Originally Posted by
genec
Wow, an active system, advertised with signs and drivers could not figure it out. Amazing.
I am not claiming to be a perfect driver, but I honestly believe all my cycling over the years, which has dictated for my own personal safety that I need to observe and work with other traffic, has made me a more skilled driver. Again, I don't claim to be perfect, at all... just a bit more skilled than the average "go with green, stop on red" driver.
Same. I put about as many miles on my bike/velo that I do on my car, but only because I use the car regularly for ~80 mile trips to the race track.
I also ride (and race) motorcycles, and almost every motorcycle rider I know is a better than average driver for similar reasons.
It's hard to say which segment of the population is the worst in Tucson, specifically, because for part of the year (winter) such a large percentage of the population is from out of state and the snowbirds are universally terrible drivers.