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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Australian Highway Speed Limits & 110km/hour zones

Why is it that people get done for speeding?.  From not adhering to the speed posted... And usually in 100km an hour zone, hell I do it, an extra 10km an hour doesn't hurt, doesn't really cut the trip time dramatically, but it makes you feel better nonetheless, also to make up that time lost in the highway purgatory called "roadworks".  Where usually there is a whole lot of nothing going on except for a collection of vehicles and schizophrenic fury.

This brings me to the government privilege of 110km zones and how some motorists treat it like it's forbidden fruit, not unlike a shy yo-yo.  Speeding up and slowing down and then stand all over the brakes that if god forbid, another motorist appears over the hill in front or behind them.  All their courage and tenacity that once flourished in 100km zones is vanquished, leaving some confused and wary of the white and red sign of 110, like it's a cult of the satanic motorist, 110 must appear to be 666 to these people who've heard that if you dabble in the black arts your fingers will get burnt.

Any who, just put your foot on the far right pedal and stop treating these zones as novelty.  They are put there because the stretch of road is boring and anonymous like a shy person is to a strangers party... And if your excuse is because you have kids in the car, either be a parent, take control and restrain them or wake up to yourself as there wont be much of a happy family left having a car accident at anything over 60km an hour. so doing 10 under the speed limit is not going to do much in the way protecting anybody from car bonnet decapitation or internal organs trying to find away out of your bones, sinew and skin upon impact.

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