Hi ozbargain community
I have a crazy theory…that perhaps…just perhaps a large part of the traffic woes in this fine nanny state of ours are due to ridiculously low speed limits.
Examples:
Eastern distributor southbound 80km/hr dropped to 60km/hr in peak hour.
Harbour bridge just before entering city 70km/hr drops down to 40km/hr.
M4 motorway (4 lane freaken highway!!!) 90km/hr - like c'mon this should be the auto freaking bahn.
I think the authorities think that most humans are too stupid to actually drive at a safe speed if not given a ridiculously low speed limit to obey.
What I find is that most people tend to drive waaay below the speed limit. e.g. in moderate traffic the average speed in the harbour tunnel is 60km/hr when the speed limit is 80km/hr.
If someone can show me some statistics or literature to show that there is a significant hazard reduction to these ridiculous speed limits and weigh that up against the massive costs that traffic has on our society then I'm all ears…
Please post examples of ridiculously low speed limits in Sydney that you have come across peoples…
Reducing the number of cars is the key to it.
See:
http://urbanist.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454714d69e2017d3c37d8a…