Fined in WA for doing 110 KPH with a trailer

WA. = 100kph max or posted speed limits.
All other states = posted speed limit.

Yeah the cop's are Becoming real Fuc*whit’s around hear now, My dad spotted a traffic cop who had pulled over a priest the other day and was giving him a really hard time, Now I am not religious in any way but the guy was a priest, I think he deserves a little respect. Dad just about went over to interfere and have a word to this young cop, but by this stage he figured there was not a lot he could have done so left it alone.

Then the other week I watched as a traffic cop pulled over a elderly bloke who had done berley anything wrong. Then not to mention that I Regularly see traffic cop’s pulling people over in the roadwork’s at 5:00am on the freeway, come on there is no one even working there at that time, and even when there is they are hardly working anyway.

No wonder the police force is getting a bad name recently. and none of it is about safety or saving lives, It’s just about getting there quoter and revenue rasing for the government.

But back to your question it’s 100. Play dumb next time; it has worked for my uncle 2 times, both on double demerit weekends.

According the the WA hand book all tralier and caravans are limited to 100 kms

check out page http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/licensing/publications/driversafebook.pdf page 58 as far as I know this applies to all states. how ever as more states go towards the national System the limit will increas to 110.

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I think in SA a trailer/caravan is listed at a 100kms hr, but they seem to turn a blind eye to it at 110kms hr. In event of accident may be another question.
Some vehicles are only listed to 80kms hr when over certain load/weight.
Cheers
Charlie

It's only since discovering this forum that I realised that limits applied in some states for trailers. I reckon if you cross a state border and you are not notified of the changing state of play, you should not be able to be fined. Why should we have to try and think of all the differing scenarios and satisfy ourselves that we have researched them to the enth degree before we head off for a leasurely break. Even with the advent of the internet, getting the correct "interpretation" of a rule/law is nigh on impossible. Has anyone given thought to whether or not the individual manufacturer has imposed a speed limit on the tow vehicle given varying circumstances?

The following quote comes from HERE

" Ford only permits 100km/h if the load is less than 1200 kg. At 1600 kg this drops to 90km/h. The speed further reduces until at 2300 kg, 80km/h is the maximum. " I just checked this against my owners manual and sure enough it's correct.

Abolish the States. They are a useless tier of government that achieves nothing, and has to be funded through taxes and fines.

The speed limit signs are so in your face when you cross the border, with words as well as pictures depicting any towing vehicle has a maximum speed limit of 100 km/h when entering WA, regardless of wether the road limit may be higher (110 km/h).
Ignorance is no excuse for traffic infringments when travelling interstate.
Btw the sign (in lanscape format) is about 4.5m x 3m, how could you miss it???

Cheers,

obedient speeder, Dion.

The local Sunday rag in WA had a story yesterday quoting the top cop for Traffic Ops., saying WA drivers are arrogant,impatient and lazy!
The Sunday Times invited readers to send in their comments and so I did.
I couldn't agree more with the cop, but if he was to add incompetent and then apply that to his own officers whose own driving leaves a lot to be desired, he'd be more correct.
If they've got the authority to hand out tickets they should be setting an example of how it should be done.
As it is the average driver knows they are highly unlikely to get a ticket for anything except speeding and break just about every other rule in the book.

Get a ticket for driving across multiple lanes to exit the freeway, or get to the righthand lane as soon as they enter the freeway, no signals except occasionally to confirm what they've just done, weaving through traffic, tailgating, lousy road positioning, using the wrong lanes on roundabouts, forget it, the only thing the cops are interested in is speeding!

He also said they have to get rid of the perception that they (the police) are not on the roads and in an effort to improve driving standards they have advertised for more speed camera operators, some of whom will be country based.
Now that will really improve things, won't it?
What a farce traffic enforcement is in WA.