UnfortunateDoorHinge

@UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you a Coles patriot. Or are you a Woolies nationalist?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kinda a game how much can you leave in your trolley when you press the pay button.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need faster speed limits in Australia - and I'm not saying that because I'm a hoon | Opinion - Car News⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s an economic trade-off for everything. It’s not that we can’t have it happen, but roads like the Hume Highway and Pacific Highway will need to be completely redone with a widespread flattening of the road, gentler corners, constant surveillance of kangaroos and wombats on the road and a massive road maintenance workforce who can rapidly fix entire sections of the road.

  This will require raising taxes or diverting funds, not worth it, especially when you have a road network that is at least 10 times the size of Germany, and with a quarter of the population.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need faster speed limits in Australia - and I'm not saying that because I'm a hoon | Opinion - Car News⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a motoring enthusiast, I love to go fast, but there’s a number of problems:

  • a faster speed limit will not result in more cars per minute on a given road. As speeds increase, cars have to be more spread out.

  • by no means are Australian roads are in a condition for ultra high speed limits. Our way of fixing pot holes is very touch and go. We have bumbs and undulations. On the Autobahn, they replace the entire tarmac, not just fill in a hole.

  • a lot of our car fleet is not safe or designed to go 130kmh. A lot of older 4wds with big tyres, these were never designed to go fast. They have tiny brakes. In Germany a roadworthy is massive, and older cars are taken off the road.

  • a faster speed will result in more CO2 emissions. Cars (especially SUVs), get worse fuel mileage above 100kmh as wind drag becomes a greater burden. EVs get exponentially worse range at high speeds.

  • a lot of our car fleet tows caravans. That are not designed for that speeds.

  • in NSW were their L platers can’t go faster than 90, this will be a massive speed differential.

  • we have unique hazards such as wildlife and unlit highways that makes fast driving extremely dangerous.

  • faster driving leads to more lethal crashes, especially in poor weather.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An unwritten 'country code' is putting Rob's life at risk on the road, and all he's doing is turning right⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On country roads it is a lot less stressful for you and the trucker if you have a cb radio. You don’t need a massive areal and all wired in, just a little handheld for to communicate to a truck in front or behind.

  Say you’re towing a caravan at 90kmh. You can just say to the truck behind “white land cruiser and van to linfox truck, I’m slow, in 3km there’s a overtaking area I’ll let you go around.”