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Australia’s Northern Territory has a stretch of road that has no speed limit. The new administrators of the area, representing the Labor Party, have won the election two weeks ago, and previously pledged to reintroduce speed limits on the Stuart Highway, just north of Alice Springs.
We covered this topic before, as the opposing party promised to expand de-restricted sections regarding speed limits, while the Laborites pledged to do the opposite.
Their explanation was that it would be safer to have a speed limit on that stretch of road, and medical experts stated that unrestricted speeds increased the chances of serious accidents.
Until this point, the whole discussion seems like a classical political problem, where nobody will have a solution to please all parties. This time, Porsche’s Director of Public Relations in Australia, Paul Ellis, stepped in with a peculiar message.
He said that introducing the speed limit on the currently unrestricted sector would create a “nanny state,” and that situation would discourage international car firms from using the highway to test vehicles and film advertisements, The Telegraph reports.
While the "filming commercials" part could be fulfilled by closing the road after many requests filed with local authorities, testing prototypes would not be so easy.
After all, getting permission to disobey the national speed limit takes time, and the development process of those vehicles could be delayed because of it.
Fortunately, the German Autobahn will still have enough sections for automakers to test their cars, regardless of what happens in Australia (never confuse with Austria, Germany’s neighbor), and the Nurburgring will still be open for testing for as long as financially possible.
None of the parties involved in the discussion brought precise figures or statistics in the debate.
The Porsche representative has not mentioned how many ads were filmed on the road in the Northern Territory, and the number of prototypes tested there was also not disclosed. According to those that support the speed limit introduction in the area, faster driving will bring more critical injuries in the event of an accident.
However, the opposers of the proposition remind everyone that seat belt usage and drink-driving were the leading causes of serious accidents in the Northern Territory, which makes the doctor’s statements still true regarding driving fast, but potentially incorrect regarding the driving ban.
Supporters of the open limit say it has reduced journey times and has prevented some fatigue-related accidents. We previously wrote a story on the topic, in which we reported that statistics have proven that people had not gone flat-out on the road, just slightly faster than the national limit.
If you ask us, this happens because of common sense. Those that have it will not risk human lives just for the kick of driving as fast as possible, while those that don’t will end up on the news.
Their explanation was that it would be safer to have a speed limit on that stretch of road, and medical experts stated that unrestricted speeds increased the chances of serious accidents.
Until this point, the whole discussion seems like a classical political problem, where nobody will have a solution to please all parties. This time, Porsche’s Director of Public Relations in Australia, Paul Ellis, stepped in with a peculiar message.
He said that introducing the speed limit on the currently unrestricted sector would create a “nanny state,” and that situation would discourage international car firms from using the highway to test vehicles and film advertisements, The Telegraph reports.
While the "filming commercials" part could be fulfilled by closing the road after many requests filed with local authorities, testing prototypes would not be so easy.
After all, getting permission to disobey the national speed limit takes time, and the development process of those vehicles could be delayed because of it.
Fortunately, the German Autobahn will still have enough sections for automakers to test their cars, regardless of what happens in Australia (never confuse with Austria, Germany’s neighbor), and the Nurburgring will still be open for testing for as long as financially possible.
None of the parties involved in the discussion brought precise figures or statistics in the debate.
The Porsche representative has not mentioned how many ads were filmed on the road in the Northern Territory, and the number of prototypes tested there was also not disclosed. According to those that support the speed limit introduction in the area, faster driving will bring more critical injuries in the event of an accident.
However, the opposers of the proposition remind everyone that seat belt usage and drink-driving were the leading causes of serious accidents in the Northern Territory, which makes the doctor’s statements still true regarding driving fast, but potentially incorrect regarding the driving ban.
Supporters of the open limit say it has reduced journey times and has prevented some fatigue-related accidents. We previously wrote a story on the topic, in which we reported that statistics have proven that people had not gone flat-out on the road, just slightly faster than the national limit.
If you ask us, this happens because of common sense. Those that have it will not risk human lives just for the kick of driving as fast as possible, while those that don’t will end up on the news.
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