Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[dtkvictim]

I didn't think my opinion on drivers could get worse, after mostly getting around as a pedestrian or cyclist for a decade. But since I've started driving, my opinion has plummeted even further... In only about 400km of driving in the city I've seen 3 people run red lights. One was at the new pedestrian crossing SF22 just mentioned, as a pedestrian was crossing, and two directly in front of crossing traffic, nearly collisions if the crossing traffic hadn't reacted fast enough. I've also had 4 people cut us off by using a left turn lane to pass traffic and go straight (Is this a South Asian driving culture thing? It was the case all 3 times I looked). I also had a car come at me head-on around a bend, because they were driving the wrong way on a one way road. I've twice had oncoming vehicles turn left in front of me while I'm going straight through an intersection, forcing me to a complete stop. Those are the more dangerous ones, but I've seen some other truly bizarre things already too... It's like the twilight zone out there.

I would have a dashcam montage already, if I could install a dashcam in my car without it guaranteeing another smashed window to steal it.

Meanwhile not a single cyclist or pedestrian has caused me trouble, and the only cyclists my spouse has seen behaving dangerously were all seemingly addicts who do as they please, as usual. I don't know how so many motorists can hold the view that cyclists and pedestrians behave more dangerously than drivers...