freediver wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2025 at 9:05pm:

It should worry you as a citizen that on many rural roads the paint is misleading and the interrupted line goes around blind corners and over crests.
Not that such disregard for safety is confined to rural roads.
The New England Highway, immediately south of Stonehenge, has a straight, followed by a left hand curve over a crest in a blind corner safely protected by interrupted new double lines., which would seem to indicate that those doing the painting are either stupid or don’t give a toss..
This is not an isolated example.

Leroy wrote on Apr 24^th, 2025 at 1:34pm:


So, yes but no?

Gnads wrote on Apr 24^th, 2025 at 4:04pm:


You are kind of missing the point. I need food, housing, electricity, water, and all sorts of other things. None of it justifies million dollar handouts, and we are not going to starve just because we start having rational thoughts about road funding.

Saying "oh yes, but we need food" is just a pissweak excuse for intellectual laziness.

freediver wrote on Apr 24^th, 2025 at 4:12pm:


Handouts? FFS - how much other taxpayer money is wasted outside of Australia.

Making it all about you & what you've had for decades as a justifiable reason to reduce funding for regional roads is what I'd call a piss weak excuse let alone pseudo - intellectual laziness.

I take it you don't travel to see the country?

Gnads wrote on Apr 24^th, 2025 at 4:13pm:

Sure it’s a sweeping curve, I wouldn’t call it long but it is blind and the minimal rise is enough to conceal an oncoming vehicle.
Where did you get your licence and how long ago were you tested?

One would think that a curve that one cannot see around would be considered blind especially when it has a blind crest as well.

Just Google , ‘’Google Earth’’ it gives the elevations relevant to the curve and crest, you might be surprised, and enlightened.

John Smith wrote on Apr 24^th, 2025 at 5:51pm:


I see the point went way over your head John.

Just as a warning to anyone who might be travelling on the Gwydir Highway, there is a longish straight with the usual interrupted centre line that passes the property ‘’TARA’’, unfortunately it has a dip that can conceal a small truck, no warning signs, no nuthin’ and works the same in either direction; about 23 km from Inverell.
There is another one, just over the crest of the first hill going towards Inverell after the midway rest stop, this one can conceal a Holden station wagon and is just after the commencement of the interrupted line.
Anyone in a hurry to pass a truck and take advantage of the long passing chance will take advantage of the clear road ahead.
I know ‘cause I got back in time to miss a head on with the Holden, I thank my quick 87 year old reactions of the time.