I ASSUME the lowering of the speed limits on Melton Highway have been implemented as safety measures.
Unfortunately this road is now much more dangerous as a result. Whilst driving daily at the new posted speeds, I am constantly tailgated, at times quite aggressively, and have been overtaken on double lines, in one instance, not quite out of the Kororoit Creek dip.
Added to this, as you merge at the end of the city-bound overtaking lane, the speed limit drops to 80km/h too soon.
Cars are still trying to merge while up ahead they have already slowed down. Melton Highway is now a very serious accident waiting to happen and the old speed limits should be reinstated.
Deb Hornby, Brookfield
