By Casey Neill
Cars and trucks are driving into oncoming traffic on a busy Dandenong South street.
Clyde North man Geoff Wright contacted the Journal following two near-misses on Bayliss Road on Tuesday 1 May.
He uses the one-way thoroughfare on weekdays to pick up his wife from work and is fed up with being put at risk.
“Yesterday was the final straw,” he said.
“I had a camera in the car.
“It shows the car not giving way to me when I’m coming around the corner. I just missed it.”
Mr Wright said it was worst during the afternoons as it was a way for drivers to avoid the congested Abbotts Road and jump straight onto the Western Port Highway.
“This is beyond a joke,” he said.
“I could have had an accident. It could have been a head-on.
“Even trucks come up that road.
“They fly up there.”
He’s been in touch with police and Greater Dandenong Council.
Greater Dandenong Council engineering services director Julie Reid explained that closing the road altogether was proposed.
But feedback from the public in mid-2014 shaped the decision to open a section of the road to northbound traffic only.
“The council has received a number of complaints from residents about the number of cars travelling the wrong way down Bayliss Road,” Ms Reid said.
“Victoria Police has been made aware of the issue.
“Council is currently in discussions with VicRoads about these challenges and what options are available moving forward.”
The Journal reached out to police for comment but did not receive a response before deadline.
