North Brisbane Traffic

get_an_ea_today · 10-05-2007, 02:04 PM

Hi guys,

Driving home from work (i work in Strathpine) the traffic was soooo congested that a normal 8min drive home turned into a 60min drive home. Did anyone else on the forums get stuck in this traffic as well?

I think it was something to do with the really bad accident on the Bruce yesterday.

Matt

fiery · 10-05-2007, 02:09 PM

I also work in Strathpine and a normal 20 odd minute drive some days can take up to an hour.

Seems to depend on what does happen on the Bruce highway for sure. Luckily yesterday I didn't get caught up in it

get_an_ea_today · 10-05-2007, 02:11 PM

wow fiery i didnt know you worked in Strathpine, i have never seen your car around except at the aff cruise a little while ago.

fiery · 10-05-2007, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by get_an_ea_today

wow fiery i didnt know you worked in Strathpine, i have never seen your car around except at the aff cruise a little while ago.

That must be because I drive so sedately that I just blend in with the others

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Actually its most likely because of the different hours I work, no day is the same.

**Peuty** · 10-05-2007, 02:17 PM

Yes, it did had everything to do with the fatal accident on the Bruce.

Having very recently moved from Goondiwindi to Brisbane (Chapel Hill) I am finding it irritating to deal with the traffic build-up! Though the traffic updates on the radio stations are damn handy!

get_an_ea_today · 10-05-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fiery

That must be because I drive so sedately that I just blend in with the others

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Good on ya lol

fiery · 10-05-2007, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

Yes, it did had everything to do with the fatal accident on the Bruce.

Having very recently moved from Goondiwindi to Brisbane (Chapel Hill) I am finding it irritating to deal with the traffic build-up! Though the traffic updates on the radio stations are damn handy!

Never good to hear of an accident but a fatality is terrible. The one thing that confuses me is how there are any accidents on the highway. I personally think the road is pretty good.

Ahh see, that is the one thing I don't remember to do, listen to traffic updates

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Would be different from Goondiwindi to Brisbane for sure

I thought I made a good point there get_an_ea_today

TheSneakiness · 10-05-2007, 02:27 PM

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Never good to hear of an accident but a fatality is terrible. The one thing that confuses me is how there are any accidents on the highway. I personally think the road is pretty good.

The reason people have so many accidents is it's so monotonous to drive from northside to the Sunny Coast. It has to be the most boring drive in QLD.

Plus there is a LOT of brake happy peeps, speed limit demons and right lane road hogs too.

get_an_ea_today · 10-05-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by fiery

I thought I made a good point there get_an_ea_today

yeah it wasnt bad at all

get_an_ea_today · 10-05-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Axe

The reason people have so many accidents is it's so monotonous to drive from northside to the Sunny Coast. It has to be the most boring drive in QLD.

Plus there is a LOT of brake happy peeps, speed limit demons and right lane road hogs too.

Yes that is too true that drive is extremly boring!!!

Hunter · 10-05-2007, 04:06 PM

The accident in question happened near the Narangba onramp - a sedan carrying 4 people (incl driver) somehow clipped a tow truck on the side of the road (picking up a disabled vehicle) and an 11 yr old girl died instantly. Looks like the driver either wasn't paying attention or was driving too fast and didn't execute the maneuver properly and the left hand side of the car clipped the rear of the truck.

Dog House · 10-05-2007, 07:06 PM

The problem with that road, which I have been traveling every work day for the past 15 years, is that while the road has just been upgraded to three lanes each way the lanes north and south remain unprotected from traffic crossing the medium strip. At 100 -110 kph the results of this will always be tragic.

Addz08 · 10-05-2007, 10:48 PM

I work at Murarrie, (near gateway bridge) and it took me 1hr 50mins to get home to Morayfield, got to narangba to find the accident was gone, but 3 lanes of traffic was still at a stand still..

FGX-351 · 11-05-2007, 02:39 AM

I go from telstra store to telstra store on the northside and somedays the arvo traffic along strathpine/gympie road is horrific. Anyone would think it wouldve gotten better since they built that bypass. I only live at bracken ridge yet my drive home takes forever. Im lucky i was only at kippa ring the day of that accident on bruce, Heard that traffic was a complete standstill.