<VV> Dangers of Re: Speed on Public Highways

[Joe White]

Hi Pat,

What about those nice black stripe sections of roadway in the outback. I really enjoyed driving along those on the way to Uluru. Mind you, the truck trains were a bit scary, but other than that, great fun.

Joe White
Boulder, Colorado
CORSA, RMC




-----Original Message-----
From: Arlette Pat <arlettecarl at hotmail.com>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Apr 3, 2011 9:39 pm
Subject: <VV> Dangers of Re: Speed on Public Highways



E: Dangers of Re: Speed on Public Highways

i everyone,

ith all this discussion on high speeding driving I have to add my bit from an 
ustralians point of view.

ach time I travel to the USA, which I  have done at least 16 times in the past 
0 years I find that's cars on US roads are travelling much faster than I am 
sed to. 75 or 80 MPH is very common. Drive at this speed in Australia and your 
rivers licence will be lost for 2 years!

ustralia is a country very much like the USA, but many of our major freeways 
nd divided 4-6 lane highways have a maximum speed limits of (believe it or not) 
0 MPH.

ur speed limits are strictly enforced . One mile per hour over the limit and 
our fined and given demerit points. Once you have lost a certain number of 
oints your licence is taken from you and you have to apply again.

n a side note Australia was the first country in the world to make wearing seat 
elts law. This became law back in 1969. So we have a whole generation who know 
othing else and few if any Australians would travel in car without a seat belt.

o I expect my fellow American Corvair owners would think our cars were 
ravelling very slowly, but it has resulted many lives being saved. No question 
bout this.

 drove our 1965 Monza in the USA at speeds up to 90 MPH. Our Corvair in 
ustralia will never see speeds higher than 60 MPH because that is as fast as we 
an drive on our roads.

egards to everyone

arl L. Kelsen
HD 1965 Monza convertible
ustralia 		 	   		  
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