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Giving way or giving in

This intersection is close to where I live and I pass through it at least twice a week.
Its called Five Ways and in the suburb of Mooroolbark

Its a series of roundabouts – in fact its three roundabouts – that enable five roads to merge without any problems or hassles for the drivers

Now our road rules state that on a roundabout you must give way to all traffic on your right (in other words the road must be clear) before entering the roundabout

That means that some of the times I use this …………………..intersection

it is so busy its often nigh on impossible lol

I drive down Cambridge Road (bottom right) and need to go round the big ‘circle’ in front of me to join Manchester Road

So I look to my right to see whats coming down Hull Road or coming in from the other side of Manchester Road.

That traffic could be turning left into Cambridge Road or carrying straight on past where I’m waiting.

Until I see their indicators I have no idea where they are thinking about going – thats if they have their indicators on or are even in the correct lane lol

I sit there and wait and also look across the roundabout to see if anything is maybe coming right on round it – they will have to pass that traffic on my right and the said traffic will have to give give way ie wait till they have gone past, in which case I have time to get on to the roundabout and start going round to my exit

But wait – I’m off and running and proceeding forward to Manchester Road but still have to keep an eye on traffic coming down Hull Road in the right lane as they may be turning right to move into Manchester Road in which case I’ll have to give way to them

There have been some really good mornings recently ( like this past 2 weeks) where I struck lucky and sailed straight on ‘cose there was nothing coming

From Monday we’ll be back to hustle and bustle again ‘cose school hols finish and there are a couple of schools in the Hull Road which means the roads are full of kiss and ride parents

There are some days when its all to hard and I’ve thought b……….it – given in – turned left and driven back to the first roundabout and taken the right lane at the bottom of the Croydon end of Hull road, drivenpast Lincoln Road and sallied right on past my big one and then taken the left exit on to Manchester Road.

Only thing is it also has its drawbacks as I can get held up having to give way to traffic coming round from Cambridge Road (the place I’ve given up on ‘cose I couldn’t find a break in the traffic) and also got caught in Hull road traffic turning right.

You can’t win with this intersection and theres no point in chucking a wobbly and chancing your luck ‘cose right there on the right hand corner of Cambridge Road is the Mooroolbark Polce Station lol

Oh and I haven’t even mentioned coming back the other way

3 Replies to “Giving way or giving in”

  1. Oh my giddy aunt !! Isn't there any way to avoid it ? There is one roundabout in Adelaide that is a nightmare to negotiate (and they are ALWAYS saying they're going to do 'something' to fix it, but don't) but I think 'yours' wins that comp. hands down.

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  2. My head is swimming. There is one traffic circle (what they are called in the US) in the next town that has four feeder roads but this is just not a big deal. Was someone on drugs when they designed it?

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