Lower North East Road motorists know the Darley Road intersection far too well, mainly due to the regular sightings of absolute legends who pull into the far left lane at the traffic lights.
Seriously, have a look at these geniuses, not only do they cleverly manage to pull ahead of a few other cars at the lights, but they also get to hold up all traffic wanting to turn left onto Darley Road in the process. Plus, as an added bonus, they can also poorly merge back into the initial lane when the lights turn green.
Cam Belltown, an observer dining at that weird restaurant attached to the tile store on the corner told Adelaide Mail reporters ‘Look at the smarts on these drivers in the left lane, they pull out from the back of the queue about six cars back and then get in here to stop at the lights’.
‘Bloody brilliant move. Such a sight to see. That’s why this restaurant is always so suspiciously busy, you don’t get views like this anywhere else, look how much turning traffic they’re managing to hold up!’
‘See that war memorial on the opposite corner near the oval? Yeah, I reckon they should put another one on this corner to honour all those who get into the left lane to stop at the lights. These are the real heroes…these are the real heroes’ Cam concluded whilst saluting with a tear in his eye.
Adelaide Mail reporters manage to gain an exclusive interview with one of these heroes, Moe Trist, through their passenger window. ‘Yeah, I’ve just managed to get ahead four cars, can you believe it? Must have saved myself at least six seconds in the process!’ Moe proudly stated, blissfully unaware of growing dozens of cars wanting to turn left behind him. ‘Why doesn’t everyone just do this?!’
‘Anyway, I’d love to talk more about how smart I am’, stated Moe ‘But the lights are about to turn green which means I’ve got to perfectly maintain the exact same speed and travel directly parallel as the car next to me as we take off and enter the merge across the lights’.
Same people practice this manouvre heading north on Tapleys Hill Rd at the intersection with West Beach Rd. You have to admire that they just upgraded the road and left a 3 car lengths post-intersection lane before the road ends with a zip merge. Must provide hours of entertainment watching this in the Adelaide traffic management control centre; best game of chicken ever….