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Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 2197
Reg: 11-2004
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The following legislation comes into effect 1 December.
Immediate loss of licence.
Drink Driving.
6 Months. - 0.08 <-> 0.15
12 Months. - 0.15 and over.
12 Months - Refuse breath analysis or fail to comply.
Disqualification to apply forthwith or within 48 hours.
Excessive speed.
6 months automatic. - 45kph over the limit,
Disqualification to apply 24 hours later. |
Ken Bruns
Tinkerer
South Australia
Celsior C pack
Posts: 51
Reg: 07-2005
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OUCH!!!!!!!!! |
Benny Gammelmark
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 UZZ31
Posts: 1043
Reg: 07-2005
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Now all they have to do is remove the points system and I'll be a happy man.
In a country that has a points system those penalties doesn't really matter. You'd loose it anyway.
45kph over the limit is too much most places. If you want to do that you should go to the track. |
Rob Andreacchio
Moderator
Victoria
UZZ31 V8 / JZZ30 TT
Posts: 692
Reg: 01-2005
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Yeah, you'd have to be crazy to do that!  |
Kris Antczak
TryHard
SA
UZZ30 V8
Posts: 151
Reg: 07-2005
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If you want to do that...go to the SA/NT border...no speed limit...happiness all the way.
Porsche GT2 and Ferrari Challenge Stradalle and Lambo Gallardo hit 330km/h.
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Ivor Miric
Tinkerer
NSW
Camry/Hilux
Posts: 74
Reg: 07-2005
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"45kph over the limit is too much most places."
Not really benny, i'm sure you have gone down kissing point. Speed limit is 50 but you can easly get 100 without trying, no joke. You see little grandmas going 80!
thank god were i live its full of old people, so not many cops ;) |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 2242
Reg: 11-2004
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The cop that told me about all this, said he and his mates were expecting there would be bitching about it, and they think the 45kph suspension is too tough. |
Rob Andreacchio
Moderator
Victoria
UZZ31 V8 / JZZ30 TT
Posts: 698
Reg: 01-2005
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12 month supsension here in Vic for 45km or over..... Call me crazy for knowing lol |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 2250
Reg: 11-2004
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Hiya Mr. Crazy  |
David Vaughan
DieHard
ACT
Soarer GT-L (4.0 V8) Lexus is300 (3.0 VVT-i 6)
Posts: 630
Reg: 07-2005
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Major stretches of the Sydney-Canberra highway are safe at 155+. They could at least raise the limit to 130 for which most of it was designed. |
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
UZZ30 GT4.0 V8
Posts: 1327
Reg: 05-2005
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Over here in Ba Ba land it's 50kph OVER the limit for INSTANT loss of license, which, if you're talking our NZ wide open road limit of 100 kph, probably ain't to severe.
But having said that, on a recent trip from New Plymouth to Auckland (4 hour drive at open road limit) we didn't see one single cop.....ANYWHERE!.
So it's not unusual to be blitzed by some nong in a Porsche doing 160 - 170 kph, and doing so with impunity, as there ain't an awful lotta cops to go around over here  |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 2251
Reg: 11-2004
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Too busy chasing sheep rustlers? |
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
UZZ30 GT4.0 V8
Posts: 1334
Reg: 05-2005
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Exactly  |
Steve Latimer
Tinkerer
VIC
UZZ32
Posts: 41
Reg: 07-2005
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By the way, How is Russell? - haven't heard from him in ages. |
Benny Gammelmark
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 UZZ31
Posts: 1053
Reg: 07-2005
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I wasn't really saying that 45kph over the limit was too much FOR THE ROAD.
Just that it's too much to do 45kph more than anyone else. Also too much in a built-up area where kids could be running around.
The problem with speed limits is that they're fixed. Some roads are safe at 100kph some times but quite unsafe at 70kph other times. It all depends on traffic (including pedestrians). |
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
UZZ30 GT4.0 V8
Posts: 1337
Reg: 05-2005
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Benny Gammelmark wrote on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 01:35 am: It all depends on traffic (including pedestrians).
Which equates to flocks of sheep in our case  |
David Vaughan
DieHard
ACT
Soarer GT-L (4.0 V8) Lexus is300 (3.0 VVT-i 6)
Posts: 635
Reg: 07-2005
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I agree about the relativity point Benny. A little-publicised study by the NSWRTA roughly ten years ago showed that your chances of an accident rose significantly if your speed differed from that of the surrounding traffic by 20% or more and was increasing at 10%. The point they were careful to make was that they were talking about 10-20% different not faster.
When overtaking a string of cars I limit my speed and take what I can rather than raising absolute speed to take more and risking someone pulling out in front of you. Not that I have to do much of that these days, with freeways. |
Jeff Wilkins
TryHard
South Australia
JZZ30 GT-TL
Posts: 156
Reg: 07-2005
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Hasnt the above 45K's over been in place for years?
I got done back in 93/94 for flying past an unmarked cop car in a VH dunnydore that I was on my way to trade in on Pt Wakefield Rd. Was told then that due to my speed being much greater than 30kmh in excess of the limit (175 - 110 zone) it was going to be auto loss of license. After having a whinge and whine he ended up doing me for a number of offences that I hadnt commited but let me keep my license, just cost me a bucket (bout $800 from memory) |
Dan McColl
TryHard
Victoria
UZZ32 V8 Soarer #138
Posts: 399
Reg: 07-2005
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Stop sookin. We lose our licence over here for 25 over the posted limit. |
Sam Sulley
Tinkerer
South Australia
GT-TL
Posts: 60
Reg: 08-2005
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i think that giving the police powers like that is abit much. given the circumstances, it should or shouldnt be 'fair'.
one instance that springs to mind in a magazine, this guy on a Suzi Hayabusa (spelling?) bike, overtook a truck or something and got done speeding in excess of like 160. went to court and convinced the judge that had he been going slower he would have been creamed by the truck, who hadnt seen him, or something along those lines. I had to speed, it wasnt safe to do the speed limit. AND HE GOT OFF!?!!
where i live, cops LOVE picking on P platers and drivers in general. Giving them even more power to abuse is a bit in the wrong way.
MY VIEW: if your always a dickhead in your car, you deserve to get caught. If you just drive 'spiritedly' once every now and then, a fine is enough. if you drive sensibly and rarely have a jolt, then its ok.
its usually the dickheads who the rules are made up for, and the rest suffer. pricks. |
Morgan Cross
Goo Roo
Victoria
Soarer TT
Posts: 1021
Reg: 07-2005
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Sam Sulley wrote on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 05:18 pm:If you just drive 'spiritedly' once every now and then
That's when you get caught though, it all comes down to luck / where you speed really.
Dan McColl wrote on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 10:00 pm:We lose our licence over here for 25 over the posted limit.
Even that's easy, Dan's 32 showed us all it had what it took to FLY past about 5 Soarers on a recent cruise...
Although, the speed limit on that bit of road was 150kph, so you'll be safe hehe. |
Ryan Rankovic
TryHard
Victoria
Soarer TT GT-TL
Posts: 438
Reg: 07-2005
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Dan McColl wrote on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 10:00 pm:Stop sookin. We lose our licence over here for 25 over the posted limit.
i just got a fine in the mail.... detected speed 125, alleged 123. in a 100 zone. 3 demerits and $210 fine.
meh |
Dan McColl
DieHard
Victoria
UZZ-32 V8 Soarer #138
Posts: 894
Reg: 07-2005
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3 K's more and you woulda been walking. |
Ryan Rankovic
TryHard
Victoria
Soarer TT GT-TL
Posts: 442
Reg: 07-2005
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but it wasnt me who was driving  |
Morgan Cross
Goo Roo
Victoria
Soarer TT
Posts: 1264
Reg: 07-2005
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Aren't parents grand. |
Ryan Rankovic
TryHard
Victoria
Soarer TT GT-TL
Posts: 453
Reg: 07-2005
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parents? you said you were taking the demerits  |
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