- cross-posted to:
- cars@aussie.zone
- cross-posted to:
- cars@aussie.zone
cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/1198065
We can and should be allowed to drive faster on our freeways and motorways; but don’t think governments will let it happen overnight.
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Or you could make public transport run faster and more efficiently and faster, reducing the number of people who drive.
In many placez Public transport doesn't necessarily need to be faster, it just needs to be way more frequent to be practical
Oh, plenty of buses could become train lines that run every 10 - 20 minutes.
I wouldn't be looking forward to tradie utes with 3 tonne of tools in the back and the handling of a boat, doing 130 or more on the freeway
90 or 100km/h limit on towed boats. I think the limit is 90 (at least in south Australia). This way they won't be handling dangerously, can be imposed with truck speed limits.
No worse than an Italian grandmother doing 135 in a fiat 500
Sometimes, I think the only country that hates good public transit as much as America is Australia. One legend to another, I tip my hat to you.
Honestly, this wouldn't really be needed if you guys even had highER speed rail connections between your cities (think 200 kph, rather than 320), which would be a lot cheaper to build than real HSR. Besides that, taking a train sucks a lot less than driving all those huge distances, or at least, in my opinion it sucks a lot less.
I feel like petroleum companies have played some role in assuring that countries like America and Australia don't develop rail capabilities.
We've been trying to build a widespread high speed rail network for half a bloody century, the problem is after the first few costing reports and plans are drawn up and agreed upon, the government gets kicked out and the plans scrapped for budget savings, then a few years pass and a new plan is started from scratch.
I visit family in Germany every couple of years roughly. It's mind numbing driving in Australia upon return each time. I literally am so bored doing 100, that I start day dreaming and just zone out. Not paying attention at all.
Switch to Germany, you're driving faster, you're more focused, you are alert and driving better. Then, jump on the Autobahns and you're REALLY focused, driving better than you ever have. Because you have to. They've done the studies, the faster you drive, the more you concentrate. It's just what it is.
So yeah, each time I return home, I feel it's more dangerous driving here.
Here in NZ, we have a sub-handful of places where 110 is allowed, the rest is mostly 100 with more and reduced to 80, 70, 60 or 50 (in places that used to be 100).
To be fair, a great deal of our roadway is not up to safe use at 100 (though I do disagree with where that dividing line is placed).
Unfortunately I think that reducing the limits on unsafe surfaces and roading layout is now seen as a permanent solution. Any mitigation mechanism like that should be coupled with at some publicly visible prioritisation to resolve it.
Alas with our small population and relatively large roading network I doubt it's getting better for us any time soon.
Hey you. Over the ditch. I feel your pain and hope you have better luck.
I drove from Auckland to Hastings and back on my last NZ trip. It was surprising how you don't have the same highway infrastructure that Australia has. Once I was south of about Hamilton, the main road was what we'd call a country road.
Still a lovely drive, though. Would do it again.
I agree with one point made in the article. 10 or 20 km/h speed difference is usually not too bad, but 30-40 km/h differences are a different story.
- No stupid reduced max speed limits for learners/provisional drivers. They are learning how to drive with everyone else, not how to drive with everyone else going around them.
- Maybe the truck and bus max speed limit should be bumped up too. Though idk maybe they aren't certified/tested at that level?
Half of them are driving at 140km/h in a school zone anyway. Agreed, stop limiting them and teach responsibility so they can independently make good choices.
Haha that will never happen. If anything speed limits will drop.
