Funny sign placement ...

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th June 2009, 12:38

SH2 is 100kph and Meeanee Quay is 50kph (incidently, one of the higher 'success' fixed cameras is on this bit of road - because there are houses etc on one side only, drivers automatically assume it's 70 along there). The 100kph sign as you approach the intersection with 2 is surely more a warning that you are entering a high speed area? You are right about the Stop sign tho - it is heavily targetted and no doubt Officer Arsehole does very well with some dodgy ticketing calls. Be aware too, that when you turn right to go north, there is a slip lane...lots of drivers going straight through on the left get done for undertaking when the slip lane runs out. Because dickheads in the slip refuse to get up to speed before the lanes merge and Officer Arsehole hangs around there.

**Mschvs** · 8th June 2009, 13:00

Originally Posted by MSTRS

SH2 is 100kph and Meeanee Quay is 50kph (incidently, one of the higher 'success' fixed cameras is on this bit of road - because there are houses etc on one side only, drivers automatically assume it's 70 along there). The 100kph sign as you approach the intersection with 2 is surely more a warning that you are entering a high speed area? You are right about the Stop sign tho - it is heavily targetted and no doubt Officer Arsehole does very well with some dodgy ticketing calls. Be aware too, that when you turn right to go north, there is a slip lane...lots of drivers going straight through on the left get done for undertaking when the slip lane runs out. Because dickheads in the slip refuse to get up to speed before the lanes merge and Officer Arsehole hangs around there.

We knew Meanee Quay was 50km which we were doing, then we saw the 100km (it was going on dusk at the time) and sorta momentarily went to speed up, then saw STOP ... which we did. We pulled into the slip lane and sped up to 100km when flashing lights behind us pulled us over juyst out of the slip lane (good shoulders on that part of the road though ... suggests a pig ticketing haven!!) the copper said this was a part of the road prone to accidents, but oh well I guess you live and learn ay ... I have given up giving pigs a reason to make money off me .... unless I know there are none around!

**Rosie** · 8th June 2009, 13:08

Between Innamincka and Cameron Corner in Outback SA:

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th June 2009, 13:17

Originally Posted by Mschvs

We knew Meanee Quay was 50km which we were doing, then we saw the 100km (it was going on dusk at the time) and sorta momentarily went to speed up, then saw STOP ... which we did. We pulled into the slip lane and sped up to 100km when flashing lights behind us pulled us over juyst out of the slip lane (good shoulders on that part of the road though ... suggests a pig ticketing haven!!) the copper said this was a part of the road prone to accidents, but oh well I guess you live and learn ay ... I have given up giving pigs a reason to make money off me .... unless I know there are none around!

See, this is what fucks off a lot of us...roads are not prone to accidents, people are.

Sorry for OT

**Mschvs** · 8th June 2009, 13:36

There was honestly not a car to be seen for miles in either direction ... so we proceeded. This particular cop was a real wanker as well .. like he was waiting for one more ticket before he was allowed to knock off or something!!

**klingon** · 8th June 2009, 13:41

Originally Posted by Rosie

Between Innamincka and Cameron Corner in Outback SA:

LOL excellent sign! I'm sure the innuendo was not lost on the people who put it there either...

**NDORFN** · 8th June 2009, 13:43

He even said to me that there wasn't a car in sight that could've collided with us but it wasn't the point. I fucken STOPPED anyway. It might have been for a split second, and only because I was concentrating on what the fuck was going on after the misleading signs and lack of visibility of road markings. Funniest of all... whilst he is taking my details, before he's even commited to giving me a ticket, a car having just pulled out of the airport goes flying past with no lights on. I pointed it out to him and he turned and looks for a moment, then turned back to me and said "I didn't see it". NO SHIT SHERLOCK!.

**Mschvs** · 8th June 2009, 13:52

Like I said, he was probably just waiting for that last $150 fine to top off his revenue for the night, before heading home to his hot shower for a wank ....

**3umph** · 8th June 2009, 13:52

Originally Posted by Rosie

Between Innamincka and Cameron Corner in Outback SA:

lol like it....

there is a place I will have to get a pic of when next out riding up by Culverden...

its a dead end street off the main road with a cemetery at the end

**BiK3RChiK** · 8th June 2009, 13:54

Could have read Crests and crevices!

I suspect that sign originally said Crests and Curves... Ahhh, there are some creative people in the world!

**Mschvs** · 8th June 2009, 14:37

Hey honey ... we should hang that sign up at our house .....

**Squid** · 8th June 2009, 19:42

Originally Posted by cowboyz

I always snigger at the 95km/hr corner signs.

If 5km/hr is all the difference between staying on the road and crashing then there are some serious issues with the driver training.

Originally Posted by LBD

I guess they are acknowledging that people travel faster than 100km and this corner warrants the warning...good on em I reckon.

Spot on

This was quite possibly the one of the better and more realistic suggestions that make it though transit (or land transport or whatever they call themselves nowadays)

Originally Posted by p.dath

I agree. However the rules are pretty simple for this. The rated speed is purely to due with the number of G's you pull while cornering. They have to set the speed so that the G-force you experience stays below a certain level.

In this case, they probably didn't engineer the corner well enough to maintain the 100km/h rating.

Cowboyz: listen to p.dath. When figuring out the g-forces its not all that fancy, there is a curved pipe stuck to the windscreen with an air bubble it (much like a spirit level) and there is degree markings on a backboard on the pipe. The driver goes around the corner at a constant speed and arc at 3 different speeds and from there the recommended/safe speed is found.

5kph is going to make sweet F-all difference but its like a polite reminder there is a corner there.

**Supertwin Don** · 8th June 2009, 20:27

I wish you guys would stop talking about "recommended/safe" speeds when you are talking about ADVISORY MAXIMUM signs!!

There are NO "recommended" speeds, and "safe" speed depends on so many variables that there just isn't room on the poles to state them all!

All "speed limit" signs do is tell you what the "MAXIMUM" "LEGAL" speed for the road is - the safety aspect is about the minimum risk to the maximum people - not wether or not you can physically travel faster.

**Squid** · 8th June 2009, 20:35

Me bad. Thats what the engineer called em when we where doing the ratings for a section of road in the Waikato.

I'll keep it in mind for next time

**MSTRS:Me** · 9th June 2009, 09:05

Originally Posted by Supertwin Don

I wish you guys would stop talking about "recommended/safe" speeds when you are talking about ADVISORY MAXIMUM signs!!

There are NO "recommended" speeds, and "safe" speed depends on so many variables that there just isn't room on the poles to state them all!

All "speed limit" signs do is tell you what the "MAXIMUM" "LEGAL" speed for the road is - the safety aspect is about the minimum risk to the maximum people - not wether or not you can physically travel faster.

First one is a Speed LIMIT sign. Next two are Speed ADVISORY signs. From a previous thread on this subject, the Advisory signs double as LIMIT signs for some types of truck.