Overseas safety testing of vehicles will be lost which in turn will impact on our own safety vehicle testing.

We need a place where vehicles can continue to be tested at a range of speeds to allow ongoing R&D to improve handling, braking performance and stability.  These advances are important for our own automotive industry at a time when it needs all the help it can get.  Click here car testing should be supported.

Did you know that nearly all the global car manufacturers come to the Northern Territory every year to test prototype vehicles purely because there are no speed limits. Companies such as Porsche click here, Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Mercedes Honda, Range Rover, Hyundai, Sang Yong, Proton and a huge contingent of burgeoning Chinese car manufacturers have been and injected a lot of cash (approximatey nine million dollars click here Jodeen Carneys letter) into the NT economy in recent years.

The logistics involved to bring cars and teams of engineers from the other side of the planet is huge. These companies have budgets in the millions of dollars to undertake this type of work. Their drivers are all professional and often test at speeds greater than 200km/h.

There has never been a fatal accident in the 25 years that they have been coming to the NT. Speed limits on our highways will now wipe this industry out in one hit.