With regard to road work signs and temporary speed limits. Under the federal road act, it is illegal for temporary road work signs to remain in place [ or not covered up ], to be enforced when there is no evidence [ machinery or men] in the act of actually doing road work [ including lunch break ] on the carriageway where the signs are posted. Heavy penalties apply. THIS is what cheeses drivers off. If the department of main roads enforced their own rules about signage, things would go well.
Secondly, it is illegal to post speed signs that - change the speed by more than 20KPH in one step...EG, off ramp speeds that quote 70KPH or lower from a road that is posted as 100KPH are ILLEGAL if these signs are in red and white - off ramp speeds are recomended [ yellow and black ] and are NOT enforcable.

Pepper, yes it would nice if the damn Main Roads Dept and councils observed the rules in this regard, wouldn’t it!

So often I see pretty haphazard efforts at roadworks signage and pretty unintelligent attempts to make it as safe and as clear as possible.

One point – it cannot always be illegal to leave temporary signs in place when no work is actually being done, if the hazard or changed road conditions remain.

As I stated way back on this thread, I made a whole series of written complaints about the inadequacy of roadworks signage and safety a few years back….. and of course it went nowhere!

The other major issue with roadworks and associated signage is the complete lack of policing by the relevant authority. They seem content to have cars whizzing past at 20kmh or more faster than the temporary signs indicate, and no doubt in many instances they put up signs with that in mind, which indicate a speed far slower than is necessary.

See a new line of discussion; ‘Staying alive on the road’

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=462

Alright Ludwig you old fart. I have been hanging out for a whole torturous week for you to elaborate on your weird little post; “hoons in Hyundais. Now there’s a phenomenon”.

What aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare you on about?

Ahaaaa Luddie! You ARE out there keeping an eye on my rabblings, you sly dog!

Welcome out of hibernation, me ol’ alter-ego mate

Luuuudweeeyiiig

Tell me what “Hoons in Hyundais” is all about, or I’ll come over and throttle ya