Australia’s Northern Territory Gets To Keep Stretch Of Speed-Unlimited Highway

In Australia’s Northern Territory, there’s a roughly 171-mile long section of highway where there are no speed limits. This means that in addition to Germany’s much-loved autobahns there’s one other stretch of public road where you can test your car’s speed at the limits without fear of running foul of the law.

It’s just one section of the Stuart Highway, running between Alice Springs and Barrow Creek smack in the middle of the Aussie Outback. The road had open limits for years but then in 2006 the local authorities decided to impose limits ranging between 68 and 80 mph because of statistics showing road deaths were three times higher in the state than elsewhere in Australia.

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