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It took years to come up with a plan to cut road deaths, and just 11 days to kill it (www.smh.com.au)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

That's really expensive, and they're lightly used as most people are using the highways. It's hard to justify the expense

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Sure, I can see how expense is not equal (especially comparing infrastructure use say compared to an Asian country).. but a lot of the rural roads are how you access farms and farms are fairly important.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Sure, but access doesn't need to be at 100km/h. You only lose a few minutes at each end going from a rural road to a well maintained one at 80

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    A relatively small 180km drive will add an extra half an hour on the trip (about 25% longer). Not really what id classify as just a few minutes at each end. Sure it's only a few minutes when you're travelling 30km around metro.

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