Wednesday, August 23, 2006

What's The Limit?

Australian road speed limits are very strict, there's no "kopi-o" here so I always try my best to obey the speed limits on the roads or else if I were to get caught speeding then its money down the drain and demerit points!


But what do I do when I'm faced with 2 speed limits as shown in the picture above? On the left is 40 and on the right is 60! Which one should I follow? I'm on the middle lane so does that mean I should be doing 50? This is Victoria street heading towards Richmond coming up from the city. As far as I know the odd speed limit signs' been there for a couple of weeks now.

18 comments:

Francis Ho said...

Stick to 40.
This is a trap! ;)

You're an engineer not a lawyer remember!

Anonymous said...

Just keep a copy of the photo, and if you ever get a ticket, say you only saw the 60 sign. :-)

Of course, you might like to point this out to the local newspaper and maybe the local council to see if they can clarify it.

Tan Yee Wei said...

maybe it is 40 + 60 = 100 km/h.
Or perhaps 40 x 60 = 2400.
Or possibly even 40 ^ 60 which is too large a number to be written down (exactly 97 digits long).

Anonymous said...

Why no kopi-o there?

Anonymous said...

A sith shouldn't be worry with this kind of thing!

Wuching said...

fh2o: i'm an engineer?

dabido: unless i get financial incentive from the newspaper or council, i wouldn't bother!

lao chen: or maybe its 60-40=20!

SA: i bet the police wouldn't understand the signs either!

neo: coz the polisi here dun need the chicken feed money mah..they go for big big money wan!

che-cheh: ur right! i'm losing my sith power! have to go meditate on this!

Anonymous said...

Don't drive, walk instead, its good exercise and you said you want to loose weight :P

Maybe its 40 on the left hand side of the road, 60 on the right hand side and in the middle, any speed goes :P

Helen said...

if you're on the left lane you can go 40, right lane go 60.

Damn, I'm so smart!

sengkor said...

that one not speed limit la.. tht sign is saying left lane can park 40 cars, right lane can park 60 cars.

no go undang school meh last time..?

Cynthia said...

did you inform the local council?

oh NO ! dont do that.

wait till channel 9 ACA (A Current Affair) got some issues with the spped limit, then you send them a copy. Hehhe.. I might probably see you in TV? Who knows.. =)

PabloPabla said...

Lawyer says follow 40. Then they can't fault you at all :P

Say...is that km/h or mph??

seefei said...

the speed limit is 40 and 60 is the new limit. somehow the mgt forgot to take down the old signage... me also smart boy!!

FooDcrazEE said...

lolz....what a speed limit...btw, when u reach 80...its difficult to lose them...just like me

Wuching said...

QV: thanks for the advise!

helen: indeed u r smart!

sengkor: ohh..lidat ah?

cynthia: good idea!

pablopabla: km/h of course lah..not amadika mah!

see fei: indeed r u also!

foodcrazee: hahahahaha..good one!

PabloPabla said...

Wah...so slow wan ar? Got tortoise crossing the road ke?

Wuching said...

pablopabla: got ants crossing!

ks said...

Whatever it is, driving and taking a picture at the same time will get you the same fine! hehe..

Wuching said...

ks: hehe..wasn't me that took the pic, i was driving!