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11-01-2008, 08:38am
Yes i'm so bloody fed up with all this rubbish! 
How many more ridiculous laws, restrictions, preventative measures are they going to impose.
What scares me is the thought of how controlled everything will be in 20-30 years time. Surely there is a point where the line needs to be drawn. It seriously reminds me of both Brave New World & 1984.
We sadly seem to be moving in that general direction.
I don't even enjoy long rides on the highway much anymore particularly my ride home over the christmas break.
Reason being because I had to spend more time checking my speedo than I did concentrating on the ride. Its ridiculous, With double demerits, I'm peering down there every 5 bloody seconds just incase I come over the hill and a boy in blue is merrily waiting for me. This alone I think is more dangerous than speeding, having to use so much effort to maintain a steady 110kph or whatever its a joke.
All I can say is I came back after double demerits & the trip was suitably faster, less tiring & certainly much more enjoyable. Our bikes like steady speeds of 160-180 on the highway, thats more like cruising speed for these babies.
I know it would never happen, but trucks, cars & motorcycles should all have separate speed limits based on their potential ability to kill/maim other road users.
A truck at 110km/hr would probably cause 10 times the damage a motorcycle would at the same speed. So maybe trucks @ 110, Cars @ 140-150 & bikes @ 180 or thereabouts. Yep i'm dreaming.....
And then ofcourse you have the fact that some cars/bikes just can't safely do those speeds without almost falling apart. A little economy car will struggle to do 140 & will be all over the shop at that speed whereas a well developed sports car will be just warming up. Same with someone trying to do 150 on a postie bike....its simply not designed to do it.
Not sure what the solutions are, but hopefully there is a huge backlash before it all gets too out of hand
How many more ridiculous laws, restrictions, preventative measures are they going to impose. What scares me is the thought of how controlled everything will be in 20-30 years time. Surely there is a point where the line needs to be drawn. It seriously reminds me of both Brave New World & 1984.
We sadly seem to be moving in that general direction.
I don't even enjoy long rides on the highway much anymore particularly my ride home over the christmas break.
Reason being because I had to spend more time checking my speedo than I did concentrating on the ride. Its ridiculous, With double demerits, I'm peering down there every 5 bloody seconds just incase I come over the hill and a boy in blue is merrily waiting for me. This alone I think is more dangerous than speeding, having to use so much effort to maintain a steady 110kph or whatever its a joke.
All I can say is I came back after double demerits & the trip was suitably faster, less tiring & certainly much more enjoyable. Our bikes like steady speeds of 160-180 on the highway, thats more like cruising speed for these babies.
I know it would never happen, but trucks, cars & motorcycles should all have separate speed limits based on their potential ability to kill/maim other road users.
A truck at 110km/hr would probably cause 10 times the damage a motorcycle would at the same speed. So maybe trucks @ 110, Cars @ 140-150 & bikes @ 180 or thereabouts. Yep i'm dreaming.....
And then ofcourse you have the fact that some cars/bikes just can't safely do those speeds without almost falling apart. A little economy car will struggle to do 140 & will be all over the shop at that speed whereas a well developed sports car will be just warming up. Same with someone trying to do 150 on a postie bike....its simply not designed to do it.
Not sure what the solutions are, but hopefully there is a huge backlash before it all gets too out of hand