LNP looking at increasing speed above 110 kmph in QLD

[Blue Shadow]

Hope so

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...11-gxug0s.html

[GasoLane]

Hmm, free electric charging stations from Bris to Cairns and now this.

Wouldn't be getting close to an election, would it?

[Blue Shadow]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Hmm, free electric charging stations from Bris to Cairns and now this.

Wouldn't be getting close to an election, would it?

It would

[lra]

They are considering a review. Pretty meaningless.
"Yep. We did a review. No, not going to change any limits"

[Franco Cozzo]

Brisbane could use some highways and better roads, driving around Brisbane is an abortion and its got nearly half the population of Melbourne

[cheap]

This is from the same mob who gave QLD bicycle ridders unprecedented authority to take control of the roads and then made the motorist feel they have a "you're guilty until proven guilty" guillotine positioned above their necks.

[Franco Cozzo]

Same thing happened in my town.

They decided to spend $200K for a review if we should have a roundabout.

Then decided to not build it.

I tried to cut em a deal that I'd say no for only $150K but they weren't interested

[LG17]

Originally Posted by cheap

This is from the same mob who gave QLD bicycle ridders unprecedented authority to take control of the roads and then made the motorist feel they have a "you're guilty until proven guilty" guillotine positioned above their necks.

Sorry but they have done nothing of the sort...

Just another ill informed non fact.

[jpd80]

A lot of the congestion is caused by roads simply not designed to convey that many vehicles in peak hours, either at merge points or where arteried dum thousands of cars into city streets where they earth worm through light after light until the fed up reach their destinations.

[jpd80]

What we need is more ring roads to move traffic around Brisbane without actually having to go through it. A crash or a fatality north or south means hours of blockage for motorists.

These are the priorities more than going more than 110 KPH, most drivers would be happy to get to work at 70-80 kph.

[cheap]

Originally Posted by LG17

Sorry but they have done nothing of the sort...

Just another ill informed non fact.

No mate, it is you that needs to check your facts. My State MP Scott Morrison was minister for transport and was in the thick of things legislating the bicycle rules which we have.

Morrison also had another great idea to allow Segway's onto public roads/footpaths and cycle ways. But the LNP got booted out. No doubt he will resurrect that stupendous idea next week.

[Pedro]

Crikey, Harold Scruby will have a conniption.

[prydey]

Originally Posted by cheap

No mate, it is you that needs to check your facts. My State MP Scott Morrison was minister for transport and was in the thick of things legislating the bicycle rules which we have.

ok i'll bite (against all my better judgement), what rules do you have up there that give cyclists 'unprecedented authority to take control of the roads', as you put it?

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by prydey

ok i'll bite (against all my better judgement), what rules do you have up there that give cyclists 'unprecedented authority to take control of the roads', as you put it?

Read this and you will see what we motorists have to put up with in Qld. ... https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/saf...other/cyclists

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Pedro

Read this and you will see what we motorists have to put up with in Qld. ... https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/saf...other/cyclists

and?? I live in SA. those rules have been around much longer.

Actually, the only thing that is new is that a figure has been added to the passing distance. Otherwise the rule has always been there, but just worded 'reasonable room' or words to that effect. Due to the abundance of numpty motorists that think the road belongs to them, a clarification was needed to clear things up.

oh yeah, I also cycle. Sorry for riding on your road

and for anyone that thinks I'm defending poor cyclist behaviour, i'm not.

[bernbo]

Yeah how dare they put some rules in to stop cyclists getting killed. They even gave motorists leeway to safely and legally pass over double whites. Oh the barbarians. Its almost as bad a motor boats have to give way to sail, its a travesty they have to use motorised propulsion to slow down and speed up again, oh the wear on the engine.

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[Interceptor]

One mamil up here got clipped by a minibus on the highway when he was riding to work.

News article claimed that if he wasnt so fit from riding to and from work he might not have survived...

Normal, intelligent people asked would he have been hit if he'd driven a car instead of being a road hazard....

[GasoLane]

Can we get back on topic please and not turn this into another Motorist vs Cyclist argument.

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Brisbane could use some highways and better roads, driving around Brisbane is an abortion and its got nearly half the population of Melbourne

A couple of years ago I went to Sydney for work and the general driving level was awesome. Everyone seemed aware of the flow and all drove to get the most efficiency from the road. People gave way, let others slip infront of them when lanes merged without hitting the brakes and coming to a complete stop, people merged on highways properly, everyone indicated in advance, it was nice to drive in.
The roads had fewer lanes and there were at least twice as many cars as Brisbane but the trips took less time because peak hour stilled flowed.

Coming back to Brisbane made me pretty sad. We're such a bunch of Sunday drivers, having a bit of a lardy-lar with no awareness of how to fit into a larger group of cars. Our roads are fine, we have plenty of them and more than enough lanes. People just need to become better drivers IMPO.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by Blue Shadow

Hope so

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...11-gxug0s.html

Oh God no! We are all going to die!

/end sarc

[cro142]

Don't we all believe that "every K over is a killer"

I nearly died once as I think I lost concentration and my speedo hovered towards 101 kmh. I'm lucky to be alive !!

I must spend more of my driving time looking at my speedo, just to be sure ...

[Rambunctious]

Don't matter what you do with the speed limits, it's the nut holding the steering wheel that is the problem.

[blackf6]

Great idea. Now take the limiter of the tanker too please.

[Jastel]

Originally Posted by cheap

No mate, it is you that needs to check your facts. My State MP Scott Morrison was minister for transport and was in the thick of things legislating the bicycle rules which we have.

Morrison also had another great idea to allow Segway's onto public roads/footpaths and cycle ways. But the LNP got booted out. No doubt he will resurrect that stupendous idea next week.

I think you mean Scott Emmerson, the LNP Member for Indooroopilly, and Qld Shadow Treasurer, Scott Morrison is the Federal Treasurer.

He was involved in the Bike thing and the Uber debacle as well while he was the State Transport Minister.

Their last road review increased a few places but not many. It wont be like the NT...maybe a few more 110kmh zones if we are lucky, but after you leave BNE most roads are potholed goat tracks not safe at 110 anyway.

[csv8]

Wont happen will loose revenue. Need to do something about revenue cameras.

[Syndrome]

Leftards would take us back to this if they had the opportunity: