Plague Member Donating Members 58 Member For: 19y 5m 18d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 19/06/10 01:26 AM Share Posted 19/06/10 01:26 AM A lot of our roads are rubbish but there are several sections that are as good if not better than some of the roads in Germany that have higher speed limits. One thing Germany has got right is that they set the speed limit for each section of the highway rather than the whole highway as we do. They also keep out of the overtaking lane when not overtaking, I wish that was enforced here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradles024 Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 15y 15d Gender: Male Posted 19/06/10 01:19 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 01:19 PM All the talk seems to be about raising the speed limit, how about the driver education that he is talking about? If something was done about that, it wouldn't be so bad on our roads, even if it was still 100km/h. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 15d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 19/06/10 01:38 PM Author Share Posted 19/06/10 01:38 PM At LAST a post that see's the point of what he was trying to get across... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g6t Silver Donating Members 328 Member For: 14y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: sunshine state Posted 19/06/10 02:15 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 02:15 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic Bionic My engine bay is Bionic Donating Members 3,726 Member For: 18y 8m 10d Gender: Male Location: Freeways Posted 19/06/10 11:16 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 11:16 PM Since he went to Germany for his research, I would guess that he noticed that the 140 and 130 zones that they have on the autobahns flowed well and would be easier for most Australians to transition to.So be it but it would have to be incremental 120, 130, etc.I.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevs Member 781 Member For: 17y 7m 8d Gender: Male Location: balmain Posted 20/06/10 12:25 AM Share Posted 20/06/10 12:25 AM I agree with you so besides speed traps why do we have speed zones in nsw that jump from from 50kph to 100kph cheers trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnodoc It's All In Your Mind Gold Donating Members 2,198 Member For: 21y 1m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 20/06/10 01:38 PM Share Posted 20/06/10 01:38 PM (edited) Because it makes it much easier for them to brand you a HOON and steal your money :o Edited 20/06/10 11:09 PM by RHR No need to quote above post. USE FAST REPLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevs Member 781 Member For: 17y 7m 8d Gender: Male Location: balmain Posted 20/06/10 09:21 PM Share Posted 20/06/10 09:21 PM (edited) it sure does and in my case a few months ago did cheers trev Edited 20/06/10 11:09 PM by RHR No need to quote above post. USE FAST REPLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/06/10 12:02 AM Share Posted 21/06/10 12:02 AM They did a bit of a follow-up last night, like I'd guessed last week the wider media would take the story as raising the speed limit and ignore everything else. What a huge surprise that was....and finished the story with "on our website are the contact details for every road minister in the country, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you" Road Ahead more information - Yahoo!7 TVFederalThe Honourable Anthony Albanese MPMinister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local GovernmentParliament House Contact: PO Box 6022Parliament HouseCanberra ACT 2600Tel: (02) 6277 7680Fax: (02) 6273 4126Location/Postal Address:334A Marrickville RoadMarrickville NSW 2204Tel: (02) 9564 3588Fax: (02) 9564 1734Email: A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.auQueenslandThe Honourable Craig Wallace MPMinister for Main RoadsMinisterial OfficePh: (07) 3896 3691Email: mainroads@ministerial.qld.gov.auAddress: Level 13, Mineral House41 George StreetBrisbane QLD 4001New South WalesThe Honourable David Borger MPMinster for RoadsMinisterial OfficePh: (02) 9228 3555Email: minister@borger.minister.nsw.gov.auAddress: Governor Macquarie TowerLevel 37, 1 Farrer PlaceSydney NSW 2000Victoria The Hon Tim Pallas MPMinister for Roads and PortsMinisterial Office:Ph: (03) 9655 6210Email: roadsandports@doi.vic.gov.auAddress: Level 16, 121 Exhibition StreetMelbourne, Victoria 3000TasmaniaThe Hon Lara Giddings MPMinister for InfrastructurePh: (03) 6233 6752Email: lara.giddings@parliament.tas.gov.auAddress: Executive Building Level 1015 Murray StreetHobart Tasmania 7000South AustraliaThe Hon Jack Snelling MPMinister for Road SafetyPh: (08) 8226 8520Email: minetfe@saugov.sa.gov.auAddress: Level 4 Citi Central11 Waymouth StAdelaide SA 5000Western AustraliaThe Hon Rob Johnson MLAMinister for Road SafetyPh: (08) 9222 9211Email: Minister.Johnson@dpc.wa.gov.auAddress: 20th Floor, Governor Stirling Tower197 St Georges TerracePerth WA 6000Northern TerrritoryThe Hon Gerald McCarthy MLAMinister for TransportPh: (08) 8901 4102Email: minister.gmccarthy@nt.gov.auAddress: GPO Box 3146Darwin NT 0801ACTThe Hon Jon Stanhope MLAChief Minister andMinister for TransportPhone: (02) 6205 0104Email: stanhope@act.gov.auAddress: ACT Legislative AssemblyGPO Box 1020Canberra ACT 2601Get to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAM860 Donating Members 96 Member For: 15y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: Toowoomba Posted 21/06/10 02:34 AM Share Posted 21/06/10 02:34 AM yeah I agree with him completely, seemed to me he had won most the points compared to the other guy. and I know for a fact that driving a tad faster does keep you more focused, with all these 90km zones these days, its painful and fatiguing. I think that's a good plan about offering a rebate on newer cars, however I think they could build on that and offer a higher ammount rebate on an australian built car compared to a foreign one (would help our acconomy I think!).lastly.... test people over the age of 65 - 70 every 2 years on road rules and a practical driving test!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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