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We need faster speed limits in Australia - and I'm not saying that because I'm a hoon | Opinion - Car News (www.carsguide.com.au)
submitted 4 weeks ago by Tau@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Speed kills. It’s the message that we’ve had driven home for decades by law enforcement and the government. But it’s time to have a serious discussion about speed limits in Australia without the hysterics and put some cold, hard facts into the debate.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed, but these 100k country back roads had those limits set with ;60s ford/holdens in mind. Which are unsafe as fuck compared to modern cars.

[–] Tau@aussie.zone 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Indeed, so now both the roads and cars are a lot safer I would be very happy to increase speed limits - particularly on highways and country roads. The idea that speed is the root of all evil however has been pushed enough that an unfortunate amount of people believe it, as can be seen by how this post has been dogpiled with downvotes despite the article presenting a quite sensible view. I even got several downvotes elsewhere in the thead for pointing out that cars are actually safer now than in the 70s, as if that was somehow a contentious point of view.