I'm a Statistic!

This is a long weekend and the traffic police were out in force. They are very strict on speeding here-Gerry got two tickets for being only four kph over the limit in 2007! and now I am sad to report that I have joined him. Three thousand motorists were caught for speeding this weekend. Yours truly was tipping along on Saturday morning heading down to Portarlington to The Celtic Festival and being a little careless, when a squad car was driving against me and turned around to pull me in. The roads here are good, long and straight for the most part. Yet the motorways are mostly 100kph and often have 80kph. There are cameras everywhere, unmarked cars that lie in waiting and now I have discovered cars that drive up and down the roads, especially on long weekends. On the way back into Warrnambool tonight we go from a single lane which is 100 to a dual-carriageway which is 70! It is like having to do 70 down the Nass Dual Carriageway. The poor divil in front of me did not slow fast enough and an unmarked car pulled him in. I was relieved to get home without incurring further fines. You really have to concentrate and in built -up areas there can be three different speed limits so you have to note the signs.