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On 3/23/2023 at 12:54 AM, tx 3 putt said:

Houston, going to Houston. Mercedes with a goat in back 

 

 

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I'll buy it during rodeo season. When was the picture taken? This smells like a suburban family that didn't know their kid needed a truck when they started FFA. 

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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Boston is the craziest driving I've ever seen.

Oh man.  Crazy roads.   Really tight.  Also everybody in the northeast drives 90+ on road trips.   Imagine if I-37 from San Antonio to corpus is bumbler to bumper but everyone is going 90+

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1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

Oh man.  Crazy roads.   Really tight.  Also everybody in the northeast drives 90+ on road trips.   Imagine if I-37 from San Antonio to corpus is bumbler to bumper but everyone is going 90+

Speaking of, the stretch between San Marcos and San Antonio probably gives Houston a run for its money on the worst drivers.  Pretty much all of San Antonio sucks.  

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5 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Scenes from the last couple of days.

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Somebody probably just pulled up way too close behind him. 

 

Duct tape to the rescue.

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On 3/23/2023 at 7:14 AM, Patricio Swayze said:

I really hate driving in this fucking city. I commute twice a week from NW Houston to the Woodlands. At that time in the morning there are so many landscape service trucks and trailers on the beltway and also I-45. At a toll plaza watched two cars come extremely close to being sideswiped by trailers. Both cars had to swerve into the next lane to avoid being hit. Yesterday I saw one trailer throwing chunks of tire and sparks all over the cars behind it on 45 from a blow out. Motherfucker wasn’t pulling over. Just kept driving 70mph.

I’m not particularly interested in dying to commute to my job.

 

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A 21-year-old father of a 4-month-old girl has been identified as the person killed when a tire flew into the windshield of an SUV on the Katy Freeway on Thursday night.

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According to the latest information from authorities, a truck with a landscaping-style trailer attached to it was traveling eastbound on the freeway when the tire flew off the trailer.

https://abc13.com/katy-freeway-accident-i-10-traffic-collision-loose-tire/13128147/

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https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/towing-incident-north-loop-ella-boulevard/285-fd5ec073-5c93-4e28-be5e-a05927542c2b

 

“I don’t know whose idea it was to pull the car from the back like that. Normally, on a chain you pull a car from the front but that’s my only thought. Why did they pull it from the back, especially on the freeway?” Collins said.

According to HPD, neither driver was given a citation for how they towed the car. However, the man in the blue car was arrested for an unrelated out-of-state warrant.

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I switched homeowners and auto insurance from Farmers to Chubb in 2022.  When I was getting everything set up, my agent was asking me a series of questions.  How many miles driven, were the vehicles garage kept, etc.  Then he asked "do you drive more than 10,000 miles per year in Harris County?"  Before answering, I paused and asked him why that question was on the survey.  He said "Because Chubb has a surcharge for drivers in certain geographies.  Their data shows that more than 30% of drivers in Harris County are uninsured."

Seems like that number would be pretty accurate.  

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On 5/13/2025 at 8:34 AM, crash_davis said:

Houston.

 

 

goddamn, by now I shouldn't be surprised at how stupid people are, but here I am, surprised again. 

 

1 hour ago, Zwylde said:

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/towing-incident-north-loop-ella-boulevard/285-fd5ec073-5c93-4e28-be5e-a05927542c2b

 

“I don’t know whose idea it was to pull the car from the back like that. Normally, on a chain you pull a car from the front but that’s my only thought. Why did they pull it from the back, especially on the freeway?” Collins said.

According to HPD, neither driver was given a citation for how they towed the car. However, the man in the blue car was arrested for an unrelated out-of-state warrant.

 

Were they at least pistol whipped?

 

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1 hour ago, Spaulding Smails said:

I switched homeowners and auto insurance from Farmers to Chubb in 2022.  When I was getting everything set up, my agent was asking me a series of questions.  How many miles driven, were the vehicles garage kept, etc.  Then he asked "do you drive more than 10,000 miles per year in Harris County?"  Before answering, I paused and asked him why that question was on the survey.  He said "Because Chubb has a surcharge for drivers in certain geographies.  Their data shows that more than 30% of drivers in Harris County are uninsured."

Seems like that number would be pretty accurate.  

Is that significantly different than any other major city? Seems about right for any major city to me.

Posted
1 hour ago, Hard Times said:

Is that significantly different than any other major city? Seems about right for any major city to me.

The national average is around 14%.  New Mexico is the worst state at 25% (and if you've spent any time there, that shouldn't come as a shock).  I didn't find data by city, but 30%+ is really damn high.

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2 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

goddamn, by now I shouldn't be surprised at how stupid people are, but here I am, surprised again. 

 

 

Were they at least pistol whipped?

 

Seriously. This is a situation where I wouldn't be bothered if the cops up and shot both drivers.

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Many of my friends who live in Houston and suburbs are some of the angriest people I know. I think I understand why. Other than the place being an ugly ass concrete jungle mired in shit humid weather, Houston drivers are absolute idiots. It's lord of the flies on the freeways. Ragey agro, inconsiderate drivers added to how big the fucking metro area is, how far you have to drive to go anywhere, and the shittastic traffic means you have a whole city full of angry ass people.

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2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Many of my friends who live in Houston and suburbs are some of the angriest people I know. I think I understand why. Other than the place being an ugly ass concrete jungle mired in shit humid weather, Houston drivers are absolute idiots. It's lord of the flies on the freeways. Ragey agro, inconsiderate drivers added to how big the fucking metro area is, how far you have to drive to go anywhere, and the shittastic traffic means you have a whole city full of angry ass people.

You sound pretty angry about that.

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2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Many of my friends who live in Houston and suburbs are some of the angriest people I know. I think I understand why. Other than the place being an ugly ass concrete jungle mired in shit humid weather, Houston drivers are absolute idiots. It's lord of the flies on the freeways. Ragey agro, inconsiderate drivers added to how big the fucking metro area is, how far you have to drive to go anywhere, and the shittastic traffic means you have a whole city full of angry ass people.

Also, you're right.  As a former Houstonian, and from all the former Houstonians I know here in Denver, we talk about it all the time. 

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7 hours ago, Zwylde said:

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/towing-incident-north-loop-ella-boulevard/285-fd5ec073-5c93-4e28-be5e-a05927542c2b

 

“I don’t know whose idea it was to pull the car from the back like that. Normally, on a chain you pull a car from the front but that’s my only thought. Why did they pull it from the back, especially on the freeway?” Collins said.

According to HPD, neither driver was given a citation for how they towed the car. However, the man in the blue car was arrested for an unrelated out-of-state warrant.

Next time I get a traffic ticket I'm complaining that these assholes didn't.

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5 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Many of my friends who live in Houston and suburbs are some of the angriest people I know. I think I understand why. Other than the place being an ugly ass concrete jungle mired in shit humid weather, Houston drivers are absolute idiots. It's lord of the flies on the freeways. Ragey agro, inconsiderate drivers added to how big the fucking metro area is, how far you have to drive to go anywhere, and the shittastic traffic means you have a whole city full of angry ass people.

I had to make the drive from The Woodlands down to the Beltway / Bellaire area a couple of months ago. I would snap and be in prison or dead if I had to do that drive more than once a week. 

Posted
2 hours ago, Hate said:

I drive from The Woodlands to downtown every day. It’s not that bad.

That’s going to be fun for the next decade with the 45 rebuild about to get underway.

Posted
5 hours ago, Js1 said:

Also, you're right.  As a former Houstonian, and from all the former Houstonians I know here in Denver, we talk about it all the time. 

 

Oh yeah, Denver traffic is swell.

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I switched homeowners and auto insurance from Farmers to Chubb in 2022.  When I was getting everything set up, my agent was asking me a series of questions.  How many miles driven, were the vehicles garage kept, etc.  Then he asked "do you drive more than 10,000 miles per year in Harris County?"  Before answering, I paused and asked him why that question was on the survey.  He said "Because Chubb has a surcharge for drivers in certain geographies.  Their data shows that more than 30% of drivers in Harris County are uninsured."
Seems like that number would be pretty accurate.  

We left Houston for Comal County in 2016. Our home and auto insurance dropped 2400 bucks annually. I wouldn't be surprised to learn the gap is larger now.
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Having driven more than a million miles all over this country since 1965, I think the nutcases are pretty equally spread out.  But for the number of unbelievably stupid dangerous moves I have seen, no city is worse than Austin.

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11 hours ago, Bevo said:

 

Oh yeah, Denver traffic is swell.

All major cities have shit traffic. Not sure what point you’re making

A lot less road rage in Denver and much smaller change someone is pulling a gun on me in traffic.

Unless you live in like, Longmont and are traveling to DTC, 60-75 min one way commutes aren’t that common and people are much more chill than Houston

I grew up in Houston. I learned to drive in Houston. 

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3 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Yes.  Denver has some pockets ever not as bad as Houston.  See downtown

I drove from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne a few weeks ago during rush hour and I killed 7 people on the way just to watch them die.

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20 minutes ago, AnTiM said:

Having driven more than a million miles all over this country since 1965, I think the nutcases are pretty equally spread out.  But for the number of unbelievably stupid dangerous moves I have seen, no city is worse than Austin.

Absolutely agree. Austin is a shithole. Please stay far, far away. Houston is a much better place to live, but not to visit cause who the fuck chooses to visit Houston.

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7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

I drove from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne a few weeks ago during rush hour and I killed 7 people on the way just to watch them die.

They probably deserved it though 

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Just now, crash_davis said:

Native Coloradan, probably: "If they had Texas license plates, then yea."

I did roast the shit out of a friend from Houston who is still rocking his Texas plates after 2 years here. Just renews his sticker at his folks’ house 

Bro, just pay. I know it’s like $800 but do it.

I was very cautious until I got my CO plates as a driver. Now I’m a menace with my green and whites lol 

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11 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Absolutely agree. Austin is a shithole. Please stay far, far away. Houston is a much better place to live, but not to visit cause who the fuck chooses to visit Houston.

I mean, I understand the sentiment. To me it's pretty similar these days to "Who the fuck chooses to live in Texas?" 

The answer is, people who get paid a fuck ton of money and have a pretty good deal here. 

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12 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I mean, I understand the sentiment. To me it's pretty similar these days to "Who the fuck chooses to live in Texas?" 

The answer is, people who get paid a fuck ton of money and have a pretty good deal here. 

If I have a ton of money why would I visit Houston?

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23 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I did roast the shit out of a friend from Houston who is still rocking his Texas plates after 2 years here. Just renews his sticker at his folks’ house 

Bro, just pay. I know it’s like $800 but do it.

I was very cautious until I got my CO plates as a driver. Now I’m a menace with my green and whites lol 

When I moved to AZ, I kept my TX plates until I bought a new car. At the time, my TX registration was $55/yr versus $1k in AZ.

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

I grew up in Houston. I learned to drive in Houston. 

Same. I remember doing my freeway test with my driving instructor. On 610, evening rush hour in January, in the dark, in the rain. 

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3 minutes ago, Foosters said:

Same. I remember doing my freeway test with my driving instructor. On 610, evening rush hour in January, in the dark, in the rain. 

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I think of the 6 or 8 practice drives I did during driver's ed, it rained during all of them.  

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Learned to drive in Houston.  Lived in Austin for decades.

Houston drivers: homicidal, engraged, and aggressive.

Austin drivers: clueless idiots.

I prefer Houston drivers by a wide margin, because "homicidal and aggressive" is predictable.  They are all trying to kill me, and I know and respect that.  Austin drivers, on the other hand, will come to nearly a full stop on the freeway because they aren't sure if that's their exit or not, will turn from any lane (they prefer the middle lane, I think, because it gives them "options") with zero warning, shit like that.

Mean is better than stupid.

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11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Learned to drive in Houston.  Lived in Austin for decades.

Houston drivers: homicidal, engraged, and aggressive.

Austin drivers: clueless idiots.

I prefer Houston drivers by a wide margin, because "homicidal and aggressive" is predictable.  They are all trying to kill me, and I know and respect that.  Austin drivers, on the other hand, will come to nearly a full stop on the freeway because they aren't sure if that's their exit or not, will turn from any lane (they prefer the middle lane, I think, because it gives them "options") with zero warning, shit like that.

Mean is better than stupid.

Denver drivers always remind me of Austin drivers

Like they got in the car, with no destination in mind, and just do things randomly or on a whim. 

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