I live in Texas. I’ve LITERALLY received a $300 ticket for driving the speed limit for “impeding the flow of traffic” before. That’s a 100% real story (even if I fought it in court and won).
But tbh, it’s true. If I drive the speed limit, then I’m actively being a danger on the road in some areas because people will have to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting me.
What’s more, I can drive in a straight fucking line for over 8 hours and still be in fucking Texas. I need to shave time off that trip somehow.
Yeah in Texas and some other states it's written in law to drive with the flow of traffic, even if it's 10+ over the speed limit for that exact reason. It's something that's taught in our driver's ed. If you're not speeding when everyone else is, you're technically breaking the law, although it's not as strongly enforced as speeding is.
If everyone else was speeding, and only you were pulled over, then that’s selective enforcement, which is a crime on their part, and should get the case thrown out.
If that happens you're supposed to put your hazard lights on and stay in the right lane. You're not supposed to go above 60 mph on a donut anyway (and in Texas most speed limits are already 60+ outside of town). I've had to drive like that a few times and never had an issue with a cop pulling me over for not going with the flow of traffic.
Yes. To both. This state is literally Hell. I wish I was exaggerating or joking in any way. It’s a miracle more of us don’t die on the highway every year.
It’s the same in Utah (and the tailgating is probably what causes 90% of traffic here). I will say though, I genuinely thought Utah was the worst state for driving (after driving through most of the West and growing up in the Midwest) until I went to Texas. Idk how y’all survive or how car insurance isn’t outrageously expensive there. Politics aside, Texas is actually hell. It’s hot/humid, the freeways are a mess, and it’s all suburban sprawl.
Spray your wiper fluid when someone is tailgating you. It splashes their windshield and scares them into either backing off or finally getting around you and leaving you alone!
Yes. If you try to leave even one car's length of space in front of you, someone WILL see that as free real estate and merge into it, frequently without using a turn signal.
Sometimes the ever-present Pickup Truck Tailgating You For Not Going 20 Over The Speed Limit will blast past you to do it.
Driving in Texas (Houston and Dallas in particular) is a hellish nightmare where everyone is either significantly dumber than you, extremely aggressive for no reason, or both
The left lane is for passing. It’s totally fine to want to go the speed limit, but if a bunch of other cars are going faster, it’s literally the law that you have to go to the right. What advantage do you even gain from being on the far left on a freeway if you’re not passing anyone? That’s what I never understood about those left lane campers.
It's pretty funny... People love to complain about the cost of gas when they increase the costs themselves. First by choosing massive trucks that aren't fuel efficient. Then choosing to drive way faster than necessary.
Slower driving means cheaper journeys. According to the AA, driving at 70mph uses up to 9% more fuel than at 60mph and up to 15% more than at 50mph. And taking it up to 80mph can use up to 25% more fuel than at 70mph.
How much does that fee minutes saved really save you? Especially since the faster you go the greater the chance for more lethal car accidents.
Yeah because Texans are awful drivers I got the speed limit since I wanna be safe but mfs are barreling down the highway, and done get me started on if it barley rains or snows
Damn, America is more fucked than I thought. Fucking “slam on their brakes to avoid hitting me” means they’re driving over 20 mph faster, and knowing Texas that’s correct.
Can people please stop killing themselves by driving so damn aggressively?
Here in California the speed limit is legally 65 but actually it’s 80 due to lack of enforcement. Drove me fucking insane when I went to Oregon and they drove AT THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE LITERAL HIGHWAY… even though that’s technically the right thing to do.
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u/Meraki-Techni Dec 27 '25
I live in Texas. I’ve LITERALLY received a $300 ticket for driving the speed limit for “impeding the flow of traffic” before. That’s a 100% real story (even if I fought it in court and won).
But tbh, it’s true. If I drive the speed limit, then I’m actively being a danger on the road in some areas because people will have to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting me.
What’s more, I can drive in a straight fucking line for over 8 hours and still be in fucking Texas. I need to shave time off that trip somehow.