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On rural roads i have seen plenty of people overtaking in the wrong places, now wether it's because the drivers are stupid or they don't know the road or both then i cannot answer.
The problem is that people get annoyed when the limit is 100kmh and there is a vehicle towing a caravan doing 80 and people can't get around them.....this is where accidents occur!
Why not put more overtaking lanes in to alleviate the traffic flow problem, on rural roads there are not enough of them!
When i travel to Sydney i head along the Bucketts Way, between Nowendoc and Gloucester there are only TWO places i know that you can overtake safely, now logging trucks traverse this tight winding road all the time, and there are no safe areas with overtaking lanes to get past them....so idiots (and i have seen plenty) try to get around them on blind curves and crests and don't give a stuff about who or what is coming the other way.
The RTA need to look at this a bit harder, especially in rural areas!
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