I would certainly have appreciated that last month - did a ~1000k run up the coast (and back a couple of weeks later) with the vast majority of that on dual carriageway highways that could have been driven at much higher speeds without compromising safety. As it was I just stuck at a true 115 most of the way, but shaving a couple of hours off that trip would have been nice.
Comment on Opinion: Why it’s time to raise the speed limit in Australia to 130km/h
Krotiuz@kbin.social 1 year ago
I've long held the view the major highways should be set to 140, aimed at reducing fatigue. Someone will drive Melbourne to Sydney in a day anyway, and two hours less travel time will help make them safer when they get there.
Tau@aussie.zone 1 year ago
SaveComengs@lemmy.federa.net 1 year ago
why do you need to drive from Sydney to Melbourne?
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I would definitely support increasing the speed limits on remote roads like that.
But an even better approach would be to reduce their travel time by getting them off the road entirely. A high speed train could get from Sydney to Melbourne in under 5 hours, about half the time it takes to drive. And that’s 5 hours that you could use usefully doing work, reading, or even napping.
I think talk about raising the speed limits is comparatively more useful when talking about people not going between major cities. Roma to Brisbane, for example, or Sydney to Dubbo. Places where high speed rail doesn’t make sense.
SaveComengs@lemmy.federa.net 1 year ago
Reading about very fast train is very sad