Re: GOOD
Warning: ramlbly and a touch ranty.
As someone who does a bike/train commute, I get to see the inattentive, terminally clueless, and just arsehole drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians every day. There are the slow walkers who shuffle from the middle of a bike/pedestrian path, meandering side to side enough that one cannot comfortably overtake taking up a 10' wide path all to themselves, and packs of joggers reminding one of why they all ended up on the B Ark. Drivers seem to think that a "yield" sign at a nearly blind corner means "take at speed" regardless of those on the bike path crossing, and don't seem to see anyone who isn't enclosed in a huge moving metal[1] Thing. Then there are the cyclists dressed like ninjas, no lights, nor awareness of others on the road/path and brazenly ignore all signs and signals.[2] Phones, earbuds, and other distractions really just enhance the blissful unawareness of anything and anyone else that most people seem to have, and some of the pedestrians especially just seem to want to force one to slow to a crawl to get past them, even when they're going in the opposite direction and can clearly see you.
Of these near daily road hazards, obnoxious drivers[3], even of those makes/models which are synonymous with such behaviours are probably the fewest in number by a good extent. The stakes are just orders of magnitude higher given the mass, velocity, and the general squishiness of flesh and bone compared to even the hard plastics at speed.[4] Often, the most overall dangerous acts by many drivers happen because they want to *avoid* colliding with someone who is far squishier, such as stopping in the middle of a turn because some daft fool decides to start crossing after they had started to turn. Same with those trying to be polite by waiting for stopped cyclists to proceed regardless of normal right of way. I'd honestly feel safer staying stopped while the driver proceeds/turns, assuming that it's their "turn". The near silence of EVs does increase risk, particularly when they're behind someone or if that person can't easily see it, and using a giant iPad instead of tactile controls probably doesn't help. Especially with cities and suburbs designed around cars and not people, the number of terrible drivers is always going to be higher than it needs to be, simply because training and licensing standards are going to be, by necessity, lower than in places where other modes of transport are more viable. At least if the clueless were forced to walk/bike, the number of serious injuries and deaths would drop. But that's a planning issue as much as anything else.
[1] Metal, plastic and glass, in varying ratios.
[2] I'll admit to not stopping all of the time, provided that I have a clear enough view of the intersection and there is absolutely NO ONE whom I could possibly collide with.
[3] The stereotype of the BMW or nowadays, Tesla driver does hold somewhat. As the cost of a car increases, the arseholeishness of the driver tends to as well.
[4] A problem not helped in the US, at least, by the behemoths with poor visibility, further lifted suspensions and the closest they've come to a job site is driving past one, a problem facilitated by "safety standards" that are only concerned with the occupants of the vehicle and not others on the road.