• YeahToast@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    just on minor, often poorly maintained, rural roads.

    Sounds to me like the fix there is to better maintain rural roads, rather than lower the speed limit and let them further deteriorate?

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      2 months ago

      That’s really expensive, and they’re lightly used as most people are using the highways. It’s hard to justify the expense

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        2 months ago

        Sure, I can see how expense is not equal (especially comparing infrastructure use say compared to an Asian country)… but a lot of the rural roads are how you access farms and farms are fairly important.

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          2 months ago

          Sure, but access doesn’t need to be at 100km/h. You only lose a few minutes at each end going from a rural road to a well maintained one at 80

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            2 months ago

            A relatively small 180km drive will add an extra half an hour on the trip (about 25% longer). Not really what id classify as just a few minutes at each end. Sure it’s only a few minutes when you’re travelling 30km around metro.