Nanny state

[Heatho]

130kmph on boring barren roads in the outback might be okay. When you fall off the road there isn't much to hit. Maybe a sand dune, some dust or dirt.
100 kmph in other places might be okay if there weren't trees to smash into when you fall off the road.
We don't have good roads, a lot of country surfaces are $hit littered with potholes, bitumen bleed and the like.
A lot of country drivers get very complacent which can lead to problems.
Lowering the speed limit won't kill anyone as long as people obey the speed limit.
I know what I'm talking about. I've attended dozens and dozens of collisions in my line of work. I've seen it all. Multiple fatalities, dead kids smashed up beyond recognition, limbs sliced off, blood and guts smeared all over the place, hysterical parents and partners who have survived the impact to be confronted with a headless partner or child in the passenger seat.
It's not nice to think about what I've just typed and even worse to experience it especially if it's your family involved.
If the speed limit gets lowered its for a reason, not for bull$hit revenue as Heatho mentioned.
Our roads aren't safe, safety barriers aren't always there as they are overseas.
If the speed limit is lowered and it saves one life it's worth it.

Boyd, I don't envy your job, whatever that may be. But just sticking to the speed limit will not save lives, as you probably know driving under any signposted speed limit can still potentially kill or maim also. Just blaming speeding is all too easy. It's the lack of attention and fatigue that I believe is the most dangerous aspect of driving and drivers need to recognise when to pull over for a break.

I'm not talking about severely dangerous roads regarding revenue, I'm talking about roads where no one has died and there are no accidents.

Don't take this the wrong way, I believe the horrors you have seen, though I'd say more often than not such horrendous results will not be from just speeding, extreme stupidity would have been the main factor.

 

[Numb_Thumb]

130kmph on boring barren roads in the outback might be okay. When you fall off the road there isn't much to hit. Maybe a sand dune, some dust or dirt.
100 kmph in other places might be okay if there weren't trees to smash into when you fall off the road.
We don't have good roads, a lot of country surfaces are $hit littered with potholes, bitumen bleed and the like.
A lot of country drivers get very complacent which can lead to problems.
Lowering the speed limit won't kill anyone as long as people obey the speed limit.
I know what I'm talking about. I've attended dozens and dozens of collisions in my line of work. I've seen it all. Multiple fatalities, dead kids smashed up beyond recognition, limbs sliced off, blood and guts smeared all over the place, hysterical parents and partners who have survived the impact to be confronted with a headless partner or child in the passenger seat.
It's not nice to think about what I've just typed and even worse to experience it especially if it's your family involved.
If the speed limit gets lowered its for a reason, not for bull$hit revenue as Heatho mentioned.
Our roads aren't safe, safety barriers aren't always there as they are overseas.
If the speed limit is lowered and it saves one life it's worth it.

Your wasting time trying to slow a bullet as are modern cars today!

The emphasis must be on the machines and driver training if your serious.

My wifes VW 4cyl diesel turbo blows the crappers out of my VF SS in the first 250mt.

 

[limpalot]

I see it as lack of attention to driving the car, they don't treat the white line as a concrete barrier not to cross, unless you can see what's coming.

 

[XIV]

Nothing more needs to be said