UK motorways to be 80mph (130km/h) 2013

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Originally Posted by turbodewd

Without a doubt the roads between Melbourne-Canberra-Sydney are very good in parts and would easily support 120kmh. I mean cars are far far safer than 30 years ago when the speed limits were the same.

Wind the clock back another 10 years (40 years ago) and we had no speed limits on country roads. We were happily driving around in XA Falcons back then with no ABS, no airbags, poorer tyres and poorer suspension. 140 km/h was a good touring speed, ie. a good balance between trip times and fuel consumption. It was just under the speed when the secondaries stayed open in a Falcon V8 carby.

Aussies are a weak bunch of bast ards that allowed the nanny state lobbyists to gradually wrap us in cotton wool over the years. We basically don't understand that a certain percentage of motorist are going to die, and that's life. No ANZAC guts left here. Just weakness.

Fortunately, there are still no speed limits in the air (except supersonic over populated areas) or at sea.