this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
42 points (81.8% liked)

Australia

3622 readers
158 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] No1@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree with one point made in the article. 10 or 20 km/h speed difference is usually not too bad, but 30-40 km/h differences are a different story.

  • No stupid reduced max speed limits for learners/provisional drivers. They are learning how to drive with everyone else, not how to drive with everyone else going around them.
  • Maybe the truck and bus max speed limit should be bumped up too. Though idk maybe they aren't certified/tested at that level?
[–] austin@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Half of them are driving at 140km/h in a school zone anyway. Agreed, stop limiting them and teach responsibility so they can independently make good choices.