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« on: January 13, 2015, 12:14:55 PM »
Hi folks, the other day I had cause to travel the Princes Highway, if only to Pakenham from the city. Man, it was soooo FRUSTRATING.

What I would continually get was one car in the left lane travelling at 99 kph., and another in the right lane traveling at 101 kph.,  taking 5 minutes to overtake and move back into the left lane. Thus our draconian speed laws are blindly obeyed.

Now, I don't speed (a lot), but I do like riding slightly faster than the surrounding traffic, (just like the coppers are taught) keeping myself out of trouble. I don't lane split (but I do filter) but yesterday, I was sorely tempted!!

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2015, 01:32:14 PM »
An "unintended consequence of the law", as they say.     :-[

It was primarily intended to raise revenue.
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2015, 05:10:51 PM »
2kmh the difference.. I wish. I daily get 0.2 the difference.  latest was 3 cars in a row in the fast? lane all doing 95  limit was 110
 

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2015, 05:34:06 PM »
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2kmh the difference.. I wish. I daily get 0.2 the difference

I reckon I would end up crazy  :|||| Luckily I don't fredquent that part of the world much!
 

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2015, 09:18:36 AM »
What really annoys me is when I'm sitting on the freeway limit 110 in SA. coming up behind a semi doing under that (sometimes). Car comes up on the right hand lane doing well over the speed limit and then sits in my blind spot and obviously slows down so that I have to brake or run up the back of the vehicle in front.
I'm normally very even tempered when driving but this really makes my blood boil!!
 
 

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2015, 09:51:16 AM »
It was primarily intended to raise revenue.

What was??? I don't understand what you mean?

People driving over the limit or under?

Or having the 3km buffer

Or car makers setting speedos to be under?

Hopefully Victoria will get in line with the other states soon

Also what's wrong with raising revenue? If you don't like it, then don't do it and be caught. IMO.
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2015, 10:45:18 AM »
So ride at 130 and use the special bike lane...


jokes aside ridding in Vic at or near any commute time is something I design my plans to avoid.

Believe it or not speed limits have been a consideration, among many others,  of the viability of a relocation into the state. West is the most tolerable area as far as see.
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2015, 10:55:18 AM »
West is OK unless you are towing a trailer . . . Maybe the NT?
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2015, 12:03:41 PM »
West as in the western half of the state.


I have a ute for towing a trailer at pressent though I have considered an off road trailer on an ADV as a means of moving sufficient water and fuel on an extended trip in isolation.
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2015, 12:37:24 PM »
It was primarily intended to raise revenue.

What was??? I don't understand what you mean?

People driving over the limit or under?

Or having the 3km buffer

As I understand it, there is zero tolerance, so even going 1 kph over is a punishable offence.
Hence, my argument is, a lot of people might argue that exceeding the posted limit by say, 5 kph, to safely pass a car being driven under the limit, is a safer option than taking a long time to pass exactly on the speed limit.
Such a degree of enforcement suggests revenue raising rather than an attempt to reduce the hazards of vehicular travel.

This degree of fear induced by punishment has been known to lead to reckless acts provoked by the situation described in the topic as "frustrating" (to alter the part of speech from a past tense verb form of the adjective, to a present continuous form of the verbal adjective).

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Also what's wrong with raising revenue? If you don't like it, then don't do it and be caught. IMO.

Not an entirely new notion, but I was making the observation in the context of over-exacting enforcement.
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2015, 12:54:51 PM »
West is OK unless you are towing a trailer . . . Maybe the NT?

Speed limit 130 when you get about 40km out Darwin city  :runyay

I still miss the open zone though  :cuss
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2015, 05:06:03 PM »
WendyL, this should make you happy then;


Open Speed Trial – drive to conditions
 
A one year open speed trial commenced on 1 February 2014 on a 204 km section of the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs to just south of Barrow Creek. From 1 September 2014 the existing open speed limit trial will include a new 72 kilometre stretch of the Highway from Barrow Creek to just south of the Ali Curung Rail Overpass.
 

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2015, 06:55:44 PM »
Easy way to ease the frustration......move where there are no freeways, the speed limit is 110 and the roads are open and you can see oncoming traffic (?) for a long distance.

Never have the problem out here, but it's 50km to do the weekly shopping, on the STeed whenever I can.

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2015, 07:33:36 PM »
John,

Do you know Ian McDougal from out that way?
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2015, 07:52:10 PM »
I may have run into them, but not been introduced. The name doesn't ring a bell, nor does there property name.

You'll have to come up in June and look them up.

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2015, 07:56:59 PM »
Booked in . . Sharing a cabin Friday/Saturday nights. I'll try and find out more about where he lives, I'm sure it's out of town. He'd be in his 70's, plays a guitar and downhill skis.
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2015, 08:23:34 PM »
Most of that road is just as good as other sections, don't know why they only picked those bits. The cruise control only goes up to 154kph so that will have to do if I am feeling lazy.  After even the 130kph sections going back to 110kph feels so slow. Takes ages to get anywhere, although there is nothing much to get to out there!

WendyL, this should make you happy then;


Open Speed Trial – drive to conditions
 
A one year open speed trial commenced on 1 February 2014 on a 204 km section of the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs to just south of Barrow Creek. From 1 September 2014 the existing open speed limit trial will include a new 72 kilometre stretch of the Highway from Barrow Creek to just south of the Ali Curung Rail Overpass.

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2015, 08:24:36 PM »
There are some hills out that way to ski, but snow  :rofl

Booked in . . Sharing a cabin Friday/Saturday nights. I'll try and find out more about where he lives, I'm sure it's out of town. He'd be in his 70's, plays a guitar and downhill skis.
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Re: frustrated
« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2015, 08:34:29 PM »
WendyL, this should make you happy then;


Open Speed Trial – drive to conditions
 
A one year open speed trial commenced on 1 February 2014 on a 204 km section of the Stuart Highway north of Alice Springs to just south of Barrow Creek. From 1 September 2014 the existing open speed limit trial will include a new 72 kilometre stretch of the Highway from Barrow Creek to just south of the Ali Curung Rail Overpass.


Unfortunately I have to ride 1200km at 130 to get there  :||||
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« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2015, 08:42:20 PM »
Hmm . . . That's doable . . . John n I will meet you halfway . . . .
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« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2015, 09:52:13 PM »
Wendy,
The 1 year trial finishes in a couple of weeks. Time flies when you're having fun riding up and down the Stuart Highway. Any indications of what the government intends doing about the trial come 1 February this year?

 

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2015, 06:47:41 AM »
Wendy,
The 1 year trial finishes in a couple of weeks. Time flies when you're having fun riding up and down the Stuart Highway. Any indications of what the government intends doing about the trial come 1 February this year?



Last I read they were extending the trial
 

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Re: frustrated
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2015, 08:41:28 AM »
Wendy,
The 1 year trial finishes in a couple of weeks. Time flies when you're having fun riding up and down the Stuart Highway. Any indications of what the government intends doing about the trial come 1 February this year?



Last I read they were extending the trial
Yep, extending the trial so they can analyse the data.....not much to analyse, zero fatalities on that stretch of road....fingers crossed they'll extend it to other stretches of the Stuart Highway north of Tennant Creek, before March would be even better to reduce riding time to Toowoomba  :thumbs
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« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2015, 08:45:44 AM »
That's terrific news!  :runyay

Now only 7 behind Lionel . . .  :nahnah . . Slowly catching up . .
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« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2015, 09:36:54 PM »
Hopefully, once the trial ends, they'll decide to extend it all the way  ;-*