cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/1198065
We can and should be allowed to drive faster on our freeways and motorways; but don’t think governments will let it happen overnight.
cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/1198065
We can and should be allowed to drive faster on our freeways and motorways; but don’t think governments will let it happen overnight.
Counter point: The Aus driving tests don’t prepare/train drivers for the current highway speeds as it is.
If we implemented a system like Finland’s, where new drivers are actually taught how to handle vehicles in adverse situations and conditions then I agree raising the speed limit would be feasable.
But that would require a huge state gov investment in training infrastructure and that will never happen.
Agree. We don’t even teach them to drive at night.
And we never retest anyone.
You were able to do a reverse park once? Cool, you are now allowed to dive for the rest of your life.
Every person should be retested every 5 years.
They couldn’t possibly do that in WA. There’s about a six month wait now to book a driving test. That’s just for new drivers.
In QLD you must log 20? hours driving at night
For learners required to log hours this is also true in Vic and NSW, but there is an age cut off (21 and 25) for this requirement.
Log, yes. Prove, no.
Also, The current condition (and ongoing condition) of Australia’s primary road surfaces are unsafe even at the current speed limit.
The combination of poor initial construction, decades of neglect, bushfires, floods, abuse by speeding and overweight road users has resulted in a regional road network that is so far gone that the most cost effective solution is to tear up whole sections and start from scratch.