new revenue raising mechanisms

[Milesy]

In summary Mark Webber was 100% correct...we live is a nanny state!

It's an absolute joke and is all about balancing the budget and nothing to do about road safety. I am sick and tired of all the propaganda in TAC ads brainwashing mug punters out there. Those crap wipe off 5 campaigns must think we all drive 40 year old Falcons with bald cross ply tyres and drum brakes. It's just plain wrong and false advertising! Don't get me started....

[hazrd]

nice
I can vouch though with that the proof is in the pudding with that wipe off 5 campaign. I have been through a couple of defensive driving courses at Sandown held by Murcotts. One of the practicals was to show how the whole 5km difference works.

I was in my VX Commodore at the time (fully roadworthy) and was asked to literally jump hard on the brakes upon the blowing of a whistle at 60km, and then the same at 65.

At 60, I missed the witches hat. at 65, I flattened it lol.

That being said I do agree with you, they are a tad dramatic

[metry]

it makes sense though at 60 km/h your moving 16 metres every second. doesnt sound like much but think of it like this. in my astra total weight would be say 1.3tonne (with me driving it). so im moving 1.3 tonne 16 metres in one second. at 65 km your going 18 metres every second. so if something pops up. your already 2 metres infront of the car doing 60. also at 65 its harder to bring the 1.3tonne to a stop than it is at 60. while it is over exagerated ive been in situations where i was doing 60 and if i went any faster i would been in an accident

[Daisy]

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[Vectracious]

if we didn't live in a state where you get booked for doing 3km/h over, then we would be looking at the road a bit more and less at our speedo's -then we would have avoided whatever we would have hit if we were doing 65km/h.

[dglewis80]

if we didn't live in a state where you get booked for doing 3km/h over, then we would be looking at the road a bit more and less at our speedo's -then we would have avoided whatever we would have hit if we were doing 65km/h.

Here here!!

[Jen]

if we didn't live in a state where you get booked for doing 3km/h over, then we would be looking at the road a bit more and less at our speedo's -then we would have avoided whatever we would have hit if we were doing 65km/h.

Yep... Sometimes that 2 second glance makes all the difference