I just now found this thread. I don't travel on I 10, thank goodness. I actually take surface streets to work, all 14 miles. There is a freeway about a mile north of the street I take, but the street is faster, safer, and not as terrible a way to start my day.
There are major accidents all over the place every day. Phoenix drivers suck. Because of that our insurance rates are too high.
Red lights are only suggested here, too. You actually have five seconds to floor it and go screaming through after it's red. I bet you didin't know that.
Like Skyline, I'll be moving to the west valley in the next few years. A few years after tha it'll be just as bad there.