Rod and Gabi VS Dimond Roundabouts? BONUS

As Canberra’s we know a good roundabout and we know a bad one (we’re looking at you Barton Hwy Roundabout with traffic lights)

So when we see the new diamond roundabout in Sydney we know it’s a disaster waiting to happen

Rod and Gabi explain how its causing havoc and are fuming about how Canberra is getting dragged into the conversation

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I have had one eye on a story that Channel
nine have been covering. They parked one of their journalists
next to a roundabout and not in camera. No no,
And that's why I bring it up because during the
break just then I was able to get to the
bottom of it. Anyone who has a crack at our
world's largest roundabout with the traffic lights that everyone goes,

(00:21):
it's the worst round about in Australia, Well, well, well
we do not have the patch on the roundabout that
has been making news today. This will go viral around
the world. I'm ashamed to say. Channel nine have been
covering it. And if you haven't seen it yet this morning,
instead of a circle in the middle, it's a diamond

(00:43):
and it makes no sense. We'll think about that. So
it's fine if on the sides of the diamond that
have the less angular points, but when you go to
get around the pointy ends of the diamonds, you're doing
a hard turn and not everyone's car has a turning
circle that allows you to do that. People having to
stop and reverse to a three point turn around and

(01:04):
roundabout correct. Alright, this is Carl's take on it this morning.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Have a look at this bang around about in one
of the many brilliant solutions to traffic congestion on our roads.
Check it out, Check it out, can't The Pool City
Council has taken chaos to a whole new level. And
for more. I'm joined by Liverpool City councilor Peter Restevski.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Okay, ten points to Liverpool City Council. They've obviously embarrassed themselves.
This is a disaster. The last thing anyone in their
right mind does is show up to this interview. That
said anyone in their right mind would have never built
a diamond shaped ground about.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
So he's shown up in camera.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
What's he doing in camera?

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Don't give us a bad name.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
We've got the good roundabout camera. He's from Liverpool though,
he's just here for some reason.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Get him out in camera, get a pete. Nice to
see you this morning. Congratulations, Your council has built Australia's
worst roundabout. Yes, it's quite embarrassing and quite ironic that
on the camber for the Australian Local Government Conference.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
What do you mean ironic? Mate, is here for a conference,
So the Australian Local Government Conference. You've brought shame to
your city and by virtue of just being here. All right, Well,
everyone's going to be absolutely taking the mickey out of
him at that conference in the capitol. Today we have
a roundabout almost like that in Banguandor. That's fine, that's
New South Wales, mate, that's absolutely fine. You can do

(02:33):
silly stuff over there all day. Your bloke can meet
up with a Liverpool character and they'll go which diamond
shaped round about? It's an oval, but the turning circle
is tight. Right, Well, I'm glad he's here. We'll show
you how it's done. We are the capital of roundabouts,
and not one of them diamond shaped.