If one more Texan....

[deejeff442]

i know that turn in cleveland ,been by there a couple times.
yea the cops dont let too many people go in ft worth.
loser police in s. lake just drive around punching in licence plates to find warrants.rumer has it if you are mexican and driving in s. lake you better have a leaf blower on your truck.
everyday when you watch the dallas news there is always 2 cars flipped over.
how the hell do cars flip over you must be driving like an ass.
also do you see these retrards on crochrockets riding wheelies down the interstate at 80mph.one of these days i will be in my dually work truck and open the door as they go by.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006
http:///forum/post/2893099
Take it from someone that DROVE OTR Trcuks for a living til I got the Big E DQ as in Epilepsy. Here are the worst drivers in order. NYC NEVER TAKE A NEW WHITE TRAILER INTO THERE I had to and the Bottom rail came out Taxi Cab YELLOW Also I ended up getting a Baseball thru the windshield on the BQEo one time because I refused to move over for an Idiot driving a bemmer that was coming up the Ramp. 2nd is Chicago HANDS DOWN that is the only city were if you get into an accident and all you do is scratch the paint you tie up the whole city with rubberneckers. Tied for 3rd we have Houston and LA Metro Areas. Both cities they get rain it is like WE FORGET HOW TO DRIVE and iin Houston becaomes crash central. 5th is San Francisco Bay Area Only place I ever got a ticket because my engine smoked from trying to climb the hills. 6th -10 are Seatlle Portland OR Cleveland for Dead mans curve alone 9th is Philly and rounding out the top 10 is St Louis whenever the Cubs beat the Cardnails and you have an IL plate on your car need I say more.
I disagree, houston is crash central anyway, they ALL drive to fast. Way to fast. But LA at least in houston you only have 10 lane highways instead of 14 lane highways. And fewer Mexican drivers... (hey I'm a mexican, but foreign drivers are friggen nuts, they aren't used to actually having infrastructure and laws)

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by deejeff442
http:///forum/post/2893110
loser police in s. lake just drive around punching in licence plates to find warrants.rumer has it if you are mexican and driving in s. lake you better have a leaf blower on your truck.
all cops do that, but the leaf blower comment is pretty funny, and probably half true.

 

[deejeff442]

yea but most cops have better things to do .i talked to a s. lake cop and he said they get most of thier cities income from running plates since there is next to no crime.
i have been to houston a few times too much humitity for me.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by deejeff442
http:///forum/post/2893168
yea but most cops have better things to do .i talked to a s. lake cop and he said they get most of thier cities income from running plates since there is next to no crime.
i have been to houston a few times too much humitity for me.
Simple fact is a lot of those cities get good percentages of income from running place and writing tickets. NRH is bad about it, so is keller. Westlake is horrible.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Scotts
http:///forum/post/2893101
Bang, your post reminded me what George Carlin use to say "You ever notice that anyone that drives slower than you is an idiot and any one the drives faster than you is a maniac?!"

Haha!! I was thinking of that while reading this

 

[hlcroghan]

Actually from my experience, and I have lived all over the US, people from Texas and Phoenix are prolly the worst. California was bad but they are really just aggressive drivers, not unsafe. I cannot count how many times here that I have almost been run off the road in Phoenix because someone wants to change lanes and they don't even look. It's not that they don't care, they just don't really notice that there is another 2000 pound vehicle next to them. Really clueless. Really my favorite place to drive would prolly be Oregon or Idaho. People tend to be more respectful and relaxed there.

 

[deejeff442]

west lake dont have a police force.keller patrols it.
trophy club used to .west lake paid trophy club to patroll 170 untill trophy club got greedy and wanted more money .so west lake fired them and hired keller.now tropy club can only write tickets in that little town if you are going 1 mph over the limit they will ticket you.
i live just outside azle in the county patrolled by sherrifs.you have to be doing something bretty bad to get stopped out here.the sherriffs are pretty cool.they patroll mt neighborhood a couple times a day and always wave hi.
i dont do much work in nrh anymore since the town wants a permit for everything.used to be able to put a patio in with no permit as long as you are not building on it.now if you get caught without a permit they can make you tear it out.greedy

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[aquaknight]

Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2892941
you are driving down I-10 I'll bet you 20 bucks those morons were from houston. Houston drivers are nuts. You need to be driving down i-20 going through FT Worth is much more civilized. But nothing compared to OK drivers. I don't know about up north. Most of those cars you mentioned are the trendy poor yuppys car. Not real texans.
But that is why when you drive get a micky d's paper cup. And dip yourself some Copenhagen, when someone pisses you off toss it out your sunroof onto his windshield.
Yea, could very well be it, they definitely weren't 'true texan' cars, and probably were just some yuppies. All three times were driving west on I-10, in the Florida panhandle.
This is another thing, they all had passengers with them. I know if I'm driving with friends and espeically family, I always tighten up my driving, not necessarily slow down, but cut any of the risks I might take by myself out.(unless the point is to do something stupid with a friend). These tools just barge in with their 10 year old daughter in the back? Yikes....
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/2893064
This problem is certainly not limited to Texas. IMO it's one of those "every 10th person is a jerk" phenomenons. I used to think it was just city people that drove like selfish brats. I've come to realize it's 1 out of 10 no matter where you are, there's just more city people around to cause problems once you get near the suburbs.
Yea, I get that, just the coincidences of all three times were Texas plates. We weren't really traveling in the city though, just crusing through the nothingness that is the Florida Panhandle, west of Tallahassee, and just happen to come along some slower cars.
That's another thing, when it's just you, and you're coming up on 2 slower cars, and the car behind the first slower car, wants around, why do they always have to do it when you're trying to get by? I mean, it's just me, I could understand if I'm pulling a train of 10 cars behind me, sure. But it always just me, and they have to go around right then??

"Oh sure, it would have been so unfortunate if you had to drop the 1-2mph to wait for me to clear before you moved around the slow car for about the 10 seconds I takes me to bloe by, meanwhile I dropped 10-15mph because of you and still sitting behind you for 3 minutes as you try to jockey around the slow car..."

But that's another topic...

 

[reefraff]

Texas drivers are crazy. I remember back in 85 doing a trip through Dallas and me and my cousin where LOAO watching the moves these people were making. I am originally from the LA area so I wasn't a stranger to crazy driving but these people were doing the stuff California drivers did except they were going 20 miles an hour faster with half as many lanes. Thing is I never really noticed Texas drivers doing the crazy stuff where I've lived. At least they leave it home

When I lived in Montana it always seemed to be Colorado drivers doing the stupid stuff. My brother lives in Wyoming and said the same thing. Now that I moved here I have discovered we were right

 

[deejeff442]

problem in dallas is too many people have more money than common sence.
they buy thier 16 year old a 50,000 dollar sports car and think they will behave.
ever go on the dallas north tollway its like the autobaugn to these spoiled little brats
i have a friend with lots of money his dumb ass kid has smashed up 6 cars and trucks and he is only 18 .and the idiot keeps putting him in the seat.
the kid was arrested for impersonating an officer ,he got a red light and was pulling cars over then driving off.
money and no brains
i'll keep my common sense and stay on the poorer part of town

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2893336
That's another thing, when it's just you, and you're coming up on 2 slower cars, and the car behind the first slower car, wants around, why do they always have to do it when you're trying to get by? I mean, it's just me, I could understand if I'm pulling a train of 10 cars behind me, sure. But it always just me, and they have to go around right then??

"Oh sure, it would have been so unfortunate if you had to drop the 1-2mph to wait for me to clear before you moved around the slow car for about the 10 seconds I takes me to bloe by, meanwhile I dropped 10-15mph because of you and still sitting behind you for 3 minutes as you try to jockey around the slow car..."

But that's another topic...
That is when you slow down and block em. Let em flash their lights.
I got this one guy so mad, he tried to pass me in on the shoulder. Then I dropped it into third and took off. He couldn't catch me...
Originally Posted by deejeff442
http:///forum/post/2893402
problem in dallas is too many people have more money than common sence.
they buy thier 16 year old a 50,000 dollar sports car and think they will behave.
ever go on the dallas north tollway its like the autobaugn to these spoiled little brats
i have a friend with lots of money his dumb ass kid has smashed up 6 cars and trucks and he is only 18 .and the idiot keeps putting him in the seat.
the kid was arrested for impersonating an officer ,he got a red light and was pulling cars over then driving off.
money and no brains
i'll keep my common sense and stay on the poorer part of town
+1 on this, friggen stupid kids with no sense. And parents with even less.
I knew this one kid who was tired of his 6 month old 350z. So he wrapped it around a pole, on purpose, just so his parents could buy him a vette. And they did.

 

[funkysean5]

Originally Posted by deejeff442
http:///forum/post/2893402
problem in dallas is too many people have more money than common sence.
they buy thier 16 year old a 50,000 dollar sports car and think they will behave.
ever go on the dallas north tollway its like the autobaugn to these spoiled little brats
i have a friend with lots of money his dumb ass kid has smashed up 6 cars and trucks and he is only 18 .and the idiot keeps putting him in the seat.
the kid was arrested for impersonating an officer ,he got a red light and was pulling cars over then driving off.
money and no brains
i'll keep my common sense and stay on the poorer part of town
+1 on this all the way!
P.S I'm not one of them

 

[aquaknight]

Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2893420
That is when you slow down and block em. Let em flash their lights.
I got this one guy so mad, he tried to pass me in on the shoulder. Then I dropped it into third and took off. He couldn't catch me...
That's not exactly what I meant. I'm car A, coming on up on two cars, B & C. Car B is also approaching Car C. Car B is crusing at say 72mph, Car C at 70mph, and I'm doing a good 85mph. Car B will see me coming and will undoubtly try to pass Car C before I am able to clear both of them.
I could understand if it there was a ton of other cars behind me, he'd want to get around before he's stuck there, but literally, it's been times at night when we're the only cars on the road, and still do it. It just that if he hesisitated for 15 seconds I could have been by. But he has to go around the other car before me, even though I'm barreling down on them. I don't throw things at people, but I usually will do my move of cutting into his lane when I pass.
I have no problems with people wanting to go fast/faster then me. Clears out that next cop shooting radar so he gets that car, and not me. It just when people don't have patience, and put my life in jeopardy I get upset. It's just sad that all the States give driver licenses out like candy. If only driving was the privilege it really is and should be, and it was only those fit to participate drove how much different the roads would be. Perhaps it's just that preverbiale, sign of the times that people just don't care about other each other anymore. Even in Germany or other Euro Countries, where most don't drive still 18 or 21, and licenses can cost upwards of $2000 for all the classes you have to take, people there are changing. The fact is that most of the Autobahn is now speed regulated because of the lack of discipline most people have....

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2893679
I don't throw things at people, but I usually will do my move of cutting into his lane when I pass.
Oh, that isn't that bad, I though you were passing then this other car comes flying out of no where and starts going nuts on your rear.
I don't either, however I've been really tempted to living in houston for soo long.

 

[alexknight]

Originally Posted by jennythebugg
http:///forum/post/2892874
dunno i always see jerks from new mexico and louisiana driving like maniacs here

Buahahaha!! good ol new mexico, has the WORST drivers ever... try driving around during Balloon Fiesta with all the #%*ing tourist. but yess NM drivings are maniacs
AquaKnight- Yes people in the US do not know how to dive, I agree with you we should take up European laws when it comes to driving, if we did that half of the US would lose their driving licence.
last year I got hit by a 14 year old kid, who had took his mom's car no drivers licence, no insurance and ran a light...

also in Germany if you are caught drinking and driving you lose you licence, and your car you also get hit with something like a 10k ticket, get posted on the front page of the paper.
A rule that should be put into place here is that if you are in the left lane ( fast lane ) and are holding up traffic you SHOULD get a ticket for impeding traffic.
along with that for the people who are in the exit lain and then last second, jump over so they do not have to exit. IS it that HARD to see the lines on the road/ READ THE SIGNS!!!!!! if i am next to them I will purposely speed up or slow down so they have to exit.

 

[deejeff442]

i used to have a cummins diesel that had a turbo off a peterbuilt truck and a 5 stage computer with a stick.if i would turn the computer up and up shift to bog the engine it would blow so much smoke out the tailpipe i couldnt even see the car behind me.
lots of fun for tailgaters.
one time the dallas police had a car pulled over and slowed the traffic from rubberneckers i smoke the cops standing on the side of the road.
still my favorite one was when i smoked one of those 10 speed bicycle queers driving in the road holding up 5 cars.i peppered the hell out of him
that was a fun truck

 

[bionicarm]

Man, you people are a bunch of road rage incidents just waiting to happen. Why do you have this urge to use this large metal object as a moving weapon? If I read your scenario correctly, you're peeved because someone cuts in front of you into the left lane just before you're about to pass another slow driver in the right lane? Are you able to determine this second car's speed before they move into the left lane? Maybe they were going just as fast, and was about to pass the car in front of them before you came flying up. A known driving myth is you're supposed to drive in the right lane as much as possible when you're speeding. The theory is it's harder for a cop's radar to tag you when they're coming from the opposite direction. So you get the fast drivers that weave between the left and right lanes to get around the slower traffic. Want to avoid confrontations on the highway when you're taking long trips?
1) Maintain the speed you're comfortable with as much as possible. If that speed is faster than the traffic you're 'riding' with, stay in the left lane as much as possible. If you come up to slower traffic in the left lane, slow down and 'flash' your lights. This is a known acknowledgement for the driver ahead of you to move over to the right lane at their earliest convenience. Don't ride their bumper. Some people just have a problem with driving faster than the speed limit in fear of getting a ticket. Give them some time to move over. If someone comes up behind you in the left lane that's faster, afford them the same courtesy and move over to the right lane when possible. You can get back into the left lane after they pass you.
2) If you do run into that individual who thinks it's his God-given right to sit in the left lane, pass this person using the right lane. Don't think you're the owner of the 'train'. If someone wants to join in to try and get around the slower drivers, let them. Most likely they want to drive as fast or faster than you. Once you clear the slower traffic, they'll most likely stay in front of you and can be your 'lead duck'.
3) STAY OFF YOU CELL PHONE. Most drivers who create bottlenecks are sitting on their cell phones, oblivious to their surroundings. They change lanes before looking in the mirror, and drive 5 - 10 MPH below the posted speed limit.
Bottom line, you don't own the roads, and neither do the other drivers around you. You can scream, yell, and 'flip them off' all you want to, but all that does is tick them off. Next thing you know, they try and get in front of you, and purposely try to slow you down. You get even madder, and that's when road rage incidents happen. Unfortunately in today's society, half the people out there are packing guns. Just think about that the next time you don't let someone get in front of you in a train. When he/she does get through the slower traffic, they may pull up beside you, and the next thing you know, you're staring down the barrel of a .357. Happy Motoring!

 

[aquaknight]

Originally Posted by bionicarm
http:///forum/post/2893951
If I read your scenario correctly, you're peeved because someone cuts in front of you into the left lane just before you're about to pass another slow driver in the right lane?
No, I'm peeved about people not having patience. It's a line of cars in the left lane, trying to get around one slow car in the right lane. These people are towards the back of the line, and try and cut ahead of the line. They switch to the right lane and try to get ahead of as many cars in the line as possible. The last three times I was the car, waiting in line about to pass the slower car and these idiots zoom up on the right lane and cut me off because otherwise they'd have to hit the brakes and wait for the end of the line of cars.
It also really irks me when sometimes these tools attempt to gain a couple spots on the right, but they get denied, and then they think it's their god-given-right to cut back in the passing line in the original spot they were. Sorry tool, but it's the end of the line for you.
Originally Posted by bionicarm
http:///forum/post/2893951
If Are you able to determine this second car's speed before they move into the left lane? Maybe they were going just as fast, and was about to pass the car in front of them before you came flying up.
Yep. At night in Florida on I-95 you can see miles ahead of you. You can noticed the second car very slowly approaching the first slow car from a ways out. But of course once I get near, they have to make the pass then, instead of just waiting the couple of seconds for me to clear.
Originally Posted by bionicarm
http:///forum/post/2893951
A known driving myth is you're supposed to drive in the right lane as much as possible when you're speeding. The theory is it's harder for a cop's radar to tag you when they're coming from the opposite direction. So you get the fast drivers that weave between the left and right lanes to get around the slower traffic. Want to avoid confrontations on the highway when you're taking long trips?
I don't think that the myth is that the radar will have a harder time if you're in the right lane, I think it's just that the cop might see you in the right, slow lane, and not shoot the radar. At least that's what I've always thought....

 

[bionicarm]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2893987
No, I'm peeved about people not having patience. It's a line of cars in the left lane, trying to get around one slow car in the right lane. These people are towards the back of the line, and try and cut ahead of the line. They switch to the right lane and try to get ahead of as many cars in the line as possible. The last three times I was the car, waiting in line about to pass the slower car and these idiots zoom up on the right lane and cut me off because otherwise they'd have to hit the brakes and wait for the end of the line of cars.
It also really irks me when sometimes these tools attempt to gain a couple spots on the right, but they get denied, and then they think it's their god-given-right to cut back in the passing line in the original spot they were. Sorry tool, but it's the end of the line for you.
This is a prime example of how road rage incidents begin. You get all worked up just because some person wants to go faster than you, or get to their destination quicker, and they go by you in the right lane instead of just sitting behind you waiting for the slower traffic to move? Come on. What does it matter? Are you in a race with this person? Is there some desire to make sure you're in front of everyone, and heaven forbid anyone tries to go around you? You will encounter jerks and aggressive drivers virtually everywhere you go these days. What you need to learn is you can't control their bad behaviors, only yours. You're admonishing these people for wanting to 'cut back into the train' in front of you, yet not letting them in makes you just as worse of a driver than they are. If they want in, let them. Maybe their crazy driving will scare the slow driver enough to make them move over. One of these days, one of these 'right-laners' may not have the patience and just try to force their way in front of you. Your jostling for position may end up causing a multi-car accident. Is proving your point worth causing a major accident, possibly harming, or even killing, innocent people who are just driving down the road trying to get to their destinations the same as you?