On May 11, 7:25 pm, Alan K. <N...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 18:53:05 +1000, "Just JT" <JohnnyT...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
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> >"Alan K." <N...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >>>GovCo.should.do.what.is.right.not.what.is.popular.
>
> >> Yeah.when.you.find.an.example.of.them.doing.that.let.us.know.
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Speed laws are right and justified.
> >To.save.lives.and.limbs.
>
>
Only.if.you.believe.that.the.magic.number.inside.the.red.circle.is.the.One.True.Safe.Speed.carved.into.stone.and.handed.to.Moses.by.God.
>
> However those of us who live in a more tangible world are aware of how
> absurdly inconsistent (and usually unnecessarily low) the limits are
> on many roads.
>
> In the last 20 years I can think of ONE instance where I've seen a
> questionably high speed limit. Conversely I see instances every day
> where the limits are stupidly low, especially 50 zones along main
> thoroughfares when almost identical roads in other areas can be 60 or
> 70.
>
> There's one road coming off the F6 back into Sydney where it drops
> from 100 to 50. On a multi-lane, dual carrigeway FFS.
It should be possible to be plonked onto any road in the country and
be able to tell what the speed limit is by looking around. All the
roads in the UK that I drove on were consistent in this regard, same
with France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and most of Italy.
Impossible though in NSW, probably all of AUS too.
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