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Northern Territory Open Speed Limits Still Available To Carmakers – Gunner

Criticised for his government’s decision to scrap the open speed limit trial in the Northern Territory as a matter of urgency, this week Labor Chief Minister Michael Gunner has followed through on a promise to contact carmakers on the issue. The


Criticised for his government’s decision to scrap the open speed limit trial in the Northern Territory as a matter of urgency, this week Labor Chief Minister Michael Gunner has followed through on a promise to contact carmakers on the issue.

The new Territory leader has declared that carmakers are still welcome to exceed the new / reinstated 130km/h limit in certain circumstances, with minimal paperwork required in order to do so.

Under the Country Liberal Party’s (the outgoing government) open speed limit trial, drivers were tasked with determining a safe cruising speed according to the conditions on a section of the Stuart Highway stretching almost 400km north from Alice Springs.

While the word ‘trial’ was attached to the policy, in truth the open speed limit was simply a return to road rules in place prior to 2007 when the then-Labor government declared it was introducing a Territory-wide maximum 130km/h limit.

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