By blowing the speed limit you are forcing better detection gadgets.
The loudest screamers of revenue raising are people who constantly speed. 100 means 100 not 105. That is a blatant disregard for the road rules.
The new radar guns can pick out a vehicle from 2 km's. These are in highway patrol cars and choppers.
The tapes buried in the road 1 km apart, every vehicle is photographed when crossing the first tape, and matched when crossing the second tape.

Hi Ludwig,Lexi & Belly,
I agree that sometimes people need to drive to the conditions of the road/traffic. Western Australian drivers, particularly in the City of Perth, are notorious for speeding.
I find that the blatant disregard for road rules by drivers of all ages, is a major cause of serious accidents resulting all too many times, in death.
Police need more power with which to arrest the "rogue drivers". These people run the risk of injuring, maiming and killing others who share the road. A matter of attitude is at fault, particularly with young males.
In my humble opinion, should a P plate driver be caught breaking the law (road law that is), should have their license recinded immediately, until such times as they can drive with respect to the law and other road users. My heart goes out to the parents of children who have been killed or seriously maimed in senseless road accidents, which could, in a lot of instances, have been avoided.
I don't have the answers, but there needs to be a bit of tightening up regarding motoring law-breakers.
Cheers guys,
Noisy Scrub Bird.

NSB welcome back
If we drive according to the conditions we will be better for it.
So very often at a fatal scene you will find the driver had his/her most loved property on board the family.
And bought about the whole thing by not doing just that.

Hi Noisy

Perhaps the biggest problem of all is the thinness of the thin blue line!

So few police; such little chance of getting caught. Idiots feel as though they can get away with all sorts of dangerous antics on our roads, witnessed by lots of people, just as long as the police don’t see them.

And they aren’t far wrong!!

ALL police cars need to be UNMARKED!

I totally disagree with the idea of making police vehicles highly conspicuous, because they can be seen from a mile off which gives idiots a chance to pull their heads in, and they demonstrate just how light-on the police presence is overall.

Unmarked cars can be instantly turned into conspicuous police vehicles with red and blue flashing lights and alternatively flashing headlights.

If every late-model car was a potential police vehicle in the eyes of the bloody idiot and hoon fraternity, then I reckon they’d be a whole lot less likely to carry on as they now do.

Coupled with this should be the empowerment of the average citizen to do something about dangerous and unlawful driving. In my experience which includes many complaints to the cops over a period of several years, they just don’t want to know!! !!

This is extraordinary, and totally hopeless!

Any other little thing, in line with neighbourhood watch or littering, etc, etc, reported to the police will result in them acting. But speeding or tailgating or even considerably worse offences … forget it!

We need more police, but we need a whole lot more of them behind desks encouraging the public to report dangerous driving and following up on these complaints.

The whole community should be empowered to be involved in policing, not just the little band of boys in blue!

One thing that I am very pleased about is that some countries and their nationals are not afforded the privilege of having their international license being converted without testing.

I have a good mate from primary school days who lost his lovely young Mrs in a car accident and it gives rise to the occasional chill up the spine from time to time as my wife currently studyies the road rules.

I note with interest that here in W.A. we are legally obliged, if I do not misinterpret, to keep up our "road rules" study on an ongoing basis. Part of this is no doubt due to the fact that the rules change from time to time, as does our understanding of substance and the science of relevant matters, including the relative accuracy of measuring devices, and thus the current need for +/- 5kmh allowance.

Of course, we are expected to adjust our driving to suit the conditions, within reason. So for example, when I come along some of the local streets on my way, with cars banked up and parked on both sides and with kids running amock, notwithstanding the speed limit of 50kmh, I will often probably be doing closer to 30kmh.

As a previous holder of a unrestricted pilot's license, the fact that medical records and transport aren't data matching at inception is a concern of mine, as is the contempt of some who refuse to report their condition/s.

Additionally, pilot's are required to obtain an endorsement per type of plane, and when it comes to some of the larger and faster vehicles, I think the same should apply. I note that we have this graduation for some types, for example the 250cc+ category for motorbikes.

My Mrs said to me recently whilst looking at a sporty:

" ..ROOOOOOM! ROOOOOOM! ...
(nudge, nudge, wink, wink)

to which I replied:

" ... No way baby - putt, putt dulu (intially/ from the start) ... "

and get some experience in controlling the machine under a variety of personal and environmental conditions first.

As for a pet hate, I frequent one particular intersection off a highway waiting to turn right on a regular basis, and sometimes, barely 3 cars get through before it changes, so slow are some people to get moving. It often leaves me wondering how quickly some of these doddering twits would be able to react in a hazardous situation.

..

Certainly the faster we go, the smaller the momentary lapse needs to be in order to end up tragically.

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Another mate, whose wife and child are also new Australians said something to the effect of:

" Jesus! I thought I was on a winner when they just converted my wife's license but how many times now has she come home upset from road ragers, rude signs, grimaces and verbal abuse etc ... "

Limited Australian english, doesn't really understand the differences in the rules between here and there, different signs and all of the rest of it. There certainly are some gaping holes i.m.o. in what is otherwise quite a good system.