The City of Orange Traffic Committee requested the measure following a letter from a North Street resident, who said she had been waiting to turn left onto Bathurst Road, with a truck beside her waiting to turn right.

A car was travelling west on Bathurst Road indicating a left turn, but turned into the service station rather than Glenroi Avenue.

The resident saw it and didn’t move, but the truck did, prompting the driver behind to hit the rear of her car. 

She went on to say motorists often conducted u-turns over the double lines after the median strip designed to stop righthand turns into the 7-Eleven service station, regularly hit the median strip and drivers exiting Red Rooster and McDonald’s often did not give way to traffic in Glenroi Avenue. 

Traffic committee chairman and councillor Russell Turner emphasised the road treatments installed when the 7-Eleven was built complied with regulations and having police presence there would remind motorists of their responsibilities.

“It was always going to be a tight situation, but I believe most motorists are handling it quite capably,” he said. 

Asked whether the resident’s accident could reignite a debate on installing traffic lights at the intersection, Cr Turner said he would raise it again with the committee.

“Being a highway, it’s totally up to the RMS and they didn’t believe it was necessary at the last occasion, but I can highlight it again and see what they say,” he said. 

Ophir Tavern assistant manager Sam Wright said horns were often heard when drivers did the wrong thing and believed traffic lights were a good idea. 

“It would be a lot easier, especially at the busy times,” she said. 

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ORANGE’S taxi drivers are hoping for success on their second attempt to move the Hotel Orange’s cab rank from Summer Street to Peisley Street.

The traffic committee denied the Taxi Cabs of Orange Co-op’s request for a four-space rank last month because a raised driveway between the hotel and Jack Evans would require taxis parked in the rear two spaces to drive back onto the road before they could access the front two. 

However, co-op chairman Darryl Curran said the organisation was happy with two spaces. 

“At the moment, the drivers can’t see the patrons before they hop in the cab – it’s just for the safety of our drivers,” he said.

“If it doesn’t move, we won’t have a taxi rank there.”

Cr Turner believed a two-space solution would receive the nod when it came back.