NT Speed limits?

[Trevor 57]

Your long winded statement still has not convinced me or any other like thinking person that a metal sign on the side of the road increases the road toll. I was in NT only very recently, with the 130 limit and there are still plenty of people exceeding that limit I can assure you.

Again, I will reiterate, it is the person that kills themselves and others, not a metal road sign or a preceived police presence behind trees.

Statistically, world wide, lower speed limits, like seat belts have been proven to save lives.

In 1974 in Victoria, we peaked with road deaths at 1034, lest year it was in the mid 300's. Yes, there are lots of factors contributing to that, like car design, but many of the things you so passionately hate have also contributed to a lower road toll.

Maybe you should subscribe to pay TV and watch some of the documentaries that I have seen on the appalling loss of life in huge crashes on the Autobahn of Germany, and the infrastructure that they have to have in place to respond to such high speed horrific motor vehicles crashes, the cost is extrodinary.

Fatigue is not caused by going slow, this is one feild I can almost claim to be expert in, fatigue has to do with lack of sleep, physical tiredness, stress, boredom, personal issues.

And even going fast for long durations has been acknowledge as creating fatigue in drivers because of the extra mental requirements required to keep the concentration at such high levels.

Take your blinkers off.