Wed 9 November 2005 - Speed-limit sign stupidity
This is one of the silliest things I’ve seen in quite some time…
At my very rough estimate, the signs are about 20 metres apart. By my (admittedly sometimes dodgey) maths, driving at 40kmh you’d cover that ground in 1.8 seconds.
(10 points to whoever guesses where it is.)
November 9th, 2005 at 7:54am
No idea where that is, but there’s another silly one in Newport. You drive along Hudson road at 40 past the school, then 50 towards the lights. As you cross the lights, you can do 60, but once over Melbourne road, you have to slow to 50 again in the other side of Hudson road.
November 9th, 2005 at 10:18am
It is in Victoria…………….. What do I win?
However when you pass Colac in regional Victoria, the speed limits changes 8 times in the space of about a kilometre and a half, with at least 1 speed camera placed in the middle of the confusion.
November 9th, 2005 at 10:40am
I’d guess it is somewhere between Williamstown & Moonee Ponds, allong the 472 bus route.
November 9th, 2005 at 11:52am
I was driving through Cohuna last week and if I remember correctly it went like this in a very short distance - 100 k’s down to 80, then 60 k’s then 40 k’s (school area) then back up to 50 k’s past school area. Even my car was confused!
November 9th, 2005 at 4:16pm
That just made me laugh out loud. *snickering*
November 10th, 2005 at 6:16am
Howdy!
Yeah, I guessing somewhere near Melbourne in Victoria.
BTW, this needs to go on http://thisisbroken.com/!
November 10th, 2005 at 6:16am
Howdy!
And, just copy and paste the link; it won’t work with the “!”.
November 11th, 2005 at 4:54pm
It’s in Farnsworth St Footscray. Just outside Footscray City College? (My uni is just near)
Yay 10 points!
November 11th, 2005 at 5:55pm
5 points Tom; it’s Farnsworth Avenue.
November 15th, 2005 at 10:02am
This is actually a really good idea — and I’ve seen similar before myself.
This will be at the END of a longish 40 zone.
If there was just a 60 sign, cars would speed up to 60-70km/h as soon as they could see the sign.
This way traffic is more likely to stick to the 40 limit for longer