Crazy road layouts?
Oct 20th 2006, 4:02 am
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Crazy road layouts?
We dont need to comment on how bad Aussie drivers are, thats common knowledge, but what about some of the road layouts and intersections over here 
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
Oct 20th 2006, 4:11 am
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Re: Crazy road layouts?
Here's a visual 
Originally Posted by steve99
We dont need to comment on how bad Aussie drivers are, thats common knowledge, but what about some of the road layouts and intersections over here
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
Oct 20th 2006, 5:19 am
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Re: Crazy road layouts?
Originally Posted by steve99
We dont need to comment on how bad Aussie drivers are, thats common knowledge, but what about some of the road layouts and intersections over here
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
SIGNAGE is my bugbear. It is appalling here in Perth.
Signs which say Freeway North when you can actually access Freeway South also.
Intersections where there are no signs.
Intersections which have signs at the actual intersection but not in the approach. So you then have to try and get across lanes of traffic - pissing off everybody.
Signs which are tiny.
Signs which are covered by trees.
Oct 20th 2006, 5:30 am
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Re: Crazy road layouts?
Originally Posted by steve99
We dont need to comment on how bad Aussie drivers are, thats common knowledge, but what about some of the road layouts and intersections over here
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
I would disagree in some ways with the previous poster about signage. Yes, a lot of it is too small and hidden by trees (my particular bug bear is trying to find a house you've never been to before, at night, pitch dark. I've had to get out of the car a few times before now to find the sign!!), but I like that they have the name of the street under the traffic light sign so you know which junction you are approaching.
Oct 20th 2006, 5:51 am
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Re: Crazy road layouts?
Talking of signage. I do like the way the have street signs a bit before the street. The only negative was that in the beginning I almost turned into driveways where the signs were thinking it was the road. 
Oct 20th 2006, 5:54 am
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Re: Crazy road layouts?
Originally Posted by Luma
Here's a visual
another good one about this area is how the feeder lanes as you go into either end of the tunnel just converge straight into the lane of traffic, no giving way or dashed lines, you have to time your run up just right to slot into a gap
no wonder its gridlock from about 4pm everynight.
Oct 20th 2006, 3:23 pm
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Re: Crazy road layouts?
Originally Posted by steve99
We dont need to comment on how bad Aussie drivers are, thats common knowledge, but what about some of the road layouts and intersections over here
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
The worst one I can think of is when you come out of the graham farmer tunnel heading west and join the Mitchell Freeway and need to exit at Vincent Street to head down past Lake Monger, it reminds of that old arcade game "Frogger"
You come down the ramp from the tunnel on the right hand side of the mitchell freeway and within about 100M have to negotiate your way across 5 lanes of freeway traffic to get to the exit on the left hand side, absolute madness. Sometimes the queue for the exit is all the way back past the tunnel exit on the right, so if you do manage to get across the lanes you then have to block the next lane in and hope someone queuing lets you in.
To turn right you pull in to the left side of the road, wait until there is no traffic or the lights go to red and screech off like a bat out of hell accross the road
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Oct 20th 2006, 10:52 pm
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Re: Crazy road layouts?
I've never seen so many road signs - and with so many of them posting different restrictions at different times or applying to different vehicles/passengers it's the most appalling way to drive. I sat beside a parking slot the other day for five minutes trying to work out the three signs on the same post which said different things and I'm still not sure I was allowed to park for 1 hr or 2 on which days!
