Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:42
I don't understand the reason for the original question. If you want to speed like buggery on that trip, good luck. The country speed limit is 110kmh in W.A., and it's rigidly enforced.
The Cops hammer country roads, because country roads feature highly in the road fatalities/injuries ratings. These W.A. traffic cops think they are part of California's Highway Patrol, and they even model their "candy cars" on the CHP. They will make life very difficult for you, if you think you can disobey speed limits in W.A.
45kmh over the limit in W.A. is an immediate "Reckless Driving" charge, and means immediate vehicle confiscation for 28 days. The WAPOL traffic dept takes its job seriously.
The W.A. traffic cops are disliked by the everyday beat cops, because they think nothing of booking speeding mates. You'd be surprised how many cops have their drivers licence suspended because of speeding.
The days are long gone, when you could floor it and make record time from point to point. When I was (much, much) younger, I owned a new HQ Holden 308 V8, and I'd never sit on less than 140kmh anywhere, and a lot of the time, 180-190km, when conditions were good.
The old HQ was set up for speed, and would do over 220kmh. I once outran (for over 30kms) a Shire Traffic Inspector in an E38 Charger, which was supposed to be good for 218kmh.
If I tried that nowadays, I'd make the evening news as the greatest traffic criminal around, and be paraded as a prime example of what the WAPOL want to jail.
If you want to cover lots of ground, fast - go by air, it's usually much much cheaper, anyway. If you can do
Perth to
Karratha in 18 hrs by road, that's a pretty good run.
There's a a vastly increased amount of traffic on the highway, than even 10 yrs ago. Roadtrains are frequent, and the number of passing lanes is inadequate.
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