ABC news: 'Creeping' motorists targeted

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Originally Posted by Bud Bud

Remember, they have speed restrictions for L and P platers in place already and you could still travel @ 100 k/ph through these routes if you also so desired as well, providing you kept to the left.

Speed limits for L, P1 and P2 license holders are applied by way of regulatory "Licence Conditions", so if for example - a P1 was restricted to a 100km/h maximum by a States Licence Condition and a freeway was signposted say 130km/h (or derestricted), the example P1 driver must still not exceed 100km/h regardless.

That is how that works, and will should any location increase FWTY allowances.

Heavy vehicles on the other hand, on say a 130km/h signposted length of road, remain speed-restricted to 100km/h owing Australia Road Rule 25, and 'other requirement' such a speed-limiters - where so applied. Here, the truck, like the L, P1 and P2 licence holder, remains limited to the lower speed for those seperate regulatory reasons.


OT News: NT Road toll for 2008 to date, now at 64 compared to 2007's 38 to date result, which in turn was a decade-high result at that years end.

2008 is year two of NT's adoption of speed-limits over speed derestriction (//), done - along with demerit points, red light cameras, a new highway patrol zzzzzz. The new lower driver requirement leads to complacency and carelessness, fatigue.....

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/200...05_ntnews.html