Evey once in a while... Common sense.

[Coldcomfort]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/201...92_ntnews.html

Might not be of much interest to 4X4 ers.... But some of us do have other means of transport.....

Compare this article with the tripe that ooze's out of Victoria....

[NP99]

That is good news.....wish Qld had similar brains!

[threedogs]

110 kph is heaps with the amount trees close to the road down here, If Victoria had the same run off area as the Territory
I can see an increase justified.As one reader wrote Whats the point of doing more than 130kph on crappy roads.
More fuel usage , more damage from animal strikes, plus wear and tear increases.
I'm happy to plod along and take in the sights of our great brown land instead of
A Quote from the Castle up Bonnie Doon did you see that,,,,,,,,,,,,what Oh its gone now

Fastest Ive been is 280kph but, was on a bike, on a track.

[Coldcomfort]

Horses for courses.... I dont know how many times you have driven the Stuart, but trust me, after the first 7 or 8 times 110kph would drive you to cut your wrists....

[NP99]

Horses for courses.... I dont know how many times you have driven the Stuart, but trust me, after the first 7 or 8 times 110kph would drive you to cut your wrists....

Driven up there with speed limiter @80kph
Drove us crazy.

[NissanGQ4.2]

I'm all for speed, the faster the better

If other countries can build decent roads and autobahns then why can't my tax dollars build decent roads and autobahns here in Australia

[jack]

If other countries can build decent roads and autobahns then why can't my tax dollars build decent roads and autobahns here in Australia

I've done a bit of driving in Europe and loved it, Autobahns in Germany were terrific. Main reason they have better roads than us is because the countries are much smaller and more densely populated. Also they have a much higher tax rate then we do, especially on fuel and registration etc. Countries like Holland would fit into Victoria three times easily.

[threedogs]

@ Cold comfort Lived in Alice ,worked From Marla Bore sth to Kingoonya and lived in Darwin.
In between is a hell of a lot of nothing, Yes I have driven the Length of the Stuart heaps of Times.
Just saying think 130Kph is heaps, Spent a lot of time in the NT even lived at the Rock for a brief period as well


Can you remember why the limit was capped in the first place, been a while now.

[Stropp]

speed limit was capped
A becuase the federal govt threatened to with hold funding until they did.
B becuase the tourists were killing themselves in top heavy campers built to do 80kpm and not 180kph like most of them were trying to do.

I am all for open limit up there and places that have long distances to travel, when i was livivng in the territory i sat at 140kph as the car was happy at that, the bike was happy at 120kph so i sat on that on the bike.

[NissanGQ4.2]

I've done a bit of driving in Europe and loved it, Autobahns in Germany were terrific. Main reason they have better roads than us is because the countries are much smaller and more densely populated. Also they have a much higher tax rate then we do, especially on fuel and registration etc. Countries like Holland would fit into Victoria three times easily.

So it has nothing to do with our government not been able to manage money and build half decent roads???? hhhhhhhmmmmmm