Yes. Clogged with tailgating trucks, aggressive drivers, people who donāt know indicators exist, debris on the road, short on ramps, etc. The roads north and west of Melbourne the Mad Max zones. Source: commuted on these roads for many years, glad I donāt have to do it any more.
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BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org āØ9ā© āØmonthsā© ago
I travel into Melbourne for work. About an hour and a half drive.
I used to come in via Sunbury Rd near the airport but that route has shit itself getting in or out since roadwork is increasing. So Iāve started using the Calder and Ring Road near Keilor.
I thought the Sunbury Rd area was dangerous. Jesus Christ, if you decide to ever drive on the Ring Road youāre really just hoping you donāt die. Just the short stretch to get back on the freeway out of Melbourne is basically a suicide run.
Has it always been like this?
SituationCake@aussie.zone āØ9ā© āØmonthsā© ago
RustyRaven@aussie.zone āØ9ā© āØmonthsā© ago
They are also quite terrifying when you donāt drive them very often - there are a bunch of intersections that are pretty much impossible to navigate if you are not familiar with them. You get in the wrong lane and end up on a freeway going in completely the wrong direction.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone āØ9ā© āØmonthsā© ago
I kind of feel Melbourneās endless roadworks has kind of made that inevitable.
StudChud@aussie.zone āØ9ā© āØmonthsā© ago
The ring road is hell. All roads leading into Melbourne actually lead to hell.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org āØ9ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Iāve been driving in for nearly 3 years from Castlemaine/Bendigo area but avoided the ring road until now. Iād only heard storiesā¦
tombruzzo@aussie.zone āØ9ā© āØmonthsā© ago
It feels like just trying to get anywhere in melbourne completely sucks. Iād say for the last 10 years but probably longer