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That junction is not the cleverest bit of design. I assume the idea is to use the lanes as one would on the road (i.e. keep left) but I've seen load of people switching lane depending on which way they are turning in or out. Surely a two way lane in the middle would be much clearer.
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Yes, that's a completely outdated design. It makes it quite hard to turn into the cut-throughs, too. That junction perhaps had a sump breaker at first and may later have been changed to the smoother, bollarded design. It's very similar to the one at New North Road/Arlington Avenue.
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Oliver Schick
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I like to use this road on my way in and out because it's a dead end for cars and has a couple of cutouts for bikes on the left and right so it's usually quiet. Last night while I was waiting in the left cutout for some cars to pass so I could be on my way some grizzled dude on a bike turned off without looking and almost smashed into me, then immediately tried to cop an attitude and said 'the fuck are you doing just sitting there mate?' I was pretty baffled and said 'what are YOU doing, just use the other one' and pointed to the other spot about 3 metres away. He still carried on sitting there in the middle of the road though glaring at me like he'd caught me throwing batteries at his kids so I had to follow up with 'go ON, dickhead!' He trundled off looking back at me and eventually came up with 'no you're the dickhead!' from some distance away.
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