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Believe it or not, but when I started riding bikes, the Pacific Highway from Newcastle to Sydney was set at 60MPH speed limit (100KPH) for nearly its entire length.
Even after the F3 freeway was opened the speed limit on the old road was still left at that speed, and it was quite safe to travel at or near that speed so long as you slowed down for the slow bends that were clearly marked with speed advisory signs.
Unfortunately those riders that thought that they are too good to slow down and subsequently came to grief, have caused the limit to be eroded over the years in small increments to the now stupid 60kph limit that exists on a perfectly good road.

If many more come to grief on the stretch around Mt White, the RTA have promised to reduce the speed even further and to install speed restricting devices such as speed humps all over the place.
These same style of riders will then move to another good bit of road and make that their next killing field. (The Putty Rd is already under threat with simillar restrictions being discussed by the local council).