Speed signs on Hwys, Got to be a better way?

Hi Rockape,
I agree with Axle re the intermitent nature of speed restriction signs and their frequency, especially along the Pacific Highway between Sydney and Coffs Harbour.

Also, with the several wet seasons we have experienced over these last several years many signs have become obscured by vegetation.

Very often when travelling along I will ask the wife what was the last speed sign you saw. I do not know why I miss them sometimes but it is something to do with the environment in my opinion. Perhaps too many signs and therefore you become imune to them to some extent. That's the best reason I have been able to come up with when analysing it.

A change in line colour would be an ideal way of quickly assessing what speed you should be doing. As the speed applies in both directions on ant given stretch of highway it is easily read by traffic travelling in either direction.

It could be applied to the broken centre line.

Cheers, Bruce

Hi Alby,
The best school zone I have seen is just north of Kempsey on Highway One, the Pacific Highway at a Belimbopini (pronounced Belim bop ini)

Here highway traffic travelling at 100 K per hour has to brake heavily to 40 in school zone times. They eventually put flashing lights on it but they still get accidents there.

Bruce

Is that why they made 440 Volvo's

I don't know how accurate stand alone GPS speedos are but my Garmin Nuvi with the latest maps update is pretty hopeless. While the actual speed indication is accurate the posted speed limit indication is all over the place.
A while ago I heard that a setup using the radio traffic reporting system was being looked at to transmit speed limits to the GPS. Of course this would mean people would have to purchase a suitable GPS device.

Even the latest downloads can be out of date re speed limits and traffic direction especially in Sydney.

I travel down the Pacific Highway and my GPS is telling me it is 60 in a 100 zone and vice versa.

The changes are often due to highway bypasses being opened so here on the Pacific we would need to update out GPS software every couple of months which I doubt the GPS companies are that current.

It adds pressures to driving that do not have to be. Simple solution is a sign every 1 k, big and clear of vegetation. Or as Axle said colour coded centre lines.

Mike,
you might find that you had a clean record, no convictions in the previous 10 years, in which case you are entitled to a caution from the police dept with no conviction recorded and no fine. It is a priveledge afforded to good drivers with clean records.

I have recieved 2 such outcomes in the last 26 years.

Cheers, Bruce.