The South Australian Government is considering a lower speed limit on the bottom section of Adelaide’s South Eastern Freeway after a serious crash in July.
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40 km/h, on a freeway?
Is this a mis-timed April Fool’s Day joke?
Perhaps lorries should be limited to 90 km/h, and rail encouraged for heavy transport rather than slowing passenger cars to the speed limit typical outside primary schools.
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Is this where the freeway ends with an intersection?
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That seems to be the cheap and nasty answer to any road issue all too often… just lower the speed limit… never mind about improving the actual road or building better ones.
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It is only proposed for the downhill (citybound) section of South Eastern Freeway. The outbound lanes are not affected.
Yes it is. MediaSpy members who live in Adelaide, or have travelled from eastern states to Adelaide, will have driven past the major intersection (where Hungry Jack’s is located on the map below). It’s basically all downhill from Hanhdorf to the Glen Osmond intersection.
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Yes I lived in Adelaide for a short stint and must say I find the end of the SE freeway abrupt at that point. It’s not a gradual end of a freeway becoming an arterial road like one would expect in other cities.
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Yes it’s a bit like driving along a 100 km/h country highway and going through a very small country town that has a school and very little else, meaning you almost instantly go from 100 kms to 40 kms an hour.
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What is it with South Australia and very low speed limits? Slowing down to 25km/h for roadworks and emergency services on a 110km/h rural highway was dicey enough.
That abrupt end to the M1 at Glen Osmond is also bizarre.
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Yeah it needs to ‘transition’ a bit more from a freeway to an arterial road. I liken it to how the M3 on Brisbane’s northside transitions to A3 Gympie Rd. It’s a nice slower transition of speed limits from 100kmh down to 60kmh. By the time you get to the the first set of lights you are very well aware the motorway has ended.
Or how the Hume Highway (Freeway) approached south-west Sydney and transitioned to an arterial road back in the 90s before the M5
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If you look through Google Maps you can see there is a slow transition of speed limits as the M1 freeway descends into Adelaide. The maximum speed for cars and motorcycles is 90km/h, but 60km/h for trucks and buses. The 90km/h speed limit gradually decreases to 80 km/h after the final safety ramp for trucks, and eventually 60 km/h, before the freeway ends just before Mount Barker Road outside Mira Monte Estate and becomes Glen Osmond Road. It is another 2km before the Cross Road and Portrush Road intersection is reached.
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Have you used this freeway? Lorries are already limited to travelling 60km.
This is just another really poorly constructed road in south Australia.
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Live traffic updates extended to include local roads in regional NSW
Real time traffic information will soon be available for motorists using local roads across 22 regional Local Government Areas (LGAs).
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the NSW Government is expanding the Live Traffic NSW website and app to provide more reliable information to drivers, especially during emergencies like bushfires or floods.
“The initial 22 LGAs have been chosen in consultation with the NSW Police, RFS and SES with the view to have all 128 LGAs across the state on board by 2024.
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I’ll be buying another cheap car soon ,I’m sick of catching public transport.It’s a 2009 Toyota Yaris ,it’s only got 77000 kms ,low kms for a car that age ,I only need a small runabout,nothing fancy,it’ll do me for now, I also miss driving after 6 weeks not driving anymore. I did own a Toyota Yaris previously,so I’m familiar with that speedometer in the middle of the dashboard that Toyota Yaris’s built until 2011 had.Toyotas are also known for their reliability
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I will having this car checked over by RACQ before I definitely buy it as I’m a typical female who knows nothing about cars.As I’m still a member of RACQ I might as well take advantage of the cheaper cost to me of having a vehicle inspection done.if when I receive the report and they find faults with the car I will tell the dealership I’m not buying this car ,if these issues aren’t fixed.
Or I’ll have to look for another car,a newer one
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I’m not buying this Toyota Yaris anymore,it’s already been sold 
I have to keep looking.It’s so hard to find a small hatchback with low kms these days
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