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Originally Posted by Fairlane
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I'd speed up....by a good 10%?
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Originally Posted by Fairlane
That final police officer was a bit off, "outdated Australian Design Rule" pretty sure its still in force mate, and well even minor changes in tyres can knock a speedo about.
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Not sure if it is enforce or not. I heard they were changing it but don't know if that was a 'in the future' or it has now been done. Either way fact is that you are not going to seriously measurably affect vehicular safety based on 10% anyway since the set speed is arbitrary and not dependent on every single combination of conditions, vehicles or drivers capabilities. These factors would adjust the recomended speed a crapload more than 10%. For one thing, if you added 10% to most highway speed limits but reduced urban limits 10% (not saying i'm in favour of it) you would most likely improve safety substantially....
Why bother discussing this issue when it doesn't take into the account the much bigger impact of driver behaviour, which is not properly policed at all like it was in the past.