CHENNAI: The tri-junction linking Flowers Road, Ormes Road and Barnaby Road continues to see frequent traffic violations. Vehicles regularly criss-cross the intersection, ignoring the one-way rule. The junction remains difficult and unsafe to navigate through most of the day.

Ormes Road, being a designated vending zone, houses a limited number of roadside shops, but also schools, restaurants and eateries that draw steady footfall and vehicle movement.

Part of Ormes Road is one-way, but motorists are supposed to enter the road only via Millers Road. Instead, many take the shorter route and drive in from the wrong end.

Cars often cut right across the road to exit quickly after brief stops. Two-wheelers are seen riding head-on against traffic, particularly near eateries. This moves into the stretch unpredictably.

Eateries along Ormes Road add to the pressure on the road. Parking space is limited, and most customers arrive by car. Short halts are followed by sudden exits into traffic.

"Parking is limited, and most come by car. They want to leave quickly and take the opposite side despite it being one-way. It becomes difficult to handle," said a watchman who manages parking at an eatery.

School hours worsen the situation. Parents and auto-rickshaws enter the one-way stretch to pick up children. Some schoolchildren are also seen cycling in the wrong direction.

However, despite the presence of a police station at the centre of the tri-section, they are not present round the clock, even during peak school timings, allowing violations to continue.