Open Speed limit in NT trial

[OnyxRider]

Originally Posted by boxhead

Hey all. I haven't bothered yet (I was driving before limits where imposed)
There are a few "fears" up this way, dont get me wrong, we all want the open limits, but it has now been 7 years since they set the 130 limit, so there are plenty of young drivers out there who have not gone much faster than 130, these drivers worry me.
Also the radio and police have made it very clear that you still can get fined for driving too fast (for the conditions) and if they deem you are "racing". so if any groups of cars may get pulled up.
An open speed limit means driving at a speed that you feel safe at, not going as fast as you can.
All it will take is 1 fatality, (no matter weather speeding, drinking, no belts, unroadworthy car) and the Gov will say "we tried, but its too dangerous"
As for driving fast at night, I don't even do 100 at night out here.
Too many Roos, Cows, Camels, Emus, Eagles.
But in a few weeks when it cools down a bit, I dare say I will go up to Aileron to get a some milk.

Sounds like a US Navy obstacle course. lol Upstate New york(USA) use to have a speed limit of 65mph then lowered to national speed limit. These were back country roads and you could be cruising with little warning into a curve that wasn't engineered for that speed. Oh and then the Amish pulling their wagons with horses.


I guess that 130 is about 80mph in the states. If the road is safe I don't see a problem for an experienced driver going higher for brief moments.

[Russell9318]

In the last four years my friend and I have done three serious road trips. One across the Nullabor and back, one to Alice then along the Barkley Highway to Mt Isa then back home and one up to Darwin then out to Heartbreak Hotel and back down. In all of these trips I found that the Nullabor should lift it,s limit from 110 to maybe 120 but I think the 130 limit on the Stuart Hwy and Barkley are quite adequate. The roads could definately handle greater speeds with ease ( I got to 160 in one spot) but the animals on the sides of the road is enough to slow me down. Kangaroos everywhere and herds of cattle wandering around, Imagine trying to pull up from 200kph...and thats in daylight hours...after dusk, FORGET IT!!

Hey Boxhead, whats with all the car bodies in the bush, we saw them every where we went except the road to the rock, obviously somebody cleans them up.

Cheers

Russell

[OnyxRider]

Originally Posted by Russell9318

In the last four years my friend and I have done three serious road trips. One across the Nullabor and back, one to Alice then along the Barkley Highway to Mt Isa then back home and one up to Darwin then out to Heartbreak Hotel and back down. In all of these trips I found that the Nullabor should lift it,s limit from 110 to maybe 120 but I think the 130 limit on the Stuart Hwy and Barkley are quite adequate. The roads could definately handle greater speeds with ease ( I got to 160 in one spot) but the animals on the sides of the road is enough to slow me down. Kangaroos everywhere and herds of cattle wandering around, Imagine trying to pull up from 200kph...and thats in daylight hours...after dusk, FORGET IT!!

Hey Boxhead, whats with all the car bodies in the bush, we saw them every where we went except the road to the rock, obviously somebody cleans them up.

Cheers

Russell

My grandfather over the decades use to buy up properties in certain areas when they were available. In the US especially in the canyon areas of Malibu he put together a nice size parcel. Over the decades there have been many brush fires in this area and I guess in over 50 years it added up to a grand size. I went hiking one day in a certain area and couldn't believehow many older cars were at the bottom on some cliffs. Even today on the public roads with barriers cars still go over and the cars are left.

[boxhead]

The cars along the side of the highway, the council collect and sell off.
The ones out bush, about every 2 years the local aboriginal councils organize a crusher to come out, they bring everything with them, crush cars on site and truck them out.
The aboriginal land I work within starts about 300kls south of Alice and continues south approx 250kls, and west from highway to WA border (about 400kls), this area gets crushers in very rarely, and none at all out west yet.
Here is the latest one I have found.
I had planned to dismantle it on site, but a Valiant guy in Sydney wants it, so I will be towing it to Albury in March.

[750hp]

Nice to see one that hasn't had people jumping on the roof!

[OnyxRider]

Originally Posted by boxhead

Oh, here is a picture with open limits.
Cruising in 5th gear.

Hey Boxhead what does the guage read. I can sort of read it but the bottom number seems to be larger than it should. Wish I had a picture of a turbo 512 boxer when I pegged the speedo at 330 the limit. Here's a cool pic of the dash of the compton Cobra I was writing about.


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[boxhead]

Originally Posted by OnyxRider

Hey Boxhead what does the guage read. I can sort of read it but the bottom number seems to be larger than it should. Wish I had a picture of a turbo 512 boxer when I pegged the speedo at 330 the limit. Here's a cool pic of the dash of the compton Cobra I was writing about.


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Top one says 3700 bottom one says 198
It actually slows down a little in 6th, as the gearing is too tall for the power I have.
When I say slows down more accurate might be "It doesn't increase as fast"