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In Australia (I left 15 years ago) it was stated that you were required to drive at the _maximum_ speed that met the conditions: - not exceeding posted speed l
by FireBeyond 5y ago
In Australia (I left 15 years ago) it was stated that you were required to drive at the _maximum_ speed that met the conditions:
- not exceeding posted speed limit
- appropriate for environmental conditions
- your ability to safely control the vehicle
And failure to do so could be fined.
- cgriswald 5y agoAny idea how that worked out in practice? Anyone can claim their ability to safely control the vehicle would have been impaired at $cited_speed + 1 km/h.
- wzdd 5y agoThis is incorrect (which is lucky, because it would both be extremely unreasonable and impossible to enforce). You can only be fined if you are driving so slowly that you are causing an obstruction. Citations: NRMA: https://www.mynrma.com.au/cars-and-driving/driver-training-and-licences/resources/is-driving-beneath-the-speed-limit-illegal https://www.mynrma.com.au/cars-and-driving/driver-training-a... Australian road rules: http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_reg/arr210/s125.html http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_reg/arr210/s12... -- key paragraph: "a driver does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another driver or a pedestrian only because [...] (b) the driver is driving more slowly than other vehicles (unless the driver is driving abnormally slowly in the circumstances)." (Note that these rules form guidance for the States, so there will be per-state differences -- see below) Western Australia is the only state which explicitly defines "too slowly", it's 20km/h below the limit, and it only applies to freeways. https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-advice/is-driving-slow-illegal https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-advice/is-driving-slow-illeg...