For the second day in a row, there were road works along Heaths Road.

At school pick-up time.

Yesterday, I left it a little late to guarantee myself a spot at the main carpark, so I decided to go by Heaths Road and park at the Baptist Church. What do you know, there were road works on the opposite side, just where the entrance to the church carpark is located. Traffic from all directions was held up, especially the right-turning cars from Derrimut Road into Heaths Road. The authorities had also put up a No Right Turn sign on the divider opposite the carpark entrance, making it impossible for parents to enter the carpark from the opposite side of Heaths Road (like me). I had to go up to the traffic light and do a U-turn.

Today, I went by Derrimut Road, thinking I might have just enough time to find parking. Instead, my lane barely moved as I passed the Uniting Church and the Plaza. I craned my neck to try and see what was happening ahead - an accident? - but there were no emergency siren sounds - and meanwhile, cars were switching into the left lane to avoid the jam. I decided to stick with my lane because it was the most direct route to school. Then I saw all the cars in the turning lane doing U-turns at the intersection of the Plaza and Baptist Church. I decided to turn right into Heaths Road and park at the Baptist Church ... And again got caught in road works. They had closed off one lane of the two-lane road but I couldn't figure out what works were being done as I only saw a row of cones and one man in an orange-and-yellow vest holding up a SLOW sign. Urggh!

Why do they choose school pick-up times to do these things? Two days in a row! *rant rant*

This isn't the only example of negative demonstration of common sense by people who should know better.

Last week, I was on the way to the train station to pick up a friend. A 7-minute journey turned into a 20-minute one because the whole stretch of Old Geelong Road from the VicRoads roundabout northwards was reduced to a single lane by road works. And what were they doing? Resurfacing the road? Hardly. All I saw was an endless row of cones and a handful of workers doing something to the landscaping on the divider - pulling out weeds? I really couldn't tell. What an incredible waste of motorists' time.