RE: [T3] driving laws/styles

["gray, douglas" <douglas.gray@judicial.state.co.us>]

I lived in Texas for 9 years and it was my experience that when someone knew
you wanted to pass, they did their best to prevent you from passing. I've
lived in 12 states and it is my opinion that Texas drivers are the worst.
Maybe in rural areas of Texas it's different, but not in the Dallas area.

Doug 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Adney [SMTP:jadney@vwtype3.org]
> Sent:	Friday, March 26, 2004 8:42 AM
> To:	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject:	Re: [T3] driving laws/styles
> 
> On 26 Mar 2004 at 8:02, wfoh8x9 Martinez-Ortiz wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone driven in TX, since I work with a government agency I get to 
> > travel preety much around the whole united states and Tx has been the
> state 
> > where I said they have the weirdest driving habit. If you are driving on
> a 
> > two lane road and even if you are doing the allowed speed limit a faster
> 
> > moving driver comes behind you the slower driver will occupy the
> emergency 
> > lane to allow the faster moving vehicles to pass. This is a state wide
> habit 
> > and only on two lane roads, althou it seems that is mostly the residents
> 
> > that do it most drivers follow.
> 
> I saw this same courtesy many years ago in Wyoming. The emergency lanes
> were 
> wide and nicely paved there, and slower traffic would move over there as
> you 
> say.
> 
> I was VERY impressed, and after I saw this behavior demonstrated to me
> several 
> times, I followed suit thereafter.
> 
> I can't imagine this happening in many other places.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
> 
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