Tuggeranong Carpark; Traffic Crossings

I believe some of our new senators-elect would serve their country very finely as speed bumps on this street what you mention.

beedlebum said :

Tha Parkway is a bit silly, but we Canberrans aren’t very good at merging, which makes it worse. Surely if we took turns (one from the left lane, one from the right lane) instead of racing to be first, then the traffic might flow a little better?

Yes if that was the issue. The issue is people merging slow down rather than adjust speed to match the traffic flow. It is too scary for some to drive down an exit ramp speed up to 100 and merge into the traffic.

switch said :

miracle said :

Well, another speed hump on McCulloch Street in Curtin. It is now becoming a nuisance factor with so many speeds humps on a same street. Unfortunately, I need to travel on this street twice. The worst speed hump is the one just before the round about (going towards Cotter road) which is on an incline. Imagine slowing down to the round about with a speed bump – it is hard. You also need to watch out for the traffic at rear as some people do not realise that there is a speed hump.

At least it is good for the contractors who are being paid for laying these down.

Why can’t they spend some extra efforts in finishing off the Cotter road works rather than installing speed humps?

Has anyone thought of impact of so many speeds humps on Ambulances, Fire Brigades and Police in case of emergency?

M.

I reckon you should beep your horn at each of these speed bumps. That’ll remind the residents who were so keen for them that the road is dangerous and you are being civic minded by giving warning of your approach.

+1.
Use the safety device as a safety device.

switch said :

miracle said :

Well, another speed hump on McCulloch Street in Curtin. It is now becoming a nuisance factor with so many speeds humps on a same street. Unfortunately, I need to travel on this street twice. The worst speed hump is the one just before the round about (going towards Cotter road) which is on an incline. Imagine slowing down to the round about with a speed bump – it is hard. You also need to watch out for the traffic at rear as some people do not realise that there is a speed hump.

At least it is good for the contractors who are being paid for laying these down.

Why can’t they spend some extra efforts in finishing off the Cotter road works rather than installing speed humps?

Has anyone thought of impact of so many speeds humps on Ambulances, Fire Brigades and Police in case of emergency?

M.

I reckon you should beep your horn at each of these speed bumps. That’ll remind the residents who were so keen for them that the road is dangerous and you are being civic minded by giving warning of your approach.

You could put in a work order through TAMS’ “Fix My Street” and claim that there are horrible big bumps on the road that are proving to be a hazard as they are wearing out your suspension and also hurting your neck/spine. See how soon they send a crew out to fix them.

miracle said :

Well, another speed hump on McCulloch Street in Curtin. It is now becoming a nuisance factor with so many speeds humps on a same street. Unfortunately, I need to travel on this street twice. The worst speed hump is the one just before the round about (going towards Cotter road) which is on an incline. Imagine slowing down to the round about with a speed bump – it is hard. You also need to watch out for the traffic at rear as some people do not realise that there is a speed hump.

At least it is good for the contractors who are being paid for laying these down.

Why can’t they spend some extra efforts in finishing off the Cotter road works rather than installing speed humps?

Has anyone thought of impact of so many speeds humps on Ambulances, Fire Brigades and Police in case of emergency?

M.

I reckon you should beep your horn at each of these speed bumps. That’ll remind the residents who were so keen for them that the road is dangerous and you are being civic minded by giving warning of your approach.

Well, another speed hump on McCulloch Street in Curtin. It is now becoming a nuisance factor with so many speeds humps on a same street. Unfortunately, I need to travel on this street twice. The worst speed hump is the one just before the round about (going towards Cotter road) which is on an incline. Imagine slowing down to the round about with a speed bump – it is hard. You also need to watch out for the traffic at rear as some people do not realise that there is a speed hump.

At least it is good for the contractors who are being paid for laying these down.

Why can’t they spend some extra efforts in finishing off the Cotter road works rather than installing speed humps?

Has anyone thought of impact of so many speeds humps on Ambulances, Fire Brigades and Police in case of emergency?

M.

Tha Parkway is a bit silly, but we Canberrans aren’t very good at merging, which makes it worse. Surely if we took turns (one from the left lane, one from the right lane) instead of racing to be first, then the traffic might flow a little better?

G-Fresh said :

I think I got air off one of those new speed humps in Curtin… Wasn’t racing anyone and it was not yet signposted or marked with line marking… Dark rainy night.

I nearly splattered a cyclist on there about a month ago.
He just rode his bike straight off the footpath and crossed about 15 feet in front of me, the tarmac had hardly even set and it wasn’t marked, signposted, or in use.
I just sat back and laughed in disbelief until he gave me a dirty look, so he did get a good blast of traditional anglo saxon to set him on his merry way.

tim_c said :

And do you think these people only drive like this on McCulloch Street, or is it simply reflective of a bigger problem? As I said, it was the result of a NIMBY campaign – by putting ‘inverted-potholes’ and traffic islands across the width of McCulloch Street, you’re only dealing with the McCulloch Street being treated like the top of Mt Panorama, and not influencing driver behaviour on any other road. And that’s what NIMBY means: it’s okay, as long as it’s “Not In My Back Yard”.

Interesting – so if you see something dangerous happening on your street, you shouldn’t suggest improvements in your street, because that’s being a NIMBY. You should make yourself aware of everywhere that it happens and make it clear to the authorities that they shouldn’t do anything in your street unless and until they fix it everywhere.

So, if I live in a street where I see children crossing the road to get to school, and I believe that to be dangerous, I shouldn’t suggest the implementation of a school crossing, because that’s fixing the problem that I see “in my back yard”, and not fixing it everywhere that it occurs in Australia.

Very deep – you’re a real thinker, aren’t you?

gooterz said :

Parkway crashes are a result of the parkway being too narrow only 2 lanes and no rail PT link between civic and tuggeranong.

No, Parkway crashes are the result of people driving like f-wits. No doubt two lanes makes the Parkway slower than it could be, and they really should remove the need to merge at Weston and Cotter Rd (hate to think what will happen when Molonglo is finished), but there’s still no reason that should cause accidents if people take care.