Speed Cameras Ahead

An exploration of speed limits, the Holden Commodore SV6, and driving top speed at the Top End. My audition for a role in Top Gear Australia.

Sadly my monologues, along with the original Mad Max score, have had to be audio-swapped out and replaced with "Magnum P.I." by Redux. (Those copyright laws will cramp a free man's style as sure as a speed camera will!) To actually hear me talk about cars and driving in Oz, click over to "Cars, Babes & Burnouts" at http://youtu.be/y8Oyjciydnk

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[Licmycat]

LuV it! Wish I could drive that fast....though I admit it, they used to talk about my fast driving in Neb. as there were few police there in the little country town where I lived. Hehehehe....but I DID get to drive in a rare powder-puff race there as the family raced always in the stock car races. Love the wind thru my hair....and go-go-GO!

[videowilliams]

@Licmycat Gee, I thought I knew all the American terms, but admit I had to look up "powder puff race". Our Aussie women would probably punch us if we called their races that, but good on you for taking part! I'd love to spend more time on racetracks and on empty country roads- it's the very essence of freedom- and I'm glad you know the feeling of go-go-GO!

[marymo75]

Watch out top gear! lol

[videowilliams]

@marymo75 Strangely, Mary, I'm still waiting for Clarkson or May to call and beg me to take over their jobs- but I'm sure it's coming ;-?

[Licmycat]

@videowilliams LOL! Didn't realize it was a foreign expression for you. They don't have much respect for women here and told us the insurance companies charged BIG bucks for women racing, so rarely did they have any. 'Course our men are still too much like cave-men so it's safer to have a fast car to race away from them! Have a great evening.

[DemonAMVs]

@videowilliams Basically its the bad drivers that causing the government to lower road speeds, You should be trying to introduce better training, like free driving schoolss. They tried adding more hours to L and P plates but all that did is make already barley coping families more poor. Our government can never do anything right.

[videowilliams]

@DemonAMVs I guess my point is that it isn't speed that kills in and of itself, despite the propaganda we're fed. It's speed+doing something stupid (which yes, includes unsignalled lane changes or going too fast in the wet). The beautiful thing about the NT when I shot this vid is that they trusted us with the intelligence to choose the appropriate speed for the conditions. When it's clear and dry and there's no one to run into, fast is safe. Bad drivers would frankly be dangerous at any speed.

[DemonAMVs]

@videowilliams Yeah open roads like the large 3-4 lanes, but normal highways I think should stay at 100-120 at most. I see people changing lanes without indicating or doing 110 in heavy rains. I don't want to be killed because someone was to impatient to take 1 second to look and indicate or slow down 20km in heavy rains.

[videowilliams]

@DemonAMVs I'd be all for better training such that we'd all be allowed to drive faster on the open road.

[DemonAMVs]

There are enough crappy drivers on the roads to risk putting the speed limits up to 160. Australia should invest in better mandatory training for a week. Then back to the hours system.