Hands up those who think Australia has low speed limits ?
Yep I did too (although I was aware that ours were on average higher than in the US). It is funny how coloured our perspectves get. Actually our speed limits are marginally higher than average with the sole exception of freeway speeds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_by_country
The difference is mainly in enforcement and our perspective of that. Must say I dont get the 3KM tolerance in Victoria when the ADR standard for speedo is +-10%. Seems unfair even if the reason for doing it is sound!!! Glad to be north of the Murray.