leeman34 said:

stygiaN_ said: Speed? A semi-trailer / B-double cannot go over 103 or 113kph, can't remember which, and a bus cannot go over 100kph, and all of these drivers know exactly how much time and distance it will take for them to come to a complete stop.
Sure, at this speed it becomes a driving bomb, if it hits anything, you're toast. But regardless. If I drive 113kph in a car and hit you you're still dead.

most trucks have speed limiters but they can be switched off and driven at whatever speed the truck can do

Mudguts said: It is too hard to keep your licence these days. I have lost 9 points now due to speeding in work vehicles in the central west question past Emerald where you would only see a car once every hour. But now the cops are even on dirt roads in the middle of nowhere. But in the good old days, you would just go to court and tell the judge you need your licence for work and they would give you a clean slate. Now I stare at the speedo and try not to speed at all, so i guess it is kind of working in stopping us from speeding. But saving lives? I dont think so, just look at the stats.

Mudguts said: Yes I was unlucky, but the cop reduced the fine to under 15km. I was going 140km/hr cos i was driving back to brisbane, it was 6:00 in the arvo, about 1000km to go after doing 12 hour straight shift and wanted to get back home to my woman.

MugaHay said: Yeah and then consider the amount of people driving and how often they drive compared to the amount of people who have gone to war and the amount of times they've gotten in a gun battle.

Mudguts said: Yes I was unlucky, but the cop reduced the fine to under 15km. I was going 140km/hr cos i was driving back to brisbane, it was 6:00 in the arvo, about 1000km to go after doing 12 hour straight shift and wanted to get back home to my woman.