Though, given the quality of our drivers, it doesn’t shock me. (True story: Sitting at a red light on the way home last night, a pickup truck in the lane next to me nearly pulled out into traffic, then sat in the damn intersection waiting for green, laughing at his own foolishness.)
This diagram, which is pulled straight from the ADOT Driver’s License Manual (PDF), demonstrates something that PCSD thinks few people in this damn town know how to do: turn.
- PCSD Facebook
So there you go, folks. Instructions on how to turn. Be careful driving around today though: there’s a chance people may be reading these diagrams as they’re turning.
This article appears in Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2013.
Seriously? Drive two blocks around town and you will realize that 98% of drivers here DO NOT know this info.
Nor do they know that a person making a U turn have the right away over the person with a red light/stop sign
Kettle calling black…………… Watch any law enforcement officer driving around Tucson they break the law purely because they know noone will challenge them.
I see TPD, PCS, AZHP run redlights, failure to yield and speed everyday or they will put their lights and siren on just to go through a red light… But what do you expect it takes a crook to catch a crook. Plus tickets are the easiest way to screw the public …………
Roll on the revolution, power to the people and put those who work for us in their place once and for all starting with Obuma…………..
They don’t bother to use turn signals either or be in the right lane and want to turn left and about take the front end of your car off going across to the left lane with no one behind you.
I was in a accident in oct-2012 At a 4way stop. Mine would be the green car the red one would be the person that hit me. I got to the stop sign before the woman did and waited for the cars on the north and east to go then I turned left to the lane closer to my turn and the woman turned right and merged into me. the officer taking her info said ” I know who you are but I still need to take your info. After the reports were completed the Officer who took hers came to me and said “We dont know who was at fault and instead of citing both of you we are going to let the insurance work it out. Really? you dont know who was at fault.
I see 5-8 moving violations in the 50 or so yards I walk from a parking lot to my office. Mostly the drivers don’t stop at several stop signs, exceed the 20 MPH speed limit, damn near run down pedestrians in very well marked crosswalks, turn left from a straight-through lane. Oh, and these people work at a health care facility…
I laugh at those who say they’re above-average drivers. I ask them how well the average driver drives, and suddenly they’re less proud of themselves.
Someone I know described Tucson as “a prison colony for bad drivers.” I can’t tell you how many times someone has turned into my lane while I was in it.
Oh don’t worry there are bad drivers everywhere!!!
@Deanna L. – YES!!! No one knows how a 4-way works in this city!!! It drives me insane!
Many people making a left turn sit behind the line at a green light and wait. Driving manuals taught me that when you can’t finish in one move, to pull up when it’s safe and complete your turn once the light changes. Cars even with the green light are not supposed to enter the intersection until it’s clear.
When coming to an intersection on the freeway service road you are supposed to yield to ramp traffic. Many people don’t even slow down. Once when exiting I-10 at Speedway, a truck blocked my way to the right turn lane and I had to go to Grant to make a right turn.
Few people any more show courtesy or consideration for anyone else on the road. I will often give a break to another driver. It was customary to acknowledge or thank with a wave or some sign. About half of the drivers don’t even bother. I’ve given breaks to people then to watch them trying to get to the left lane to make a turn, blocking me and other traffic.
If one wants to improve the driving skills of the average driver here in Arizona, all one needs to do is require the same process of obtaining a driver’s license as Germany uses, the same demonstrations of skill, which can be lengthy and difficult, and the same fees.