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ok. Rat156
- to say that you haven't had a fine recently suggests that you have had them in the past, therefore you speed.
- your statement "It's the most risky thing many of us do (particularly without think about it)." those of you who do speed are breaking the law and putting yourselves and worse others that are doing the right thing in danger.
- When you say that this thread is not about being able to speed, but about raising the speed limits on appropriate roads to try to 'help mitigate driver fatigue.' Well sorry mate but they go hand in hand. If speeding does kill, and you can't deny that fact, then raising the speed limits will ultimately mean more deaths. You did condemn your own statement by saying that driver fatigue is more of an issue on rural roads. Thats why they also drill into us take 5 stay alive. Ther have been so many slogans that the tac drills into us, it's not just the speed kills one.
- while your pretty much right in saying "but hitting a tree at 100 or 130 kmh is likely to be fatal either way" its more of the control of the vehicle. I'm much more likely to regain control after a swerve or a skid if i'm doing 100 rather than 130, and thats a huge point to consider.
-You also say. "More alarmingly, the overrepresentation of young drivers in these statistics remains and the Governments are doing little about it. All the speed cameras in the world will not save someone who doesn't have the right training." Sorry but your not right here either. The points demerit system and fines are a start to scare hoons and others into doing the right thing in future, If i ever got a speeding fine (and i haven't ever because i do not speed) then i would be making damned sure i never did it again and now that they have the anti hoon laws, they are impounding third offenders that pose a risk of being a public danger. I think this is a great step in the right direction. Theres a lot of p platers that are driving their parents cars, Imagine if you got your parents car impounded or crushed. You'd be pretty much screwed.
But after all this is said I do agree that more needs to be done with the roads to fix them and better driver education.
anyway, i'm done for now.
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