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[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

just on minor, often poorly maintained, rural roads.

Sounds to me like the fix there is to better maintain rural roads, rather than lower the speed limit and let them further deteriorate?

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Ha.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's really expensive, and they're lightly used as most people are using the highways. It's hard to justify the expense

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sure, I can see how expense is not equal (especially comparing infrastructure use say compared to an Asian country).. but a lot of the rural roads are how you access farms and farms are fairly important.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 27 minutes ago

Sure, but access doesn't need to be at 100km/h. You only lose a few minutes at each end going from a rural road to a well maintained one at 80