Open Speed limit in NT trial

[Modena]

Lead-footers hit the highway in NT | theage.com.au

[Tonus72]

Designed to fail...

I rode my Honda Fireblade from Hobart to Darwin when there were no limits in the NT.

I was overtaken by a Falcon ute when I was cruising along at 160. Scared the shyte out of me!!

Too isolated to take much risk, and too much wildlife. I have gone WAY faster here...

As Boxhead said, it will only take one crash.

[just dreamin]

When I was a kid (Showing my age) If you drove about 7 miles north of the GPO you passed a no speed limit sign that suggested the limit of civilisation at that time. However most people drove at about 50mph max because of road conditions, no signage, bad cars, lights, animals, stock and fuel consumption. I think some of these still apply today.

[Russell9318]

In the last four years my friend and I have done three serious road trips. One across the Nullabor and back, one to Alice then along the Barkley Highway to Mt Isa then back home and one up to Darwin then out to Heartbreak Hotel and back down. In all of these trips I found that the Nullabor should lift it,s limit from 110 to maybe 120 but I think the 130 limit on the Stuart Hwy and Barkley are quite adequate. The roads could definately handle greater speeds with ease ( I got to 160 in one spot) but the animals on the sides of the road is enough to slow me down. Kangaroos everywhere and herds of cattle wandering around, Imagine trying to pull up from 200kph...and thats in daylight hours...after dusk, FORGET IT!!

Hey Boxhead, whats with all the car bodies in the bush, we saw them every where we went except the road to the rock, obviously somebody cleans them up.

Cheers

Russell

[OnyxRider]

Originally Posted by Russell9318

In the last four years my friend and I have done three serious road trips. One across the Nullabor and back, one to Alice then along the Barkley Highway to Mt Isa then back home and one up to Darwin then out to Heartbreak Hotel and back down. In all of these trips I found that the Nullabor should lift it,s limit from 110 to maybe 120 but I think the 130 limit on the Stuart Hwy and Barkley are quite adequate. The roads could definately handle greater speeds with ease ( I got to 160 in one spot) but the animals on the sides of the road is enough to slow me down. Kangaroos everywhere and herds of cattle wandering around, Imagine trying to pull up from 200kph...and thats in daylight hours...after dusk, FORGET IT!!

Hey Boxhead, whats with all the car bodies in the bush, we saw them every where we went except the road to the rock, obviously somebody cleans them up.

Cheers

Russell

My grandfather over the decades use to buy up properties in certain areas when they were available. In the US especially in the canyon areas of Malibu he put together a nice size parcel. Over the decades there have been many brush fires in this area and I guess in over 50 years it added up to a grand size. I went hiking one day in a certain area and couldn't believehow many older cars were at the bottom on some cliffs. Even today on the public roads with barriers cars still go over and the cars are left.

[boxhead]

The cars along the side of the highway, the council collect and sell off.
The ones out bush, about every 2 years the local aboriginal councils organize a crusher to come out, they bring everything with them, crush cars on site and truck them out.
The aboriginal land I work within starts about 300kls south of Alice and continues south approx 250kls, and west from highway to WA border (about 400kls), this area gets crushers in very rarely, and none at all out west yet.
Here is the latest one I have found.
I had planned to dismantle it on site, but a Valiant guy in Sydney wants it, so I will be towing it to Albury in March.

[750hp]

Nice to see one that hasn't had people jumping on the roof!