I don't have that much but my car can definitely get out of it's own wayWhich is when I like having 426 horses under the hood.
I don't have that much but my car can definitely get out of it's own wayWhich is when I like having 426 horses under the hood.
Then one interpretation of that would be drive on the shoulder except when passing, right?
The danger of pulling over to the shoulder/breakdown lane is this. The folks that could/should be doing this are seldom aware of anything ~10' beyond their hood. Meaning... they politely pull over to the breakdown lane never once noticing the car with the family of four in the breakdown line 50' in front of them. @ 50 mph the car in the breakdown lane is traveling ~75' per second. Things get real nasty real fast.
Doesn't have to be a family of 4 - could be a guardrail where the breakdown lane disappears as it crosses a bridge or culvert. Debris, boards, nails, naked mannequins litter the breakdown lane. It's dangerous to run 50-60 mph in a lane designed for breakdown usage.
That said... I do it and I appreciate those that do it. But rest assured if someone pulls to the breakdown lane for me I'm checking the breakdown lane for obstacles for them BEFORE I begin a pass.
When I see another driver using turn signals, I wonder where they live. Obviously not here.being from California.
Turning on your lane change signal is just going to cause the person next to you to speed up and block you.
Moving here 0ver 10 years ago. I learned real fast that is not the case here or was not 10 years ago.
I still always signal err well after getting a +-$350 ticket for not signaling a lane change lol I only get charged the stupid tax 1 time.
And on top of that the first 2-3 times that jerk with a trailer pulling over into the right emergency lane and throwing debree all over me was confusing as hell after i figured out what they were doing and started doing it myself it was a blessing on a 2 lane road.
There are people who are incapable of forming a line at the drive up.
And the spaces are striped for a Prius.I get that they are designed with an eye to lawsuits, limiting speed, but some of those bastards love to put dead ends and hide exits and build corn mazes. Its infuriating. Lol
As per Ron White "When I use my turn signal - I'm not asking permission!"When I see another driver using turn signals, I wonder where they live. Obviously not here.
Using the shoulder to:I have no doubt, per the actual wording of current texas motor vehicle laws, that it's technically illegal. I know there's parts where it defines legal roadways, and a solid line means, basically, that you can't go past it... so for sure any cop who wants to could write a ticket for pulling onto the shoulder.
Doesn't mean most, or even many, or almost any, will.
Most won't. And for as long as that's the case, then I'll continue to pull to the shoulder and let faster vehicles pass me with as little risk to everyone potentially involved as possible--- I only do it on straights long enough to see any reasonable risks. In west texas, there are a LOT of those places.
Driving from Nacogdoches to San Angelo this past Friday, a Sherriff's deputy outside of Gatesville pulled onto the shoulder when I came up behind him (my cruise was set to 77 in a 75, and based on closure rates, I"m guessing he was doing 60-65) and waved as/after I passed.
An hour later, I did the same for a DPS trooper who ran up behind me just the other side of Doole. He moved into the opposing lane to pass me right as I eased over to the shoulder. By the time he was level with my expedition, he started moving back into our lane.
If I ever get a ticket for it, I may reconsider, but for now I think there are more advantages to it than disadvantages.
I have no doubt, per the actual wording of current texas motor vehicle laws, that it's technically illegal. I know there's parts where it defines legal roadways, and a solid line means, basically, that you can't go past it... so for sure any cop who wants to could write a ticket for pulling onto the shoulder.
Doesn't mean most, or even many, or almost any, will.
Most won't. And for as long as that's the case, then I'll continue to pull to the shoulder and let faster vehicles pass me with as little risk to everyone potentially involved as possible--- I only do it on straights long enough to see any reasonable risks. In west texas, there are a LOT of those places.
Driving from Nacogdoches to San Angelo this past Friday, a Sherriff's deputy outside of Gatesville pulled onto the shoulder when I came up behind him (my cruise was set to 77 in a 75, and based on closure rates, I"m guessing he was doing 60-65) and waved as/after I passed.
An hour later, I did the same for a DPS trooper who ran up behind me just the other side of Doole. He moved into the opposing lane to pass me right as I eased over to the shoulder. By the time he was level with my expedition, he started moving back into our lane.
If I ever get a ticket for it, I may reconsider, but for now I think there are more advantages to it than disadvantages.
Well, not actually on the ranch....A friend once got a DPS ticket for doing 71 in a 70mph zone on US 77 on the King Ranch. Couldn't believe it.
leVieux
Had to be something else going on there.A friend once got a DPS ticket for doing 71 in a 70mph zone on US 77 on the King Ranch. Couldn't believe it.
leVieux
Remember what Jeff Foxworthy said:I’m in Southeast Texas, near South Texas, for the first time in a few months.
Yesterday, on US59 approaching metro Houston, I was driving over limit, but vehicles kept tailgating & “pushing” for faster.
Even above posted construction zone limit by 22mph, they were passing me “like I was going backwards”.
This wasn’t just one or three, but numerous vehicles of all types. It was so bad that I just got way over to the right & slowed to the limit, like it or not.
I estimate that many were driving 100+ in the CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
is everyone crazy or what? I spent decades in Texas, but never experienced that, even on the DALLAS freeways.
This is extremely dangerous.
Please comment.
leVieux
Welcome to Houston. Everyone here drives bat shit crazy, and unfortunately if you drive any other way you won’t get anywhere as they just won’t let you in. Join or die.
Though we probably have the worst drivers in Texas, Atlanta has hands down the worst drivers I’ve ever seen in the USA when it comes to speeding and getting cut off dangerously.
That is the truth! I lived and worked in Houston off and on for some years.
It’s crazy when you’re driving in DFW and people are actually being courteous on the highway. The Houston driver in me just sees it as an opportunity to get ahead of everyone else lol.