You say: Australian motorists have a long way to go

September 15 2018 - 9:00am
You say: Australian motorists have a long way to go
You say: Australian motorists have a long way to go

A long way to go

Wodonga councillor Tim Quilty hasn’t considered the fact that the Hume Highway is not a freeway for most of its length, but has intersections and poorly designed entries in many places. In other parts the road is still the old highway. It simply isn’t a good enough road. Another simple fact is that in this country, drivers are not taught how to go fast safely. Comparisons with the German autobahns are spurious because an autobahn is a freeway with at least three lanes, usually more, (each way) where trucks are limited to 80kmh and not permitted in the fast lanes. In addition, German drivers are taught how to drive at speeds of 150kmh or more and how to accommodate fast traffic safely. German drivers don’t need to travel for days to cross their country, fatigue is not a factor. 

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