I live in a rural/coastal area where the roads have changed little from the time that they were dirt or gravel. Apart from sealing and occasional resealing and some minor camber adjustments the roads are just as dangerous as they would have been 50 years ago - maybe more dangerous because vehicles are capable of much higher speeds now.
The speed limits vary on the 25 minute drive from town to the end of the 'Heads' changing from 50 to open road to 70 to open road to 50 to open road to 50 and to open road again. 'Open Road' or derestricted speed limit allows drivers to drive up to 100km/h depending on conditions.
The problem with this though is that many people don't have a clue as to what this means and just assume that the speed limit is 100 km/hr. The morons who drive those behemoth utes and trucks - I term them 'The Builders' - certainly don't drive to conditions and hurtle along the windy and hilly roads at 100km/hr and above and tailgate any sensible person in front of them.
9 comments:
Very true.
Very True.
The Religious Curmudgeon.
I agree.
The Third in Charge Curmudgeon.
Me too.
The Blue Man
That's a big word that you could send to Trent Horn.
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See, you're getting lots of comments!
Si, รจ vero.
- The pretentious Xenoglossic Curmudgeon
Ah, but it's similar to Latin - your 3P native tongue.
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