yeah Mickmick_dundee wrote:I recently got pinged on the western rign road for 10k over, yeah my own stupid fault but at 2am with no traffic on the road and no houses within 2k of that road, seriously what fucking difference do I make being 10k over?? Road is clear, basically flat and straight and in good nick, no reason it can't handle more than 100k...
...cept the idiots at Pricktoads think otherwise
We have in this nanny state a most unfortunate mindset at our ruling roads board.. which has also influenced
our Police traffic Management senior supers and Ass Commissioner
They set overall policy..like 50kmh in resi street and no-one argues with that
but
will not (despite council community and other interested bodies) say we should set 40kmh in certain
areas...like strip shopping centres or around schools.. The councils who MAY have jurisdiction over some
of the side streets around schools have to power to set 40..so they do
Pricktoads also argues that ALL the speed limits are set correctly...which is BOLLOCKS
and its this that frustrates road users.....
2 glaring examples...
ride into Warburton and there are more than 30 changes in speed limits in 5 kms...
on the same 2 lane piece of road
but the worst one is Geelong Rd!!
why?
WE (yeah you and I) paid billions for a world class piece of road..built to the highest standard
one far above the Hume or Princes Freeway (which were built to allow 130km speeds)
and guess what?
Vicroads sets the speed limit at 100 ...on the basis that HIGHER SPEEDS ARE UNSAFE
and also guess what?
Geelong Road is one of the highest revenue raisers under the greed camera scheme
I wonder why...
The overall problem is that a lot of speed limits are unrealistic..too high (try 100 up the Mt Buller rd
)or too low or too inconsistent
and the final insult.....?
The guvmint has had the nerve to tell carmakers to make safer cars
The Car makers should tell the guvmint to stick it up ya arse
cheers
Smitty
