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Default speed limit
In a built-up area – 50 km/h
everywhere except the Northern Territory;
in the Northern Territory – 60
km/h.
Outside built-up areas – 100 km/h
everywhere except Western Australia and the Northern Territory;
in Western Australia - 110 km/h;
in the Northern Territory - no
speed limit.
Keep your speed within 5 km/h below the signposted or default speed limit; driving slower than 20 km/h below the signposted or default speed limit is an offence, unless in adverse conditions.
Check
speedometer having left a motorway or freeway, and every time you meet a
“Speed Limit” sign, a “Speed Camera” sign or go downhill.
School zone
Speed limit everywhere
except South Australia is 40 km/h
between 8:00-09:30 AM and 2:30-4:00
PM on schooldays;
in South Australia – 25 km/h 24
hours 7 days a week.
The school zone ends where you pass
either an “End School Zone” sign or another “Speed Limit” sign.
Passing
a bus, displaying 40 km/h “Speed Limit” sign, only when its yellow lights are
flashing (at any time of the day): speed limit is 40 km/h within 50
metres (1.5 light pole spans) before and after the bus.
Roadwork (synonym: worksite): Default speed limit is 40 km/h
everywhere except South Australia;
in
South Australia – 25 km/h.
Shared zone: Speed limit is 10 km/h; give way to pedestrians and
cyclists unconditionally.
Road hump (synonyms: speed hump, speed bump, sleeping policeman)
and a hump pedestrian crossing: Speed limit is 25 km/h in a road or 5 km/h
in a shared zone.
Maintain following distance of 3 seconds, or 1 light pole
span.
Increase following distance:
1. if being tailgated or
following a tailgater;
2. following a learner car;
3. following a vehicle
being driven erratically;
4. following a truck or
bus;
5. when you are tired or
sleepy;
6. in poor visibility
(night time, fog, the sun in your eyes, heavy rain etc.);
7. on a wet road.
Slow down:
(Prior
to reducing speed, check the centre mirror for a tailgater.)
1. when you see a “Reduce
Speed” sign;
2. in poor visibility
(night time, fog, the sun in your eyes, heavy rain etc.);
3. on a wet, icy or gravel
road;
4. before slippery patches;
5. before turns and road
bends;
6. before the crest of a
rise in a road, as in any narrowed view;
7. approaching a pedestrian
crossing;
8. approaching a
horse-rider;
9. passing a stationary or
stopping vehicle with emergency flashers on, a broken-down vehicle or
crash scene (unless on a freeway or motorway).
10. Also be prepared to slow
down after a warning sign.
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