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Originally Posted by GTP 290
I know of a (//) sign that is just south of the QLD border in the tweed valley although you wouldn't want to be going much more than around 170-180 on the road.
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There is NO compulsion whatsoever to drive at high, triple digit speeds when under (//), because the sign signals the absolute responsibility you have to always drive at a safe-speed for the prevailing circumstances, AND you must be able to come to a full, safe-stop if the need arises, without locking up or loss of control. The (//) allows for safer, legal overtaking speeds. FLASH-to PASS permissible under ARR, is also very suited when under (//).
It might have been the same sign design as that attached in my above post, take a look.
Speed derestriction signs were installed by Tweed Shire Council in a program at about the 2002 period.
In 2004, NSW RTA in its "Speed Zoning Guidelines" REMOVED the authority for local councils to post the signs on NSW roads. Though some Councils such as Gundagai, on the old Hume highway - installed some as recently as 2008, in contravention of the Guidelines, and on seemingly poor advice from regional RTA staffers.
A few (//) do remain around NSW - the idea was to remove them all, then perhaps one day apply them only to high-standard rural highways, where a speed-limit is rather pointless.
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