Porsche Blasts Aussie Politicians Over New Outback Speed Limit
Porsche has hit out at the new Australian government as the nation prepares to reintroduce speed limits to remote Northern Territory roads for ‘safety reasons’ – despite evidence that it would actually make things worse.
The German sports car maker has accused the Aussie rulemakers of creating a nanny state. Australia’s ABC News quotes Porsche spokesman Paul Ellis as saying: “It seems the Northern Territory government is doing its best to deter international car companies from coming to Australia to spend money and invest in the local economy.”
He went on to add: “Speed does not kill; bad driving kills [do]. It’s just a shame we’ve taken a nanny state approach.”
Speed limits in the vast area were originally canned in 2014, after the government collated research showing that their introduction in 2007 had caused deaths to rise.
But the newly-installed Labour administration, which won a landslide victory just weeks ago, has pledged to reintroduce an 81mph (130kmh) limit along the 200-mile stretch of road. Medical experts have called for the move, saying that higher speeds lead to greater risk of serious injuries and deaths. Is it just us, or have they not looked at those government figures from 2014?
TV crews like those working with Top Gear and The Grand Tour can still apply to derestrict a section for filming purposes, said a spokesman.
Porsche actually used the area to set a top-speed run in a 918 Spyder. Check out the footage below.
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Dear Australian government, I did not know that medical experts were knowledgable on road safety and efficiency
As a rebellion. We should organize a cop chase on FH3 ending with the cars smashing through a sign that says “Australian Ministry of Transportation” or something.
Yeah cool you can drive fast but hit a fucing roo at that speed and your fuked but i dont agree in limiting the road just maybe puting a time that you have to slow down at dusk the roos are a suicide cult and your car is the tool of choice
the wrold we live in….. they probably did it for votes anyway
Exactly. We have a stretch of interstate that’s eight lanes wide with a 55mph limit. You’ll get rear ended if you drive anything less than 70
I’m sick of idiotic laws made by a bureaucrat with a 924 job
‘The German sports car maker has accused the Aussie rulemakers of creating a nanny state.’ Dear Wolfgang, did you not know that Australia has been a nanny state for years??
at least we will be able to import luxury cars into Australia for like half the price as of 2018, thanks to parallel import deals with England! Too bad the one last public place you can properly drive them has just been ruined :(