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Ausfish Gold Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
I'll be waiting for you , look out fnq ,at about mobil mill veiw..!!!!
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Re: Towing on the Highway
This is only my thoughts on this and that is if you are not towing anythink then maybe you should go close to the recommended speed.
But when you are towing anything i think it is only common sence to go at the speed you feel comfortable with.
It might be 60 klms or 110 klms it all comes down to what you consider that is safe for you and other people that share the road with.
Troy
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Re: Towing on the Highway
its not ilegal to travel under the speed limit what a joke, you may be suprised to find that it is........its just not inforced to often......i am not saying not to drive to what speed you are feel safe at, just that it is just as dangerous to drive slowly as it is to drive over the speed limit.
But on highways in particular you should be going as fast as the trafic, if you are slowing trafic down you are not driving saftley. Its not rocket science.
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Ausfish Gold Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
Hi Troy , I agree totally with you.
Toymod , check up about highways versus motorways/freeways in regards to speed limits , let me know if i am wrong ...????
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Re: Towing on the Highway
Toymod, mate, there is no such offence as travelling under the speed limit, go to your local police station or transport office and ask for the Regulation that covers it. All you will get is strange looks.
(a small side bet of a slab and bundy if interested ) you can be charged if you were travelling at some ridiculous slow speed but never for under the limit by 10 or so k's. another urban myth like driving with no shoes.
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Re: Towing on the Highway
As i said before it is called restricting the flow of traffic, the law shows that its 15km/h and under is a finable offence, which is another story compared to ristricting the flow of trafic
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Ausfish Gold Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
toymod , those speed cameras on the side of the bruce hwy , they
take a picture of your vehicle when you are speeding .
Are you trying to tell us that if you go 15 km/hr under the limit it
will take a picture of you as well ?????
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Re: Towing on the Highway
Pease read my comments, I said it is rarley enforced
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Ausfish Gold Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
Sounds like another that needs to LOL.
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Re: Towing on the Highway
s 125
Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road
Rules) Regulation 1999
Part 11 Keeping left, overtaking and
other driving rules
Division 1 General
125 Unreasonably obstructing drivers or pedestrians
(1) A driver must not unreasonably obstruct the path of another
driver or a pedestrian.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(2) For this section, a driver does not unreasonably obstruct the
path of another driver or a pedestrian only because—
(a) the driver is stopped in traffic; or
(b) the driver is driving more slowly than other vehicles
(unless the driver is driving abnormally slowly in the
circumstances).
Example of a driver driving abnormally slowly—
A driver driving at a speed of 20km/h on a length of road to
which a speed limit of 80km/h applies when there is no reason
for the driver to drive at that speed on the length of road.
Mate if you can find or point me to any other regulation (in Qld) other than above I would be most interested.
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Ausfish Gold Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
JIMO , TOYMOD OWES YOU A CARTON OF THE FINEST.
COME ON TOYMOD COFF UP , NO INDIAN GIVERS HERE....
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Ausfish Platinum Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
For interest........
When you blokes tow "really slow" on the highway, do you wear a hat?
- Darren
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Re: Towing on the Highway
A great big hat, and the tow vehicle is a Volvo
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Ausfish Gold Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
BEAN , WE ALSO CHEW ON 6 FEET LONG BITS OF SUGARBUSH
( SUGARCANE) AND SPIT ALL THE HUSKS AT THE SPEEDING IGNORANT SUTHANERS THAT GO BY OUR ETHONEL POWERED 318 DODGE TRUCKS WHICH WE TOW OUR 773 HAINES WITH...
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Ausfish Bronze Member
Re: Towing on the Highway
Always tow my 6.4 fibreglass behind the cruiser at 100/110 as it saves me stressing about a radiator getting attached to prop and ruining my holiday, if 2/3 cars queue behind me I normally find a place within a couple of k's to let them past, sort of common sense realy isn't it !
Often see caravan's with 20 or 30 cars stuck behind them and also some times boats doing the same and not even attempting to pull over when there is room, they also often speed up when there is passing lanes. Just nothing like following someone with boat in tow at 80 then finally get to the passing lane and they decide they're going to do 110.....
Think it is just wrong when someone thinks they own the road and stuff everyone else.
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