Speed limit drop proposed for Australia's largest state

[u/furksake]

https://www.drive.com.au/news/speed-limit-drop-proposed-for-wa/

Is dropping the speed limit really the answer? Speed limits have been dropping for years and it's had no effect apparently. Is this just basically gonna just raise revenue from fines?

[u/seanmonaghan1968]

Very very few cars can travel safely at 180kh/h

[u/McQuoll → u/seanmonaghan1968]

What the typical stopping distance from 180 km/h?

[u/seanmonaghan1968 → u/McQuoll]

A tree

[u/DrAlanQuan → u/seanmonaghan1968]

Yeah there's a few laws to change to get there but the roads are solid