Talk:Road transport in Australia

message: I think it would be good to include a section on motoring organisations.
The ones I know are all listed at Australian Automobile Association and are member entities.
Unfortunately the articles for these organisations are pretty poor.
I think they should be mentioned but I don't want to sound like a copywriter and I can't think of anything to mention that doesn't come accross as an advertisement.
I don't know how normal membership of similar organisations is in the US/UK?Garrie 21:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motoring organisations 

message: Can anyone confirm:
#a motorcycle licence is needed to ride any motorised two wheel vehicle in any state in Australia (other countries, a car licence will cover you up to a certain capacity)
#Learners in any state are restricted to 250cc (in other countries the limit, if there is one, tends to be 125cc)
Garrie 01:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In Qld you can ride up to 50cc with a car licence and there are different levels of motor bike licences, RE (up to 250cc) and R (up to 700cc) WikiTownsvillian 01:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In Victoria you need to have a specific motorcycle licence for motorcycles or motortrikes. You cannot ride a motorcycle exceeding 260cc while riding on your learner's permit and for the first 12 months after the motorcycle license is issued--Melburnian 03:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

text: It is my experience that all road rules vary from state to state except in the rare occasion where standardisation is necessary.  The State Governments do look at each other's laws when formulating rules and thus broadly similar systems are in place, but they are all completely independent from each other and are at different levels/stages for different types of road rules. Thanks, WikiTownsvillian 04:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motorcycles 

message: Garrie and I have been working on the words of the "Highways" section, and perhaps need someone else to take a look, particularly with respect to definitions and road surfaces. I took exception to the Connie Sue Highway photo as an example of an Australian highway so described it and similar roads (thinking of Anne Beadell Highway and Gunbarrel Highway) as named ironically. Garrie has quite reasonably pointed out that the Cobb Highway is a highway and is also not sealed. He also pointed out that even these roads are there as the shortest path to somewhere. We have a reference on National Highway (Australia), but not on any of the other highways lists to show authoritatively what is considered a "highway" I note that the Cobb Highway has a route number, but Connie Sue Highway does not. Rather than us banging heads on our different POVs, could someone else check it over please? The current text may well be OK, but needs a different photo (or none). Maybe swap that photo and the next? --Scott Davis Talk 03:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Scott. I don't want an edit war - but in areas away from the coast there are real dirt highways. They don't get enough traffic to warrant the upgrade when for the same money the government can prevent deaths at blackspots. I honestly thought Connie Sue was the same class of road as Cobb Highway, just in a more remote area.Garrie 04:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Secondly - I agree about the image of Connie Sue "highway" needing to be moved down. But I'm the only person to have put images in so I'll step back on that one... Garrie 04:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries. I expect to be able to drive up the Cobb Highway (weather permitting) at or near the speed limit in my standard road car without much more preparation than any country road trip requires. Fuel supplies and other road users are less than a fuel tank apart, and the NRMA have a clue how to get there if I do have unforseen problems. The Connie Sue Highway is a multi-day adventure for a group of high-clearance four wheel drives. One example I can find is Bomb roads. Even the Birdsville Track isn't such an adventure any more (I have not done any of them except the southern part of the Cobb, so this is all conjecture and hearsay). Is the Cobb Highway really more remote and less used (as the article claims) than the Silver City Highway? --Scott Davis Talk 06:11, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Having driven to Tibooburra, the road from the Hill to corner country is pretty sparse. But it is well used, I would not be suprised if it is more used than Cobb Highway because there's nothing really big at either end of Cobb Highway, AND there are other ways of getting to both ends. But to get from Broken Hill to western Queensland you either use the Silver City Highway, or you go via a very wide detour....Garrie 10:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  highways 

message: Current lead does not refer the article in any way back to Transport in Australia - which I feel it should.
How about 
Road transport is an essential element of transport in Australia infrastructure due to the large land area of the country and ....
It doesn't sound quite right but there should be an equivalent link from Road transport in Australia to Transport in Australia, as there is already going the other way.
Garrie 05:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section 

message: there is already some mention of the historic use of bicyles in outback Australia. I think this could be linked to the use of bicycles as mounts/mobility by some regiments during WWI. Anyone got any thoughts on this? (eg: anyone have a reliable reference for which units did use bicycles in an official capacity (other than for messengers ) during WWI?)Garrie 05:08, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  bikes again 

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