*****PRIMO!***** [And rightly so!]

brock [does not and will not get CAPITALS] is nothing more than a egotistical WIFE BASHER

May he rot in hell

Cheers

F-0

What you fail to realise is even though the Aston is built for those speeds and yes it will stop in a shorter distance, that does NOT mean he is above the law and can speed when sharing the road with OTHER drivers. What you FAIL to realise is that the most important safety feature of any car is the DRIVER. I have seen plenty of smashes with porsches, lambos, and lets not forget that mess that Veyron owner made of his car. You want the government to pick and chose a custom speed limit depending on the capabilities of a car? The only requirement is that the car is roadworthy. You sir, are a fool. This requires no further discussion.

……..and just to finish this topic off.

ASK YOURSELVES THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Who will stop quicker and in shorter distance -

A) Aston MArtin V8 Vantage doing 150kmh

B) Fully laden truck doing 99kmh

When you answer A or B then you will see why the speed laws are dumb, yet again.

The only fools are people like yourselves blinded by obedience and lacking logical thinking. You are sad.

Anyone ever heard the phrase:

“Guns don’t kill, people do”

The same applies to cars. Unless there is a mechanical failure in the vehicle, I would think that most road fatalities would be caused by bad drivers, people who don’t follow the road rules, or just idiots. It’s the minority who make the majority suffer.

Speed Kills is just a revenue tool, nothing more or less.

It was interesting to read the stats in paper on the weekend. The highest road-toll over Christmas was in Victoria, the lowest….NT. VIC has just come off the back off the ‘wipe off 5′ campaign and still seems to be largely confined to 100km/h in many areas (rather than 110km/h). NT has 130km/h of course (boo! bring back the unlimited) – yes there’s less people but the stats are kinda interesting.

Personally, I’d like to see our arterial highways opened up. Perhaps the ‘average speed’ cameras like in VIC could be used to impose a ‘green’ charge. Average 80km/h (or whatever is the ‘greenest’ speed) in a section – no charge. Average more than that, get charged a proportional amount. That means no more breaking speed limits! by all means do 160km/h, but expect to pay for the privilege to offset the carbon burn. This way the government still gets their revenue (which is what the speeding campaign is all about, let’s face it) and the police are free to look for dangerous driving instead of hiding in the bushes.

What about the cyclists doing 15km/h in a 100km/h zone.

If cyclists are allowed to ride 2-abreast with the speed differential of 85km/h, then this offence is not serious enough.

Think about it people, just use your heads. Speed laws and many other traffic laws in Aus are an absolute joke.

Clapped up Cortina with drum brakes doing 100 in a 100 is fine, but Lamborghini Murcielago doing 101 in a 100 is an offence ?!?!?!?!?

Well, here is a solution, Governments if you are listening – build us a God damned Oz Nurburgring, open every day, $25 per lap, no speed limits, 25kms long, 2km straight for top speed runs, plenty of corners, and we can all move forward then ;))))

ASK YOURSELVES THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

Who will stop quicker and in shorter distance -

A) Aston MArtin V8 Vantage doing 150kmh

B) Fully laden truck doing 99kmh

When you answer A or B then you will see why the speed laws are dumb, yet again.

To answer you some other questions Frosty – yes, driven on Autobahn, yes, attended several high-speed training courses.
The biggest problem with the speed law as I see it is that it is less of an offence to drive 64kmh in a 40kmh zone past the school, then it is to drive 150kmh in a 100kmh zone with nobody around you. Do you see my point, cops and politicians and judges only see the numbers, not the surroundings.
The other thing is that all these anti-speed advocates state: what if you have a blow out, what if your brakes fail, what if someone steps in the road in front of you blah blah blah.

What if the comet comes from the sky and hits you while sitting in the car – all this “what if” is dumb, its dumb since some granpa doing 20kmh BELOW the speed limit runs a red liht and t-bones the family car and kills its occupants, OR some idiot not paying any attention changes lanes without indication, causes car next to him to swerve, lose control and kill them.

And don’t even start me with the rotten governments, and their belief that advanced driving courses make drivers more dangerous. This is a FACT, this is what the government thinks.

So you tell me who is responsible and who can reduce the road toll. Give me education and better roads any day, compared to some copper in the bushes with a radar/laser giving tickets for enthusiastic driving, and a media blabbing about how speed, and only speed is dangerous.

NOT providing better advanced driving courses is more dangerous
NOT providing safer roads is more dangerous.

Speed – easiest to detect, easiest to talk about, easiest to blame for everything, easiest to collect revenue from. Simple.

More gaurd rails to stop cars from leaving the road into trees etc, more dividers for opposing traffic flows, less trees and power poles and sign posts adjacent to the roads. That will save lives.

More gaurd rails to stop cars from leaving the road into trees etc, more dividers for opposing traffic flows, less trees and power poles and sign posts adjacent to the roads. That will save lives.

And yes jester, in long empty straight roads where you can see for 10km straight (ie NT) it does make a little sense to be able to drive faster than 100 (or 130). But this is the Bolte Bridge, its rarely empty. Its not 10km of clear visibility and no traffic, ever.

I don’t reckon speeding is the leading cause of accidents (inattention is), but 50kmh over is too far. People need to realise that sometimes the what ifs happen. What if I run over a screw on the road and have a blowout at 150kmh, and become a 1.7 tonne missile that hits another car that was going 80kmh. I know being young its tempting to think it won’t happen, but if it does it isn’t just your life that your playing with.

There are a lot of people who call themselves enthusiasts and allow themselves to do things others can\’t (or won\’t) on the road. The thing is, they\’re sharing the road with other people. They allow themselves to do 20km/h over the limit but they really get upset with other people doing 5km/h under the limit, even if those people are traveling in the left lane.

Beside driver training, respect for other people is another thing that we have to learn.