In Tucson they turn left after the light has been green. Everywhere else I know of the left turn signal routinely comes at the beginning of the cycle. I find Tucson’s system bizarre and dangerous, but maybe they are onto some awful new trend. Anyone know?
New Mexico has “Safety Corridors” in a few places on the interstates. In these miles long sections speeding fines are doubled. I don’t know why they do this. I assume these areas have just had more problems and this is an attempt to control speeding. One of the the safety corridors I drove through Wednesday also had a construction zone where speeding fines were also doubled. I got to thinking about quadruple fines and was very cautious.
Some years back, the did a study on it and concluded that turning first cut down on the number of traffic accidents (from people speeding through the light and then hitting the now turning vehicles) and claimed it was the best option. I always felt it was bassackwards but got used to it. It took me a couple of years to get over it and not anticipate the turn light wrongly.
But then… they also claimed that those suicide lanes were safe… That was the most bizarre thing I’d ever encountered.