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New use for the NT open speed limit section.
« on: April 16, 2015, 08:39:41 PM »
https://www.facebook.com/202953729743607/videos/876599722379001/

Hopefully won't lead to loonies doing amateur "me too" jobs, crashing out and putting pressure on the gummint to resume limits.     :-(((
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Re: New use for the NT open speed limit section.
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2015, 09:25:26 PM »
Biggles there is more of a chance of this happening now after removing the limit than there was when it was unrestricted state-wide.

As to the test being under controlled conditions - what a load of camel poo. Porsche would have used about 20 - 30kms of the road which would have necessitated hundreds of observers - it didn't happen. All it would have taken is 1 skippy crossing the road to lead to disaster. 

If successful (no deaths) the 200km zone will be extended by another 70kms. I don't think that was what the NT voting public had in mind.

It's really is a bit of a joke... IMHO
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Re: New use for the NT open speed limit section.
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2015, 10:30:19 PM »
A kangaroo crossing the road can lead to disaster at 50 kph . . .

I for one won't be riding up there at the extremities of my bikes capabilities . . Around 120 is a happy speed for me . . And my wallet . . Did a tour in the NT in 2008 and could legally do something like 130 or 140 . . . At least . . Did around 140 ish for a little while until I realised the fuel guage needle was rapidly heading towards the MT mark . . Slowed down to 120 . . There are a number of roads in the Southern States that can easily handle 120 or 130 kph speed limits but our Pollies are too interested in Revenue raising for that to ever happen . .
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Re: New use for the NT open speed limit section.
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2015, 01:01:47 AM »
The unlimited zone has been extended to about 270 kms.
Saaz and I had a bit of a blat on it last year. Once I got that out of my system I set the cruise on 150 and that's the speed at which I generally travel now in the open sections.
From memory I don't think we saw a highway patrol car from the SA/WA border through to Darwin.
 

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Re: New use for the NT open speed limit section.
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2015, 04:03:59 AM »
https://www.facebook.com/202953729743607/videos/876599722379001/

Hopefully won't lead to loonies doing amateur "me too" jobs, crashing out and putting pressure on the gummint to resume limits.     :-(((


One of my neighbours, a 38 year old guy, in District 7 of Sai Gon, has and uses (once a week on Sunday late afternoon) a genuine fire breathing, full house track racing version of the Porsche 997 GT2.  WOW:   Until recently, I always thought it was a 911 GT2

He very kindly let me drive it up and back for a total distance of about 5kms along one of our roads, Nguyễn lu'ong Bang, three wide lanes in each direction with a lovely, wide divider strip about 4m wide, grass, flowering bushes and trees, separating traffic flow direction.

Once was enough ! Never got out of 1st gear, NO accelerator pedal usage but still had to keep slipping the clutch and tapping on the brakes the whole way.  :whistle

A car with a six speed gear box and potential top speed of something like 328 kph and a MAXIMUM speed limit for cars on the streets of Vietnamese cities of a whole 60 kph !   :-(((
It's FAR too dangerous driving / riding on country roads because of the trucks, buses, carts, water buffaloo, etc. - NONE of which have the faintest idea what the words 'road safety' means !  :|||| :|||| :||||

He told me afterwards his car had never been driven that fast before - I got it all the way up to the 60kph speed limit ! 
BAWHAAAAAAAA ! :rofl :rofl :rofl

His idea of driving his Porsche is to drive it up from our underground car park area, through the security gates, 15 - 20m or so across the road. Stop on the corner outside the local family owned supermarket, leaving the engine running and still sitting in it, have a talk to a few of his friends for 1/2 of so. Then turn the car around and drive back in through the security gates and back down into the car parking area.   :fp

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