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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
I've spent around 80% of my working life at around Mach 0.84...hence, sorry, I can't subscribe to a "speed kills" (& brain dead IMHO) mantra.
Sorry, if you can't work out there is a difference between ploughing through a school zone at 100+km/hr and being on a dual carriageway near Yass at the same speed, you should not hold a drivers license.
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Up in the stratosphere, mate, YOU are the only one doing Mach 0.84! No one else within cooee of you.
The second statement, YES, I agree. But don't confuse it with the upping the speed limit. Very different kettle of fish from your hobby horse.
We have hoons on the road that just can't stop from speeding, totally disregarding the safety of others because "only they are responsible for themself". Upping the speed limit in Oz will only reinforce this false notion in them.
You said yourself that licensing requirements are to soft here in Oz. Upping the speed limit will do nothing for those already with a claytons license in their hands, will it?