Qld M1 speed limit to drop in busy periods

[Pedro]

"What this will allow Main Roads to do if they've got congestion 10 or 20 or 30 kilometres down the M1, they can reduce speeds further up and allow that congestion to free. During heavy traffic it will actually mean motorists will slow from 100 or 110 (km/h) back down to 80 or 90 and what that does is smooth out congestion." says Qld Govt.


With 60,000 cars a day travelling between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, can someone explain how "reducing speeds will free up congestion"?

It's nothing more than fobbing off the call for a second arterial road and with many of the 60,000 victims potentially driving over the lower limit, it presents further opportunity to "flash for cash".