Diesel X5 in Aussie Snow

[Black Dog]

Skiing was great! Massive snow with lots of powder, although our ski resorts aren't as high as those in the US or Europe and some years they have to make extra snow. But this year the snow season has been extended into October and we're all wondering....global warming? What global warming? This pictures you see are at Mount Hotham in Victoria.

[trueX5er]

Awesome pictures!
Australia seems like a great place to drive, especially with the vast open stretches of roads running through the interior. Is there a lot of speeding on those roads?

[Black Dog]

Glad you like them.

There certainly are plenty of wide open roads down here, and you may drive for 2 or 3 days without seeing a cop in the Outback.

As you probably know Australia began it's white history as a British dumping ground for convicts, so we're good at breaking the law! The populated areas are policed pretty tightly, with 100 km/h speed limits on most highways (62mph?) and 110 km/h on freeways. Some states only allow a very tiny tolerance for their speed cameras so most drivers keep to the limits.

But in the Northern Territory the speed limit is 130 km/h. Most "down south" drivers feel sad about this as they cannot get there easily (it's 1000 km from Adelaide, and we're pretty close) and this limit was ony recently introduced after having no limit for years! I have great memories of zapping along an NT road at 160 km/h talking to a New Zealand guy on the CB, completely legally. Seeing semi trailers do the same can be a little scary.

But it's another story if you hit a kangaroo, so very few drive at night when the roos are out feeding.

What are the speed limits like in the US?