CSB, we’ve been in Tucson for a few days doing some hiking and the left hand turn situation is maddening. A bunch of major intersections have no left turns allowed, you go past a block and then make a protected u-turn. This is called a Michigan left for some reason. Supposedly it’s safer. It doesn’t seem safe. It seems like a lot of people will attempt to turn left anyway, or you get smoked at the u-turn by someone running the light from the opposite direction.
Any other odd traffic patterns you’d care to discuss?
Any other odd traffic patterns you’d care to discuss?
Why does Tucson have so many different kinds of left turns?
In Tucson, there are lagging arrows, and leading arrows and flashing yellow arrows. Even intersections with no left turns at all—the so called ‘indirect’ or ‘Michigan left,’ which involves a U-turn once past the intersection.
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