Kinda surprised to hear that stat. The company I work for is based in Atlanta and those folks drive way faster and more aggressively than anywhere I've been. Even Commifornia.

I grew up going to Houston and remember the traffic, but not carpy driving. When I moved to the DFW area is when I first noticed pretty much every red light gets run. If you put on your blinker some sumbich is gonna try to speed up to block you.

Glad I rarely leave my bubble here in the burbs except to hunt. And I'm certain the Rona shutdown generally made folks more aggressive and stoopid... and that's a bad combo.

They ain't talking.

They're on facebook, shopping on Amazon or texting. Women and old white men are the worst.

How about when you’re following someone driving under the speed limit, and when there’s a passing lane available they decide to speed up well over the speed limit.

I'll hit triple digits to pass those POS drivers.

When Texas was full of Texans and only Texans, it was a much better place to drive. Courtesy and common sense.

But it gets worse every year now as more folks move in.........

Yes. And I never speed up, I called you out for slowing down.



Except in some situations they can't and is compounded by a wanna-be-traffic-cop that thinks it's their job/thinks they're cool/etc to slow people down even more.



You didn't want the dude to get wherever two minutes sooner. You care. And it's not even about you. Be courteous. Drive the speed limit. It's not hard.

Perfectly comfortable in my reaction to his action, Mickey Moose. Perfectly comfortable.

^^ That reminds me, I saw a woman driving a few weeks ago with a tablet mounted inside her windshield, in the middle of it. How is that legal?

News flash Max. Whether or not you allow adequate commute time in your itinerary is not the responsibility of every driver on the freeway. Sorry man but it is just not so. Nobody here is advocating driving slow in the fast lane. Regardless of what you desire, it is not your privilege to dictate that all drivers on the freeway speed to mitigate your poor time management. And you already know that.

The Code of Federal Regulations clearly states it's "plus or minus". You're either grossly misinformed or just making stuff up.

Perfectly comfortable in my reaction to his action, Mickey Moose. Perfectly comfortable.

I wondered about this too.

I don’t commute. I’ve never had an itinerary. I don’t even know what those words mean. Just stay outta my way, left lane camper.

Perfectly comfortable in my reaction to his action, Mickey Moose. Perfectly comfortable.

As usual, Smokey is the voice of reason. Most on here have been as well. "Mad" Max would be a good screen name for Max. I cant remember him ever saying anything positive, ever. Max obviously needs to leave just a little earlier to go to all the places he goes that are so much more important than everyone else.
Someone that admits traffic is crazy, people drive bad, accidents are everywhere and then encourages people to speed its just hard to fathom(yes I know slow driving is dangerous too.)
I keep coming back to this thread hoping I will learn something new about how I should drive different. Nope, Ill keep doing me and just hope yall dont kill me or my family.

Had a beautiful drive across the Wolf Creek pass to the airport this morning with hardly any traffic. For the steep downgrade just put the auto exhaust brake on and find the sweet spot on the gear limiter. Still would prefer not to tow over that though lol.

Had a guy in a dually right on my bumper, and I mean he was too close for my comfort. I didn’t slow down, though I considered it.

Best way to deal with tailgaters is to drive a 1-ton pickup equipped with a hay-bale spike.

Wichita Falls has a lot of Yankees, Okies and farmers coming to town on saturdays and lots of untrained kids driving. Not to mention old people that can't hardly see over the steering wheel. You can bet that at least half of the drivers don't stop at stop signs, a rolling stop at best. And that includes city vehicles.