A Hoppers Crossing resident who regularly travels into Williamstown believes one stretch of road is particularly unsafe.
Long time driver and user of Fitzgerald Road in Laverton, Richard Manton believes the intersection is unsafe.
Mr Manton believes the two right hand turning lanes turning onto Kororoit Creek road don’t match up to the lanes and causes confusion among drivers.
“Normally when there are two dotted lines you drive in between the dotted lines,” he said.
“If you want to do a right hand turn onto Kororoit Creek Road and you want to sit on the right hand side of the road, if you follow the dotted line you can’t go into that lane which seems ridiculous.”
Mr Manton has been driving this road for years and has noticed every car in front of him and every car behind it do the same thing.
“You end up going halfway through the intersection and end up crossing the dotted line which is illegal,” he said.
“I spoke to the police and they said if you did that I would book you.
“But everybody does it, they are attuned to it, it’s wrong.”
According to the Department of Transport (DTP) the right-hand turn lane configuration at the Fitzgerald Road and Kororoit Creek Road intersection has been in place since 2009.
According to the DTP the configuration was specifically designed to ease traffic flow along Fitzgerald Road for vehicles attempting to access the on-ramp to the Princes Freeway.
Mr Manton said cars sitting in the far right lane turn right into the middle lane.
“You can’t get into the far right lane on Kororoit Creek Road according to the dotted lines,” he said.
“Everybody crosses the dotted line and ends up in that lane.”
According to the DTP there have been no reported crashes involving right hand turning vehicles attempting to merge at the freeway ramp.
Mr Manton believes the dotted lines should be moved to avoid confusion.
Victoria Police was contacted for comment.
