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Originally Posted by Fantome
As the captain of a Rural Fire Brigade, I have had to attend speed related MVA's many times. After you have watched the ambo's scrape some guy's grey-matter of the seat of his car or seen the devestation on the face of the truckie who would be haunted by an accident that was not his fault but the fault of a driver who overestimated his driving ability, then maybe you start thinking that speed limits are not such a bad idea. As a mum to 4 kids (2 with 'P' plates) I believe that it's not the condition of the road that dictates the speed we should drive at but the unpredictable 'others' on the road eg. roos, livestock, caravans, wide loads and the people who think they can drive but are not as good as they think they are.
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I find it interesting that people just ignore posts like this. Youll get these comments from nearly everyone involved in such a position. Someone who probably really does have a clue, yet is totally ignored. Thats the thing with roads, its the unexpected, they are unpredictable, there are no marshals waving flags. Even a racetrack has these safety systems, and limits in pitlane, how would you get similar on the road?
You can lead a horse to water, but you cant stop it ****ing in it while it drinks.