P-plater dies in two-car crash south of Moruya

The Bingie Road intersection with the Highway is not dangerous if approached with patience and normal caution. Even in a slow accelerating loaded truck the intersection works well enough and there is ample length to accelerate in the merge lane. Turning South from the Bergalia Link intersection, just North of Bingie Road is somewhat more difficult.

Problems occur when drivers are impatient, distracted or fail to check North bound and dual South bound lanes.
Drivers failing to indicate their intentions early, or distracted by phones, passengers or being inattentive or rushing to take unnecessary risks are what makes turning onto the highway precarious.

I have live in the area for 40 year and there has never be a crash fatal at this intersection. Yes there been 3 death at The Tuross turn off after they re design the t intersection. In this re design the emerging lane onto the Princess Highway was taken away leading to fatally. Bingi has had a emerging lane for decades with no fatal until yesterday. Recently this t intersect has had a higher traffic flow due the protesting of tree clearing to make the alternative road to Moruya safer. Due to the protest of tree remove to make a private road safer which run through a mining lease the own close down the road on the direction of the department of Occupational, Heath and Safety. This closure led to more traffic flow at Bingi T intersection. I feel if this road remain open to the public this fatally would not have happened. I place the blame indirectly on this Protest group. The design of the T intersection has no bearing on the cause of the fatally. I have seen the site of the fatally and viewed braking mark in the turning lane to turn right. I assume the driver of the van assume this was a overtaking lane but there is legal traffic sign to indicate that it is a turning lane not a overtaking lane. As the driver of the small sedan entry the emerging lane on the princess highway the driver of the van attempting to overtake in the turning lane collided with the car in the emerging lane. The driver of the van was definitely in the wrong. Like I first state there has never been a fatally at this T intersection since the emerging was put in place. No doubt this emerging has made did make it safer to emerge onto the Highway. The remarks that indication that Bingo T intersect as dangerous is incorrect. Like I stated with out the emerging lane this T intersection would just as dangerous as The Turross T intersection since the removal of the emerging lane in 2018. I can not understand why they removed this emerging lane. Because when I drive through this T intersection traffic on the Turross road has always has bank up traffic try the enter onto the Princess Highway heading north. Like there has been 3 fatal at the Turross intersection since the removal of the emerging lane. But Bingi T intersect is safer because it has a emerging head north on the Princess highway. The protest add more traffic flow but this is not the reason for the fatally it was purely driver error of the van overtaking in the emerging lane.

The intersection in fact any intersection is not the problem here and never has been it’s the poor decisions made when they get behind the wheel of something that’s just as dangerous as a hand gun but so many just sadly fail to respect it and it’s consequences….

I used to live there. So many close calls and witnessed close calls. We chose to stop at the give way sign to be sure no vehicle unseen in hollow to the north. Then get honked and abused by people behind wanting to roll through. Agree it needs to be like Dalmeny merging lanes, AND make it a stop intersection entering off Bingi Road