terrible Houston drivers

There are a lot of unlicensed and uninsured people driving vehicles in the Houston area. Just like there are a lot of people driving vehicles they don't own. Originally Posted by LexusLover

And now with Biden’s open border policies we’ll likely be seeing a lot more.....

GET OFF THE DAMN PHONE WHEN DRIVING PEOPLE! STOP PLAYING CANDY CRUSH AT STOP LIGHTS!

And now with Biden’s open border policies we’ll likely be seeing a lot more..... Originally Posted by Russ38

Maybe. I used to drive on both sides of the TX/MX border. Everyone paid attention to the speed limit. Didn't want to give the cops an excuse to pull you over. What I predict we'll see are fewer insured drivers.

But I'm tired of Trucks/SUVS going 80mph in the rightmost lane on the highway.

The Fort Worth accident wasn’t tailgating Those people had driven miles on dry road then topped a slight hill ( that they couldn’t see over) and hit a 3/4 mile patch of ice because the cheap ass MFer’s at the toll authority didn’t treat for ice. The free lanes just over the barrier had no ice because the state treated those. Within hours it was discovered that the private roads hadn’t been treated and they were all closed for the rest of the week.
I’m sure their will be lawsuits or big settlements coming down the road.

Charles Barkley says: "Those drivers are tear bull.....just tear bull."

So you can get to Walmart before it closes


Too many people behind the wheel thinking they are in the Indy 500 Originally Posted by VitaMan

No
Academy for road rage ammo.

The Fort Worth accident wasn’t tailgating. Originally Posted by Silver Bullet

All highway PILE UPS are caused by "tailgating" .... the reason why one vehicle runs into the rear end of the vehicle in front of them is because they were not providing themselves sufficient distance between the front of their vehicle and the one in front of them to:
1. see the vehicle ahead stopping (aka BREAK LIGHTS!)
2. see that they cannot change lanes to avoid the traffic jam
3. decide to apply the brakes
4. apply the brakes
5. stop their vehicle before it crashes into the one ahead.

Otherwise .... there would be no crash with respect to those two vehicles.

But I guess you have your own definition of "tailgating"!

I also "guess" you didn't look at the DPS stopping guidelines.

"The science".

To blame a 70 vehicle pileup on a patch of ice aka "black ice" and claim it didn't have anything to do with "tailgating" (as you call it) is really .... well .... unless one wants to claim the following idiots were TEXTING and weren't watching ahead to see cars sliding around in the ice ... changing lanes? FYI: I'm familiar with the DFW area ... got my driver's license while living up there ... in those days it was church in FW and fucking in Dallas. Except in Westland. Both!

But I'm tired of Trucks/SUVS going 80mph in the rightmost lane on the highway. Originally Posted by gnadfly

Where are the highways (other than the toll just East of SA & Austin) on which the speed limit is "80" in Texas IN ANY LANE?

There are none in the Houston metro area down into Galveston, Fort Bend, Brazoria, and/or MOCO.

Personally, I drive the speed limit and depending on traffic flow well ahead I may exceed into that "up to 5 mph over" range to SAFELY change lanes to avoid clogged lanes ahead and/or to move to an upcoming exit. My driving record is clean. My insurance premiums are minimal.

The only collisions in past 20 years have been a couple in which some asshole whipped into the turning lane ahead of me that was stopped ahead of me .... one he impacted the rear of a new vehicle (just taken possession 4 hours before) ahead of me (I had left about 30 feet ahead to move slowly to the next turning possession) and when he impacted the rear of the new car his stop was so sudden I was unable to stop in the loose gravel in the turn lane. The other one: another asshole BACKED INTO the front of my truck while in line waiting for red light to change and the dumbass wanted to change lanes. I was stopped! He left the scene!

Many drivers now in Houston whip into the next lane, without using a turn signal, when there are only inches to spare, going 70 mph.


If you are an NFL halfback trying to gain some yards through the line, that is an attribute.


If you are the driver of a 2 ton vehicle, that is disrespect to other drivers.

If you are the driver of a 2 ton vehicle, that is disrespect to other drivers. Originally Posted by VitaMan

And deadly!

Why people slow down to look over to see what happened I don't have a clue. The obviously haven't gotten a close up view of the carnage. Equally outrageous is accelerating into an intersection with a beaming red light to clear the intersection before those with a green light get into it. Occasionally, neither vehicle clears the intersection, although I have seen the destruction scattered down the highway with bodies strewn along the way as they were tossed out of the vehicle(s). That explains the resistance to red light cams.

After I relocated to the Houston metro area I learned to hesitate a good 3-5 seconds before proceeding to a green light ... and kiss-my-ass you little _________ who can't wait 3-5 seconds for the idiots to clear the intersection.

Apparently not so for golfers....being an "attribute"!

All highway PILE UPS are caused by "tailgating" .... the reason why one vehicle runs into the rear end of the vehicle in front of them is because they were not providing themselves sufficient distance between the front of their vehicle and the one in front of them to:
1. see the vehicle ahead stopping (aka BREAK LIGHTS!)
2. see that they cannot change lanes to avoid the traffic jam
3. decide to apply the brakes
4. apply the brakes
5. stop their vehicle before it crashes into the one ahead.

Otherwise .... there would be no crash with respect to those two vehicles.

But I guess you have your own definition of "tailgating"!

I also "guess" you didn't look at the DPS stopping guidelines.

"The science".

To blame a 70 vehicle pileup on a patch of ice aka "black ice" and claim it didn't have anything to do with "tailgating" (as you call it) is really .... well .... unless one wants to claim the following idiots were TEXTING and weren't watching ahead to see cars sliding around in the ice ... changing lanes? FYI: I'm familiar with the DFW area ... got my driver's license while living up there ... in those days it was church in FW and fucking in Dallas. Except in Westland. Both! Originally Posted by LexusLover

Black ice like what was in the Ft Worth crash is a tough thing to negotiate on, especially when you have been driving on clean dry pavement and suddenly hit it. This was even more so complicated by the fact that the ice started at the crest of a hill and you could not immediately see what was happening ahead of you. You don't have to be tailgating to hit this ice at 70mph and not be able to stop in "safe" distance. I live in the Texas Panhandle and have a lot of experience on this type of driving condition. The MetroPlex and Houston are clueless.

Black ice like what was in the Ft Worth crash is a tough thing to negotiate on Originally Posted by CryptKicker

Surprised there wasn’t a BLM protest on the term alone.....

Let's leave race out of this discussion folks.