140km/h Off-peak Speed Limit

[jjskyline79]

human error will never be taken into account by vicpol/gov/vicroads u name it..

i believe human error isnt taken into account at all...

That's human error then right????

[Peter89]

Highly disagree, victorian licensing system: "Jump in the car, drive around, do a reverse parallel park" Yay you got your license. High speed driving is not tested, thus this assumption is invalid.

I know plenty of people who have a license and have trouble/get worried doing 100km/h let alone 140km/h.

Things happen much faster at this speed, you need to be more alert of your surroundings. The risk definately increases.

i got my auto license with barely 30hrs practice. could i actually control a car? no. the current licensing system is a joke, such people who cant drive at 100kph let alone 140kph, shouldn't have a license but that's a different argument.

you are implying that just because the limit is increased to 140kph will be automatically be forced to do it. if there was no limits on the fwys, would you just max out your top speed in all conditions? people are supposed to judge the road and traffic conditions and drive at a speed accordingly. if they think driving at 140kph is too fast, they have the right to sit in the LEFT lane at 100kph.

if the traffic was light, good dry road i would do 140kph in the middle lanes however if it was raining with heavy traffic, i'd probably drop back down to 110kph. every car is different, so every car should be driven differently, there's no right or wrong way that works for every car but yeh, people should know how to judge road and traffic conditions even with our current licensing system.