Calaber
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I agree CSP but if you have ever driven through the Blue Mountains over the Great Western Highway then you would be aware that there are more speed limit changes than you can poke a stick at. Whilst yes we should drive to the conditions etc it was once easy to be able to work out the speed limit if it wasnt signposted. If there were street lights it was normally 60km/h and other places were generally 100km/h. Now we have every speed in 10km/h increments from 10km/hr up to 110km/h. Even as a Cop i think its unfair to enforce speed limits that arent clearly signposted, especially in areas where they change all the time. On the open highway or in a road work site is different. Common sense should prevail though and nearly 20km/h over is generally hard to justify.
I agree that, in NSW at least, the multiplicity of speed limits is an issue. It was made worse when the 50km/h limit was introduced within residential and built up areas. Some major roads through suburbs carry a 70 limit, some a 60. You can be aware from it's nature/width etc, that the road you are on is outside the 50 zones, but the signs indicating the speed are infrequent and, if you assume it's a 70 when it's only a 60 zone, you can get pinged before the next speed sign appears. This can be a problem when you are travelling unfamiliar roads and the safest answer is to drive to the lower limit. School zones just add to the complexity because of the start and finish times - some zones' 40 limit hours of operation are different to others.
However, for the OP, 57 in a 40 zone on P's won't do your license any good, I guess.