One of the worrying trends in 2016 was the epidemic of reduced speed zones around the country, many on great...
The fate of an Oxley Highway speed zone review may have improved with the appointment of the local member as the...
Never mind coronavirus; the biggest epidemic seems to be reduced speed limits, especially on popular motorcycle roads around the country. The latest is the reduction of speeds on the very open Wivenhoe-Somerset Rd (aka Splityard Creek Rd) which leads to Brisbane’s Holy Grail of riding, Mt Glorious. A Transport and...
Thousands of riders, locals, politicians and business people are expected to attend the Save the Oxley rally tomorrow (Saturday, November...
Ripple strips on double white lines and edge lines on two sections of the Oxley Highway have been challenged by...
City speed limits used to be 60km/h, then they dropped to 50km/h, then 40km/h and now a Melbourne council wants to reduce speed limits in a special zone to 30km/h. Interestingly, the Yarra Council cites crashes involving “vulnerable road users” including motorcyclists as the reason for the speed drop. In...
Despite a 2014 Austroads report finding there are too many speed zones and the frequency of zone changes is too...
Riders seem set to lose their battle against speed reductions on the Oxley Highway with the mountain section to decrease...
Riders can still ride the Oxley Highway with realistic speed limits this Christmas after winning a reprieve from the Roads and Maritime Services. The RMS had earlier this year decided to reduce speed limits in several locations along the famed motorcycle road, beginning with a short stretch near Wauchope in...
Queensland’s widest and best-engineered highway, the M1 from Brisbane to the Gold Coast, faces a “review” of speeds after the...