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Old May 19th 2011, 11:27 pm
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One and a half hours in crawling traffic from Toowong to Mount Gravatt East last night! A little bit of rain and the loony driving comes out.......why can't people leave gaps between cars and keep junctions free? And come to think of it - a red light usually means stop, even if the traffic is slow and you're getting a bit frustrated with waiting.....

If you're thinking about moving to Brisbane - try to avoid being put in the position to use this road on a daily basis. It stinks!!!!
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One and a half hours in crawling traffic from Toowong to Mount Gravatt East last night! A little bit of rain and the loony driving comes out.......why can't people leave gaps between cars and keep junctions free? And come to think of it - a red light usually means stop, even if the traffic is slow and you're getting a bit frustrated with waiting.....

If you're thinking about moving to Brisbane - try to avoid being put in the position to use this road on a daily basis. It stinks!!!!
I was on the city to north side and despite no major incidents it still wasn't pretty.

We sat it out at chermside, till the rush was past. then having left it till post 6pm drove into night roadworks. Nice with a bit of foggy rain and people who cant merge in turn
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One and a half hours in crawling traffic from Toowong to Mount Gravatt East last night! A little bit of rain and the loony driving comes out.......why can't people leave gaps between cars and keep junctions free? And come to think of it - a red light usually means stop, even if the traffic is slow and you're getting a bit frustrated with waiting.....

If you're thinking about moving to Brisbane - try to avoid being put in the position to use this road on a daily basis. It stinks!!!!
I was going the opposite direction and it was carnage . . . four car nose to tail blocking two fo the three lanes happened just in front of me. If it's dark and wet you're better off stopping at home.
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I went the back roads (Milton Rd) and still took me 1h40m to get home. It took me 55 mins to get from Toowong to the Inner City Bypass
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Can I jump in on your thread and moan about Nudgee north bound on the gateway?

That bit of road is the absolute bane of my commute. 25 minutes to travel a couple of k's. I never get roadroage but the Nudgee section is enough to make me go on a complete rampage...

*and breath*
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Can I jump in on your thread and moan about Nudgee north bound on the gateway?

That bit of road is the absolute bane of my commute. 25 minutes to travel a couple of k's. I never get roadroage but the Nudgee section is enough to make me go on a complete rampage...

*and breath*
Yeah but that stretch of road is nothing out of the norm. It is like that every arvo from 3-7pm without fail. That it just because of a awfully planned intersection. Last night was down to QLD drivers being incompetent and covering intersections, running red lights and not giving way. I never go Gateway home anymore simply because it adds another 15 mins minimum to my journey than if I go Sandgate Rd or Gympie Rd
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Default Re: I hate Coronation Drive in Brisbane - Rant!

Originally Posted by LouiseR
Can I jump in on your thread and moan about Nudgee north bound on the gateway?

That bit of road is the absolute bane of my commute. 25 minutes to travel a couple of k's. I never get roadroage but the Nudgee section is enough to make me go on a complete rampage...

*and breath*
Twas me yesterday . . .

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Yeah but that stretch of road is nothing out of the norm. It is like that every arvo from 3-7pm without fail. That it just because of a awfully planned intersection. Last night was down to QLD drivers being incompetent and covering intersections, running red lights and not giving way. I never go Gateway home anymore simply because it adds another 15 mins minimum to my journey than if I go Sandgate Rd or Gympie Rd
I know it's like that every day, I have to use it 3 times a week

Where would I go to get on Sandgate Road? I come from Cannon Hill and get off at the Murrumba Downs junction.

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Ah but his rampage was over Macca's. Much more important than road rage
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Ah yes, Australia's (self proclaimed) most livable city!
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Originally Posted by Chortlepuss
One and a half hours in crawling traffic from Toowong to Mount Gravatt East last night! A little bit of rain and the loony driving comes out.......why can't people leave gaps between cars and keep junctions free? And come to think of it - a red light usually means stop, even if the traffic is slow and you're getting a bit frustrated with waiting.....

If you're thinking about moving to Brisbane - try to avoid being put in the position to use this road on a daily basis. It stinks!!!!


I turned down a great job offer just because it would mean I would have to use coro drive, it's just an awful road that doesn't seem to get any better.
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I turned down a great job offer just because it would mean I would have to use coro drive, it's just an awful road that doesn't seem to get any better.
But it has nice twinkly lights in it!
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Sydney was worse!
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I spent 90 mins back home. 40 mins on Coronation Drive. horrible traffic.
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