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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: spanner on September 03, 2015, 02:38:11 PM

Title: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: spanner on September 03, 2015, 02:38:11 PM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-03/nt-government-set-to-extend-open-speed-zone/6745884 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-03/nt-government-set-to-extend-open-speed-zone/6745884)
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: Biggles on September 03, 2015, 03:12:14 PM
""Open speed limit zones will remain and be extended by a further 60 kilometres," a statement from the office of Chief Minister Adam Giles said.

The statement said Territorians had acted "responsibly" since the trial began, with a lower number of accidents in the trial sections and 130kph zones compared to the five-year average."

This would appear to confirm the opinion over on the other speed thread.     :beer
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: WendyL on September 03, 2015, 03:13:44 PM
Still a bloody long way away from Darwin.  Be nice if they would trial Katherine to Elliot....
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: WendyL on September 03, 2015, 03:14:59 PM
Quote from: Biggles on September 03, 2015, 03:12:14 PM
""Open speed limit zones will remain and be extended by a further 60 kilometres," a statement from the office of Chief Minister Adam Giles said.

The statement said Territorians had acted "responsibly" since the trial began, with a lower number of accidents in the trial sections and 130kph zones compared to the five-year average."

This would appear to confirm the opinion over on the other speed thread.     :beer

Very few of our fatalities are on major highways.  Many more in suburban areas, or 18 people crammed into a troopy on dirt tracks...
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: Biggles on September 03, 2015, 03:21:57 PM
NT doctors are responding saying the trial time was too short.  It needed to be ten years.       :o
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: Kev Murphy on September 03, 2015, 04:40:31 PM
 :grin

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/NTI_zpsh2ns8pjr.gif)
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: WendyL on September 03, 2015, 04:53:44 PM
 :crackup :rofl :crackup :rofl :crackup
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: RubenCan on September 03, 2015, 10:19:07 PM
 :rofl  :thumb
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: Totgas on September 03, 2015, 11:59:27 PM
Quote from: Biggles on September 03, 2015, 03:21:57 PM
NT doctors are responding saying the trial time was too short.  It needed to be ten years.       :o

It was at least forty years 1967 to 2007! And it was only reduced because Canberra forced them to....
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: Lionel on September 04, 2015, 12:06:43 AM
Not Canberra. It was those dreary politicians you elect wot did it.
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: spanner on September 04, 2015, 08:28:41 AM
That is correct .... it was not Canberra ( aka the federal government) it was the territory government that did it.
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: WendyL on September 04, 2015, 08:48:17 AM
Quote from: spanner on September 04, 2015, 08:28:41 AM
That is correct .... it was not Canberra ( aka the federal government) it was the territory government that did it.

Under pressure from the federal government, and threat to withdraw federal road funding if they didn't....
Title: Re: NT open speed zone increas
Post by: spanner on September 04, 2015, 09:18:38 AM
oh .... ok.

any way ..... bloody politicians!