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Old 12-04-2010, 10:53 AM   #1
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Default Nt Govt transport minister gets caught doing 149km/h

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...aught-speeding

Pretty funny!

You would be locked up in any other state driving a 4wd at that speed! You should have died...

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Old 12-04-2010, 11:05 AM   #2
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it funny he was the one to make the decession to lower the speed limit in the first place lol
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Old 12-04-2010, 11:36 AM   #3
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NT minister caught proving that 149 KPH can be driving safely.
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Old 12-04-2010, 11:50 AM   #4
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"What happened yesterday should serve as a reminder to all motorists to be vigilant at all times and watch their speed carefully," Mr McCarthy said.
Yeah, that's good advice. Let's all look at our speedos instead of what is going on around us.

What a load of BS, if you cant tell that you've increased from 130 to 150 there's something wrong with you.

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Also, if he has such trouble focusing on both speed and the road, why wasn't he using cruise control?
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Old 12-04-2010, 11:53 AM   #5
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George koutsantonis(sp?) wanna be anyone??
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Old 12-04-2010, 12:07 PM   #6
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Thats funny...
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Old 12-04-2010, 12:22 PM   #7
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19 KM/H over the speed limit was it : :
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Old 12-04-2010, 12:42 PM   #8
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Should serve as a reminder for everyone? WTF. Not all of us are as stupid as you sorry mate. Do as I say, not as I do. Typical.
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Old 12-04-2010, 12:54 PM   #9
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In SA that is classified as hooning, take your car, license and a big fine.
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Old 12-04-2010, 01:43 PM   #10
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What's the point of obeying the rules when the fella that made them cant be bothered .
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Old 12-04-2010, 02:24 PM   #11
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This guy shouldn't be the Transport Minister after this, I call for his immediate resignation.
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I would prefer that he honestly answers the question if while he was travelling that fast was he a menace to society, or was he travelling in accordance with his vehicles and the environments capabilities at the time?
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Old 12-04-2010, 05:26 PM   #13
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BAHAHAAA! Crush his car!! Sounds like another case of Turbo Tom here in SA! He better lose his portfolio as transport minister.
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Old 12-04-2010, 05:37 PM   #14
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"What happened yesterday should serve as a reminder to all motorists to be vigilant at all times and watch their speed carefully," Mr McCarthy said.

What a ************
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Hopeless, really....

Dumb as dogpoo.

Yay for NT ALP, duh.
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In SA that is classified as hooning, take your car, license and a big fine.
19kph over is hooning? are you forgetting the speed limit in NT is 130?
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Old 12-04-2010, 07:14 PM   #17
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Only in the NT lol!, the NT is kinda like our version of Texas i think sometimes lol, seems a bit more of an outlaw type state(Territory in this case)lol!
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Yeah just saw that it was 130 zone. 19 over isnt too bad! Why would police even patrol an area that at 130 is obviously in the middle of nowhere.
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Easy to make a pretty penny because they know people will go over that 130 limit.
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Yeah just saw that it was 130 zone. 19 over isnt too bad! Why would police even patrol an area that at 130 is obviously in the middle of nowhere.
I'd say they were waiting for him :
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Is great driving up there with the more sensible limit. Then you get back to the border and the drudgers of 110 and 100.
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so, when is his car getting crushed his licence removed and 19 baby seals getting their eyes punched out - every k over is a killer don't forget...

what a hypocrite and a cretin - I can see the excuses now peole doing 10kmh over and arguing in court that the transport minister went faster than that - so it must be safe
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