Quote: "I think NSW is far more strict than QLD."
Indeed it is. As you approach the border to QLD, you start to notice everyone driving faster than you (and the limit). We joke about it, but QLD drivers really do drive further past the limit than NSW drivers.
Quote: "I think it's absolutely stupid and misses the point of having cameras in the first place."
So do lots of people, yet the cameras catch many thousands of people speeding regardless. Our roads must be full of idiots. And besides, they tend to put the cameras where they want people going more slowly (so, near an aged-care facility or a dangerous corner).
Quote: "Not sure why they don't just reduce the period to 6 months or so - if you can't drive well by then you probably shouldn't be on the road..."
Yeah, 3 years is definitely too long. 1 year at the most. At least in Australia we generally have a good attitude towards L- and P-platers; everyone overtakes eventually, but we normally wait until it's safe, and it's unusual for someone to tailgate a Learner, for example.
Quote: "France's streets are pretty relaxing. If you cross the border to luxemburg, you just feel like you entered a warzone because everybody just drives so civilised in france."
Luxemburg must be terrifying!! France is well-known to be a scary place to drive, and Luxemburg is
worse?
Ah, I think I got those signs the wrong way around. I just realised you can actually
see that the "Heavy Fines Loss of License" one is the last sign before the camera in the picture. So it comes last.
PHEW.
THANK YOU CHROME. I just clicked Edit to change the order of the signs
without posting this post and suddenly realised I'd just lost all this text. Luckily, if you're careful and just press Back and nothing else, Chrome seems to remember what you had written. Phew!
