Passing the flashing lights of a Police vehicle having pulled over a large blue and white company vehicle in a 60km/h zone near Campbell Town gave some comfort that the law was doing its job.

Proceeding towards Lake Leake, with misplaced comfort, it was less than 10 minutes before the same blue and white vehicle with its scaffold advertising was tailgating me and seeking to pass at high speed. The corners on the higher section of that road are dangerous and difficult, particularly with an idiot up ones rear.

At his first minimal opportunity the idiot overtook and sped off at a much higher speed than the clearly signposted 100k per hour. The Police intervention at Campbell Town had clearly not reached his brain.

There are several sections of the road from Campbell Town to Lake Leake that the 100 kilometres an hour limit is folly.

Why is it so? Don't those who make such decisions see the carnage on rural roads?

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