Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 23d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 12/05/10 04:30 PM Share Posted 12/05/10 04:30 PM I dont know who came up with this retarded idea but the friggin idiot need to be shot.... A set of lights pulling up traffic to a stand still 50 meters or so before a lane of traffic travelling at 100k's an hour.$100 friggin Million dollars has been spent on this roll out across the ring road and the only thing I see it doing is an increase in the number of rear enders. Vent off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
power_slide Hitting the apex Donating Members 596 Member For: 16y 3m 19d Gender: Male Location: Miranda Posted 12/05/10 07:46 PM Share Posted 12/05/10 07:46 PM where is that supposed to be going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronburgundy I love gooold member Donating Members 1,222 Member For: 16y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne (west) Posted 12/05/10 10:08 PM Share Posted 12/05/10 10:08 PM They've had them at Montague St ramp getting on to the Westgate (west-bound) for ages now - reckon it adds a minimum of 5 minutes to my journey. Doesn't sound like long but imagine all the extra pollution of having thousands of cars on the road, in stop-start traffic, for an extra 5 minutes! Of course, I don't give a rats about that - it is just effing frustrating.They are a dead set joke - I'm sure they'll tell us that they help to avoid crashes etc... why don't we just take the warning labels off things and let mother nature run its course?! If people can't merge onto a slow-moving (cos let's face it, they are only in action during peak hour when the traffic is doing closer to 40 than 100) without crashing then they don't deserve to have a licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/10 11:28 PM Share Posted 12/05/10 11:28 PM They're f*cking everywhere. If they taught people how to merge when getting their license then there'd be no need for them. Instead they give people like 200m to get up to 100k's to merge. 1/2 the cars and every truck or bus that stops there completely ruins the flow of traffic coz they can't get up to speed.Whoever rolled out that idea is a bunch of ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm79 Donating Members 214 Member For: 15y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/05/10 12:41 AM Share Posted 13/05/10 12:41 AM They've had them at Montague St ramp getting on to the Westgate (west-bound) for ages nowYou should try the westbound Todd Road / Shell servo entrance.With all the new works, they have decided to try and merge 5 entry lanes into 1, about 75 to 100m before merging onto the freeway at the base of the bridge. They have 2 sets of these stupid lights that flash alternately to try and control the traffic flow.First time I went through there it took me nearly 40 mins to get onto the freeway. I have since learnt better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 5m 18d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 13/05/10 01:58 AM Share Posted 13/05/10 01:58 AM the first one I remember is the Chadstone Rd on ramp.Good fun if there is not much traffic a'la the Big Vic Weekend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 12d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/05/10 03:21 AM Share Posted 13/05/10 03:21 AM The theory is that it keeps the traffic flowing Have you started getting traffic lights on roundabouts down there yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm79 Donating Members 214 Member For: 15y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/05/10 03:40 AM Share Posted 13/05/10 03:40 AM Its open to argument, but yes we do... Have had for sometime now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/05/10 03:42 AM Share Posted 13/05/10 03:42 AM On roundabouts are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 6d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 13/05/10 03:47 AM Share Posted 13/05/10 03:47 AM Jewels is onto the right idea, I was thinking the same....... dont think anything will match the mighty Big Vic Weekend 1.I thought they were just another excuse to give it large from a set of lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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