ABC news: 'Creeping' motorists targeted

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Originally Posted by Bud Bud

No the problem is far more complicated than this. If it was that simple would all not be doing 40 k/ph because the stopping distance would be less than say @ 50k/ph?

If this is the case then simple logic tells you that it would be much safer top travel @ 30 k/ph because the braking distance has been reduced over all right?

Well then 10 k/ph must be safer then 30 kph.

I would also go out on a limb and suggest the 1 k/ph would in fact still be safer than 10 k/ph would this be correct? Then why drive at all?

At what point do you include any practicality in this argument?

We already have to put up with travelling @ much lower speed limits not only here in SA but all over the country but especially in SA during peak hr because we forgot to implement a decent road infrastructure plan nearly 40 years ago, we already make stupid allowances like using a corridor in one direction for half a day and then reversing it for the other! I don't live in the South and I always seem to be on the wrong side when ever I need to use it.

People would accept lower speed limits in built up areas if there was open corridors like the city link in Melbourne, but slowing down the only regular routes that available even more when there has been little or no infrastructure over the past 30-40 years will only compound the problems here in SA. even more

Build a decent ring road and a decent uninterrupted North South corridor and you can make the built up areas speed limit what you like. But for FS the Government must stop constantly taking without giving something back.

It is much safer to travel at 5km/h, but not at all practical. The argument about the level at which a speed limit should be set, or even if one should exist is a different issue. There is a speed limit, you know what that limit is, and allegedly know how to control a motor vehicle, and thats the point here. The argument being brandied about is "I cant be expected to keep under the limit that exists, its not my fault I cant drive properly and concentrate well, my speedo is too hard to read and the dirty government wants my money, they be stealing mah bucket wah wah wah, how can I stop these thieves??? wah". That and the blatant lies that speedo inaccuracies are allowed by goobermint to increase revenue. Speedos can not read low.

Theres a trade off between safety and practicality already. If you dont agree with the posted limit (the balance they struck), fine, I may agree with you in places. If you think there should be better infrastructure, I wont argue with that, who would?

But I will never agree that driving under or at a posted limit is difficult, and that falling 'victim' to the fines is unavoidable. Governments want money? What, are you shocked by that? Im not, but I dont have to pay it and if I did, Id kick myself for being so stupid, not the goobermint, or the police.