Houston drivers

[Glockster69]

Houston traffic is tough, but the roads are laid out so that they are pretty easy to follow. Dallas has the same traffic, but whoever laid out the highways was taking a LOT of LSD. I've never been able to understand how so many highways can intersect in the same mile of road.

So true

 

[Texpacker]

I forgot to mention, I move away from Houston............on purpose!

 

[Tejano Scott]

I have to jump in here and exclaim that I also do not like Houston drivers(though not the worst driving experience I've ever had). What kills me about Houston drivers is the people who STOP in the middle of the highway/road. Its like they will stop on a 6 lane highway and debate whether they should exit, or a guy in a Jag just stopped in front of me the other day in the middle of Westheimer to answer a call on his phone. In the 3 years I've lived in Houston, I feel like I've aged 15.

 

[jtriron]

or a guy in a Jag just stopped in front of me the other day in the middle of Westheimer to answer a call on his phone.

You should know there are no traffic rules on Westheimer or Richmond Ave.

 

[Tejano Scott]

Very true... and my office is on the corner of Richmond avenue. Lucky me.

 

[Bithabus]

The squalor of certain parts of the city, coupled with the crazy driving, and built-up infrastructure, made me feel like I was back in NY.

 

[zembonez]

Austin drivers are horrible for people who don't frequently drive there. I'm there every day, so I have figured out their idiot patterns. Traffic seems smooth to me now.

The same probably goes for Houston.

 

[Glockster69]

The squalor of certain parts of the city, coupled with the crazy driving, and built-up infrastructure, made me feel like I was back in NY.

So was your visit good, bad, or other?

Traffic seems smooth to me now. The same probably goes for Houston.

Or anywhere else. If it's what you live and know, it is your comfort zone.

 

[jtriron]

1) Stay off the West 610 loop from 2:30 pm till about 8:00 pm
2) 59 North, and South out of downtown after 3:00 pm just shoot yourself
3) 45 either direction near Downtown in the am rush hour - cut your throat
4) 45 North during pm rush hour, find a bar and chill out
5) Washington Ave. after dark -- the party's ON!!!!

I love Houston, but the traffic will test you.

 

[majormadmax]

After a week of driving in Miami, I can tell you that nobody, and I do mean nobody, drives as bad as these fools!

 

[Radioman93]

• 08-16-2011 06:34 PM
  Bithabus
  
  Re: Houston drivers
  The squalor of certain parts of the city, coupled with the crazy driving, and built-up infrastructure, made me feel like I was back in NY.​

Now I have to question this one. Where else in the world can you get Road Raged and smell a Cow Pie at the same time?

In NYC you have the smell of dog pies and human pies that is unless you are in China town and then its just human pies.

Radioman

 

[Bithabus]

So was your visit good, bad, or other?

It was great.

After a week of driving in Miami, I can tell you that nobody, and I do mean nobody, drives as bad as these fools!

+1 Glad you're back in one piece.

Now I have to question this one. Where else in the world can you get Road Raged and smell a Cow Pie at the same time?

In NYC you have the smell of dog pies and human pies that is unless you are in China town and then its just human pies.

Radioman

Lol. NYC Chinatown is awesome though.

 

[Jakashh]

hah, try driving on hillcroft at night. So many huge potholes and uneven road levels that my car can and will bottom out on, thin lanes, and illegals with no insurance.

 

[Dsparil]

Drivers in Houston are narcissistic, nasty, hypocritical and stupid. They feel they're never wrong in their driving and have ZERO regard for other people around them. You'd swear you were in France. I drive around for a living and I can't count the number of times I've had altercations with Houston drivers. I've only been a position in law enforcement where I need to drive for about five months now and I've already had one wreck because of their stupidity.

 

[Tejano Scott]

I was gonna bump this thread this morning. Ugggh... Back to school, you can feel it. I hate this time of year and the traffic hassles it causes.

 

[Jakashh]

Drivers in Houston are narcissistic, nasty, hypocritical and stupid. They feel they're never wrong in their driving and have ZERO regard for other people around them. You'd swear you were in France. I drive around for a living and I can't count the number of times I've had altercations with Houston drivers. I've only been a position in law enforcement where I need to drive for about five months now and I've already had one wreck because of their stupidity.

But you're a cop, when you drive by it disrupts the normal flow of traffic, and then everyone shifts from their relaxed, correct driving to a more uptight "careful" way in which they pay more attention to their speedometers than where they are going. I'm talking out of my ass right now

 

[Martinus_Turonis]

You see. If you ain't first, you're last...
That is Houston driving.
There are many days I wish I had a tank or a monster truck with crusher tires.

 

[Martinus_Turonis]

If you think Houston is bad, watch this....

 

[Dsparil]

But you're a cop, when you drive by it disrupts the normal flow of traffic, and then everyone shifts from their relaxed, correct driving to a more uptight "careful" way in which they pay more attention to their speedometers than where they are going. I'm talking out of my ass right now

I'm in an unmarked. Nice try

 

[Tejano Scott]

If you think Houston is bad, watch this....

Haha, unless all of those accidents happened in 1 day between the hours of 4-7pm, then Houston DOES beat that.