed limit I am wrong morally and legally. Plus road bikes capable of much more. 5kmph over the speed limit is one thing but 40 or 50 is a completely different kettle of fish and yes I have done much more than that but not in general traffic. Not too many coppers I know would book you for 5kmph over the limit. The trouble is all you clowns think you are indestructable. Come to a couple of MVA's with me and see the result of a speed hero that has lived and taken a fanily out. "But officer I am a good driver" BS absolute BS. Speed limits are in place because the average driver is not capable of making safe judgements regarding speed. 110kmph is too much for some people. Often it is all over in a millisecond. Try and explain it to the family of the person you hit because I can handle a car at 150 and the idiot in front of me with his wife and kids was driving at 110kmph. It was his fault not mine because I can drive and he can not.
And your statement on fuel economy is absolute crap. It is impossible to return better fuel consumption with cruise on at 125 than with cruise on at 110. RPM is the factor.

And yes I know speed as I have been 300kmph on a Hayabusa and often 250-270 on other bikes, plus over 220-250 in many cars, but in a sensible place. And my Fender will do 150kmph, but why would I want too?
110kmph is a fair speed for our roads, 120kmph would be good but it is not so just accept it and move on.

**CraigE** · 9th January 2009, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

I do remember a sign somewhere about not bringing bicycles or horse drawn carts onto the highway.

Simon

On most freewat entry signs.

**CraigE** · 9th January 2009, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Nothing like a topic like this to fire the board up hey!!!

But excessive speed isnt the only problem...

Excessive slowness is also a major danger......

Nothing like cruising around a curve at 115km/h only to be confronted by a geriatric old fart towing a caravan at 80km/h on Highway 1

Yep fully agree, many accidents where I lived cars doing 110-120 hitting a trailer of a truck doing 50kmph up a hill after a bend.

**JDNSW** · 10th January 2009, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by CraigE

On most freewat entry signs.

Exactly. And freeways represent a tiny proportion of the highways in Australia with speed limits of 100+.

There is no requirement in any road rules to travel at the posted speed limit - it is just that, a limit, not a minimum. It may be courteous to travel at or close to it, but it is not a legal requirement, and there is no requirement that all vehicles should be capable of travelling at that speed limit.

John

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