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> These are mostly single lane either direction highways .. It does not sound lik a highway. Around here, highways are opposite lanes separated (and usually m

by mantas 4y ago

> These are mostly single lane either direction highways .. It does not sound lik a highway. Around here, highways are opposite lanes separated (and usually multiple, with very very few exceptions), banned slow traffic, no single-level intersections, usually fenced off wildlife.

defrost 4y ago
Like it or not it's a highway, an Australian highway - two lanes, one in each direction, unseperated, with soft shoulders that can wash out. Some fences now and again, mostly unfenced, kangaroos abound, emus run across, cattle will wander (although they are usually with fenced areas (albeit ones that can fall)). Wherever "around here" might be, unless it's the Siberian expanse or very few other places, it's unlike most of Australia (outside of the handful of Capital city metro+suburban areas) which is vast, empty, and unpopulated. Western Australia is larger than 3x the size of Texas with a population of not much over two million of which nearly all live around the main city with most of the rest in the south west corner. Out in the rest of the state and across into the NT the pop numbers are low and the distance between towns are high. This information might cause you to rethink the unlimited speed proposal. On the up side police presence is generally low to non existant, on the down side police and ambulance support can be hours away in the event of accidents .. or rogue outback murderers flagging down tourists.
- mantas 4y ago
  Then Australian highway is an entirely different thing than highways in europe and our discussion is meaningless. I stand corrected that German highways with unlimited speed are better driving experience than eastern european counterparts with a limit. Highways in european sense.
  - defrost 4y ago
    Well, your side may have been meaningless but I've had a clear and solid understanding of both the German Autobahn and an Australian highway from the outset .. I'm glad you've caught up. To reiterate, the highways in the NT of Australia were completely unregulated for many years as an area with no state government and no federal road laws until relatively recently. People frequently drove at high speeds legally for many years and staged legal high speed long distance races on its roads. In recent decades roads there have been regulated with sections at times being unlimited. The primary issue with unlimited zones, IMHO, is people driving beyond their ability - in the sense of beyond their ability to react, to see ahead, to understand the nature of the road (ie. dips, curves, what it takes to actively straddle a hard road and soft shoulder and maintain control), beyond what the mechanics of their car might be capable of.

by mantas 4y ago

defrost 4y ago

Like it or not it's a highway, an Australian highway - two lanes, one in each direction, unseperated, with soft shoulders that can wash out. Some fences now and again, mostly unfenced, kangaroos abound, emus run across, cattle will wander (although they are usually with fenced areas (albeit ones that can fall)). Wherever "around here" might be, unless it's the Siberian expanse or very few other places, it's unlike most of Australia (outside of the handful of Capital city metro+suburban areas) which is vast, empty, and unpopulated. Western Australia is larger than 3x the size of Texas with a population of not much over two million of which nearly all live around the main city with most of the rest in the south west corner. Out in the rest of the state and across into the NT the pop numbers are low and the distance between towns are high. This information might cause you to rethink the unlimited speed proposal. On the up side police presence is generally low to non existant, on the down side police and ambulance support can be hours away in the event of accidents .. or rogue outback murderers flagging down tourists.

mantas 4y ago
Then Australian highway is an entirely different thing than highways in europe and our discussion is meaningless. I stand corrected that German highways with unlimited speed are better driving experience than eastern european counterparts with a limit. Highways in european sense.
- defrost 4y ago
  Well, your side may have been meaningless but I've had a clear and solid understanding of both the German Autobahn and an Australian highway from the outset .. I'm glad you've caught up. To reiterate, the highways in the NT of Australia were completely unregulated for many years as an area with no state government and no federal road laws until relatively recently. People frequently drove at high speeds legally for many years and staged legal high speed long distance races on its roads. In recent decades roads there have been regulated with sections at times being unlimited. The primary issue with unlimited zones, IMHO, is people driving beyond their ability - in the sense of beyond their ability to react, to see ahead, to understand the nature of the road (ie. dips, curves, what it takes to actively straddle a hard road and soft shoulder and maintain control), beyond what the mechanics of their car might be capable of.