Rural Speed Limits: Safety or Control?

Nationals and Labor blame each other for 'plan to lower regional speed limits'

Michael McCormack does not want to see regional road speed limits go down. Photo: Facebook Michael McCormack. The National Party and Labor have pointed the finger at each other over a controversial plan to lower speed limits on certain regional roads. The Transport Department recently released a consultation paper that recommends reducing the default speed limit on unsigned roads outside of built-up areas, which is currently 100 km/h. It suggest…

Rural speed limits: safety or control?

In September this year the Government released a consultation paper on "reducing default speed limits outside of built-up areas." At […] Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the content. The post Rural speed limits: safety or control? appeared first on Central Queensland Today.

ATA: focus on black spots not rural speed limits - PowerTorque

The ATA says the governments should focus on black spots and not rural speed limits. Image: BJP7/stock.adobe.comThe Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has called on Australia’s governments to leave rural speed limits alone and focus on fixing the nation’s black spots.   ATA Chair, Mark Parry, said the governments should spend more money on road upgrades and maintenance, rather than reducing rural speed limits. That approach has been the crux …

ATA urges governments to refrain from reducing rural speed limits - Prime Mover Magazine

Long, single lane highway in regional New South Wales, Australia. Image: Scott Donkin/stock.adobe.comAustralia’s governments should leave rural speed limits alone according to the Australian Trucking Association (ATA). ATA Chair Mark Parry said today the onus of governments should be placed instead on improving safety by fixing black spots and spending more on road upgrades and maintenance. Parry was releasing the ATA submission to the Australia…