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Another thing which just occurred to me, and would no doubt be a contributing factor that flies under the "speed kills" radar... We get lots of inquiries for roadworthies at our workshop, but currently we don't do them (in progress to get the license), so we have to send them elsewhere. A...

For us older folk here (I'm 52), it would be fair to assume that we have a good deal of experience with driving....probably good and bad. For me, it is 40 years or so on various types of machines, and as a licensed driver for 34 of them. I actually lost my license for .05 - went out, got...

Slightly different tack; What I'd like to see happen more often is booze bus stations where they also have Vic Roads and the Sheriff present. (they have done a few of these in recent months down our way). They're great because they get to round up the drink/drive knuckleheads, and all the...

One thing that illustrates driver carelessness/commonsense/lack of eduction is the quite frequent huge pile-ups we hear about on USA roads where dozens of cars are involved. Nearly every time it is in thick fog and/or rain, where conditions are more dangerous. I have been in such conditions...

I'm 52, and advocate for faster speeds on open roads in suitably qualified areas and roads. Of course; there are some open roads which are dangerous and higher speeds shouldn't be allowed (people will still do the higher speeds by choice if they think they can get away with it, and already...

I was driving into Melb one time on the Monash Freeway, amongst a million other people, and there was a sign on a crossover bridge up ahead which said "Wipe of 5 and stay alive"..... Not one car ahead of me that I could see, after I spotted the sign, between me and the bridge slowed down at all....

LOL! A large percentage of my customers start having palpitations when the tyres cost more than $100 bucks a corner. :eek:

Sounds terrific in theory. We are constantly asked by folk to get the cheapest tyres, but ones which will last a million kilometres, stick like shoit to a blanket, stop on a 5cent piece and are as quiet as a mouse :rolleyes: This after inspecting their tyres and seeing wire sticking out the...

I think Germans are the most prolific drinkers on Earth - not far ahead of us? I wonder what % of their deaths were autobahn low-level flying, as opposed to drunk driving related death. I was. There are way more drivers on the road now than then. I remember when the Monash Freeway started at...

Yep. That's more like the real truth. The roads are so narrow you have to drive like granny, in little buzzboxes that'll fit on the tarmac, and everywhere is a half hour drive :D Never get into 3rd gear...Ireland is the same....more likely to die by cow on road than any other car. No fun...

Interestingly, there are still many deaths caused by drunks, by car thieves fleeing pursuit cars, drivers falling asleep at the wheel. Down my way, since I have been living here, there have been countless falling asleep at the wheel deaths that I am aware of. On that Kalgoorlie trip I did...

Absolutely agree. It takes a little time to train yourself to be more observant of the zones and stick to them, but it's doable. Absolutely, again. Folk continue to push boundaries, and now the cameras are all-but gone, there are more and more folk running the red lights again. When the...

I see unjustified speed camera placings all the time, in areas where it is extremely unlikely that an accident will occur in that speed zone. We have 3 on a regular basis within 10 mins of where I live. They are an absolute joke, and they get loads of speeders. Two are in 50kmh zones, on wide...

I agree. And, I also believe that learning how to drive a car should be a High School compulsory subject...starting at say; Year 8. This would also include basic car maintenance and being able to change a tyre or battery, check oil, water and tyre pressures, etc. Many folk get stranded for...

no-one says you have to go as fast as the speed limits allow though. It comes back to driver education, and/or common sense...don't drive at night (kangaroos), or drive fast at night (kangaroos), slow down in rain, slow down in fog, slow down when roads aren't good, etc. No matter what you...

I voted change it up to 120kmh. On an open road, it is a negligible change and affects no-one. When we lived in the USA, the normal speed on the freeways was 80 miles per hour...that's miles - not kilometres. And, this is on 5 lanes in each direction freeways with zillions of cars. No-one...