MOVE OVER!
WITH the war on speeding seemingly unrelenting in this day and age, our friends at Whichcar.com.au decided to see if you can actually get fined for doing the opposite: driving too slowly. Long story short, unless you live in Western Australia, it can be quite hard to get fined for dawdling on the road and causing other road users to see red. We shared the story on our Facebook page and asked the simple question: Is it illegal to drive too slowly in Australia?
Terry Gaudron – It bloody should be!
Darryl Champness – A B-bouble truck driver was fined $337 and four points a few nights ago on the Hume for going too slowly up a hill after missing a gear. The fine was for dangerous driving.
Adam Stephen – It should be. The biggest annoyance for me is people doing 90-95km/h in a 100km/h zone; you’ll pass them at 100km/h and then you hit a roadworks zone where speed drops to 80km/h and they continue on at 90-95km/h and go back past you. It must be great to be able to pick and choose which road rules to follow. Here in Victoria it doesn’t matter which speed zone it is, you’re guaranteed to get stuck behind some twit doing 20km/h under the limit, and it’s not just an occasional one, it’s countless. I deal with about 30 of them a day at least.
Tyronne Tunza Bony – As a former truckie that spent a lot of time stuck behind caravans doing 70-80km/h in 100km/h open road, I bloody hope so.
Peter Burke – I asked a policeman about this back in the 90s and he said: “In NSW you can be fined for impeding traffic.” I’m not sure if it’s true or not.
Tayt Thompson – I had a driver this afternoon driving 65km/h in a 100km/h zone. I was quite close to them trying to get them to speed up a bit and they kept brake-checking me, completely oblivious to the line of B-doubles they were holding up.
Lisa Masterson – Fair enough if it’s pouring rain and vision is difficult or you have an issue with your car – get over into the left lane until it’s safe. But when vision is clear and all good, keep to the speed limit or move over if you’re not confident and let other confident drivers take over. It’s common sense and being courteous.
Valerie Hincks – If they can’t do the speed limit get off the freeway! Go the back way and go as slow as they want.
Andrew Campbell – Come to Geelong, where everyone drives like an old mole on the way to a f***ing funeral.
Brett Thorp – I was behind some old idiot going for a cruise on his Yamaharley the other day – any slower and it would have fallen over. It’s not safe at all.
Justin Ardill – I know someone who was actually fined recently for doing 20km/h under the speed limit on the highway, as it causes congestion apparently.
Cameron L’estrange – How is it even possible to drive too slowly in Australia when we have 40km/h speed limits and they’re talking about dropping it to 30km/h? Any slower and you’d be walking.