Dallas and traffic Options

[jonathan83]

Ok so I'm visiting my sister in McKinney (north of Plano) and actually I was a bit nervous because I had never driven in Dallas traffic. Honestly, the biggest city I had driven in was Lubbock, so you can imagine.

However, I've been here 2 days now, and oh my gosh. PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE BLINKERS.

People know how to drive...and they are NICE and let you in when you use your blinker too! I think I've fallen in love with this place just because of the drivers.

Oh, and right after I decided to make this thread, I read this story on CNN about how the worst city with road rage is Miami, and this is what else they say:

The most courteous drivers can be found in Portland, Oregon; Pittsburgh; the Seattle-Tacoma area; St. Louis; and Dallas-Fort Worth, the survey found.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/road.rage.ap/index.html

So I'm not making it up!

[Junsui]

Ok so I'm visiting my sister in McKinney (north of Plano) and actually I was a bit nervous because I had never driven in Dallas traffic. Honestly, the biggest city I had driven in was Lubbock, so you can imagine.

However, I've been here 2 days now, and oh my gosh. PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE BLINKERS.

People know how to drive...and they are NICE and let you in when you use your blinker too! I think I've fallen in love with this place just because of the drivers.

Oh, and right after I decided to make this thread, I read this story on CNN about how the worst city with road rage is Miami, and this is what else they say:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/road.rage.ap/index.html

So I'm not making it up!

Hmm I don't know what you're talking about. I grew up in Dallas and have driven all over that city. I never let people over if they had a blinker on, in fact I would speed up so they wouldn't get in front of me and I did this because everyone else did. People ride your ass to try to make you go faster. On the Tollway the speed limit is 60, if you aren't going at least 70 you will get run over. I would hardly ever see someone use a blinker to change lanes. I'm glad you had a good experience driving there, but that is not what I experienced growing up there. Even when I go back to visit it's the same way. I get into my road rage persona when I hit the Dallas city limits.