(There are) a lot of good remarks in the editorial, Time to future-proof the M1 and the Old Pacific Highway (CCN 490).
I would only offer one additional suggestion.
Can we please require trucks travelling on the uphill sections of the M1 at Mooney Mooney and Hawkesbury River to use the left lane only – not the left two lanes.
I have seen several incidents where a slow moving truck in the left lane is overtaken by another truck moving only marginally faster using the middle lane.
Much faster moving cars approaching from the rear can either brake hurriedly or swing into the far right lane – with both manoeuvres becoming dangerous in certain circumstances.
For trucks using these sections of the M1 – left lane only please!
Email, Jun 14
Richard Whitaker, Terrigal
Amen! One lane of faster moving vehicles (and sometimes two) hurriedly merging into the right-hand lane is often chaotic and dangerous. Watching drivers who are unwilling to slow down and merge gracefully, is distubing. I understand that truckies don’t want to lose momentum of their heavy vehicles on those uphill sections, but they must know the chaos that will likely follow when tey pull out to ovetake.
I completely agree, it’s unbelievably dangerous and I know of one serious accident that the overtaking truck clipped the back of a car in the middle lane which resulted in the car being completely spun around into the path of another car in the next lane. The car was written off but fortunately the occupants were completely traumatized but mostly unhurt.Its frightening.they could have been killed.