High risk in Australia
Discussion
Pommygranite said:
Last year I had 6 x $75 fines (no points) all for being 3 and 8 km/h over the speed limt.
That's right - £50 fines for no more than 5 mph over the limit.
And people wonder why driving a fast car in Oz is seen as pointless.
How can you look at yourself in the mirror? The shame...That's right - £50 fines for no more than 5 mph over the limit.
And people wonder why driving a fast car in Oz is seen as pointless.
He said
"flagrantly breaching Australian law by doing something that is considered perfectly safe and legal in other countries," wrote Oliver, even though he later admitted "I wouldn't advocate making the Hume 130km/h all the way".
Lots of things are legal in lots of other countries, some may be frowned upon in the UK, so that statement is totally pointless
He is saying exceeding the speed limit is perfectly safe and legal in other countries, safe maybe, legal, no. t
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"flagrantly breaching Australian law by doing something that is considered perfectly safe and legal in other countries," wrote Oliver, even though he later admitted "I wouldn't advocate making the Hume 130km/h all the way".
Lots of things are legal in lots of other countries, some may be frowned upon in the UK, so that statement is totally pointless
He is saying exceeding the speed limit is perfectly safe and legal in other countries, safe maybe, legal, no. t
t.Vipers said:
He said
"flagrantly breaching Australian law by doing something that is considered perfectly safe and legal in other countries," wrote Oliver, even though he later admitted "I wouldn't advocate making the Hume 130km/h all the way".
Lots of things are legal in lots of other countries, some may be frowned upon in the UK, so that statement is totally pointless
He is saying exceeding the speed limit is perfectly safe and legal in other countries, safe maybe, legal, no. tt.
I think he meant that driving at 130km/h is legal in other countries."flagrantly breaching Australian law by doing something that is considered perfectly safe and legal in other countries," wrote Oliver, even though he later admitted "I wouldn't advocate making the Hume 130km/h all the way".
Lots of things are legal in lots of other countries, some may be frowned upon in the UK, so that statement is totally pointless
He is saying exceeding the speed limit is perfectly safe and legal in other countries, safe maybe, legal, no. t
t.Asterix said:
Didn't know that Volvo made a 'super-fast turbocharged sedan'!
By normal car standards Volvos are pretty quick, they have a long and illustrious history of fairly rapid but discreet saloons and estates.
Now, if you look carefully at the picture at the top of the article you'll notice that's a frickin polestar. The bright blue colour and polestar badge on the grill are a bit of a give away.
4.9 seconds to 100km/h. Is that not fast?
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darreni said:
panholio said:
Didn't realise the limit was so high in Italy (150km/h).
On some of the autostradas i've driven on, that seems to be the minimum speed limit!Agree with everything said above. Driving in this country is a disgrace. Have any Australian based PH'ers experienced the moment in a social situation? Topic turns to driving and when told the standard of driving in this country is awful the average Australian says "no it isn't" When asked to elaborate it turns out they haven't driven overseas, don't know what lane discipline is and probably think driving a 100mph results in certain death. Drives me mad, im off to console myself with a coopers sparkling.
I find the speed limits here in SE Queensland absolutely abysmal.
70km/h on a dual carriageway, not near any residential or school zones. It has perfectly good sighting and traffic lights at intersections. Absolutely no reason why it shouldn't at least be a 100 km/h area.
I only know of 2 fixed speed camera's though so if you know the road well you can nudge above the limit.
70km/h on a dual carriageway, not near any residential or school zones. It has perfectly good sighting and traffic lights at intersections. Absolutely no reason why it shouldn't at least be a 100 km/h area.
I only know of 2 fixed speed camera's though so if you know the road well you can nudge above the limit.
Kawasicki said:
The Australians I hang out with are either happy to regularly take (what I consider to be) huge risks, or they seem completely petrified of life. It's weird. I prefer to spend time with the former.
Totally. I have spent a fair bit of time there and family connections. It's confusing how much has changed in such a short space of time.
They've gone from "just down yer beer and grab the snake's tail ya flamin' woofer" to "will somebody think of the childen! <faint>".
It looks like a dramatic shift to an outsider - so no surprise there are many 'proud Australians' currently a bit unsure as to what being a 'proud Autralian' actually looks like nowadays..
It is a sad sorry Oz these days.
We used to average 80MPH legally Sydney to Melbourne in the 60s, in 50s cars on 60s roads.
We would average over 70MPH with a trailer full of car on the back, with no troubles. Sometimes I fear for our future. How long can a people survive, totally wrapped in cotton wool?
In the 60s, on those long straights in Victoria, particularly in the early hours of the morning, if you weren't doing 100MPH, the semitrailers would cruise past you.
If you had something with good brakes you could get a hell of a tow at about 40/50 feet behind them. Those trucks stopped pretty well, so it wasn't on in drum braked things like the Holdens & Falcons of the day.
If you had something with good brakes you could get a hell of a tow at about 40/50 feet behind them. Those trucks stopped pretty well, so it wasn't on in drum braked things like the Holdens & Falcons of the day.
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