A lot of our roads are rubbish but there are several sections that are as good if not better than some of the roads in Germany that have higher speed limits.

One thing Germany has got right is that they set the speed limit for each section of the highway rather than the whole highway as we do. They also keep out of the overtaking lane when not overtaking, I wish that was enforced here.

All the talk seems to be about raising the speed limit, how about the driver education that he is talking about? If something was done about that, it wouldn't be so bad on our roads, even if it was still 100km/h.

At LAST a post that see's the point of what he was trying to get across...

Since he went to Germany for his research, I would guess that he noticed that the 140 and 130 zones that they have on the autobahns flowed well and would be easier for most Australians to transition to.

So be it but it would have to be incremental 120, 130, etc.

I.B.

I agree with you so besides speed traps why do we have speed zones in nsw that jump from from 50kph to 100kph

cheers trev

Because it makes it much easier for them to brand you a HOON and steal your money :o

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it sure does and in my case a few months ago did

cheers trev

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They did a bit of a follow-up last night, like I'd guessed last week the wider media would take the story as raising the speed limit and ignore everything else. What a huge surprise that was.

...and finished the story with "on our website are the contact details for every road minister in the country, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you"

Road Ahead more information - Yahoo!7 TV

Federal

The Honourable Anthony Albanese MP

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Parliament House Contact:

PO Box 6022

Parliament House

Canberra ACT 2600

Tel: (02) 6277 7680

Fax: (02) 6273 4126

Location/Postal Address:

334A Marrickville Road

Marrickville NSW 2204

Tel: (02) 9564 3588

Fax: (02) 9564 1734

Email: [email protected]

Queensland

The Honourable Craig Wallace MP

Minister for Main Roads

Ministerial Office

Ph: (07) 3896 3691

Email: [email protected]

Address: Level 13, Mineral House

41 George Street

Brisbane QLD 4001

New South Wales

The Honourable David Borger MP

Minster for Roads

Ministerial Office

Ph: (02) 9228 3555

Email: [email protected]

Address: Governor Macquarie Tower

Level 37, 1 Farrer Place

Sydney NSW 2000

Victoria

The Hon Tim Pallas MP

Minister for Roads and Ports

Ministerial Office:

Ph: (03) 9655 6210

Email: [email protected]

Address: Level 16, 121 Exhibition Street

Melbourne, Victoria 3000

Tasmania

The Hon Lara Giddings MP

Minister for Infrastructure

Ph: (03) 6233 6752

Email: [email protected]

Address: Executive Building Level 10

15 Murray Street

Hobart Tasmania 7000

South Australia

The Hon Jack Snelling MP

Minister for Road Safety

Ph: (08) 8226 8520

Email: [email protected]

Address: Level 4 Citi Central

11 Waymouth St

Adelaide SA 5000

Western Australia

The Hon Rob Johnson MLA

Minister for Road Safety

Ph: (08) 9222 9211

Email: [email protected]

Address: 20th Floor, Governor Stirling Tower

197 St Georges Terrace

Perth WA 6000

Northern Terrritory

The Hon Gerald McCarthy MLA

Minister for Transport

Ph: (08) 8901 4102

Email: [email protected]

Address: GPO Box 3146

Darwin NT 0801

ACT

The Hon Jon Stanhope MLA

Chief Minister and

Minister for Transport

Phone: (02) 6205 0104

Email: [email protected]

Address: ACT Legislative Assembly

GPO Box 1020

Canberra ACT 2601

Get to it

yeah I agree with him completely, seemed to me he had won most the points compared to the other guy. and I know for a fact that driving a tad faster does keep you more focused, with all these 90km zones these days, its painful and fatiguing. I think that's a good plan about offering a rebate on newer cars, however I think they could build on that and offer a higher ammount rebate on an australian built car compared to a foreign one (would help our acconomy I think!).

lastly.... test people over the age of 65 - 70 every 2 years on road rules and a practical driving test!!!!!!!