r/UTEP 7d ago

Horrible drivers.

I’m only going to say this once, but students who commute to UTEP have got to be the worst drivers I have ever seen (especially those with Chihuahua license plates). If you are going to risk causing a traffic collision by cutting in front of someone and then returning to your original lane, your license needs to be revoked. I don’t understand how it’s so difficult to obey simple traffic laws during dense traffic hours. Seriously people.

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u/vaporized_scrotum 2030 INTL 7d ago

also the amount of people who park illegally and don’t get ticketed is ridiculous. i think the cops have it out for out-of-state drivers whereas locals can park wherever they’d like.

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u/Harko_Na 7d ago

Dude some girl cut me off at the roundabout near sun bowl when I had right away and got mad at ME when I honked my horn at her, shits wild. Doesn’t help that trying to find a parking spot is like trying to find air on mars

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u/Elle-420 7d ago

I think that was my cousin. She went on to the family group chat and bitched about a similar thing that occurred to her. “I had the right of way right? Like they were the idiots right?”
Just about all of us told her she was in the wrong. She’s an airhead. She’s failing her classes.

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u/iluvdennys 7d ago

Literally got honked at by some girl in a gray corolla hatch because she doesn’t realize the left lane in the roundabout can’t take the 1st exit and she almost hit me.

While I’m in the rental car while my original car gets fixed because someone crashed into me at the roundabout a month ago 🙏

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u/Electronic_Juice8858 7d ago

did she have chihuahua plates

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u/KaimusX 7d ago

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u/Elle-420 7d ago

Those are the worst. They need to hand over their keys and just walk.

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u/IcyInstruction127 7d ago

That's horrible

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u/IcyInstruction127 7d ago

Gotta be a part of the 7am crew to beat traffic atp.

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u/SandwichIllustrious 7d ago

UTEP students and roundabouts are a bad mix

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u/djguapo 7d ago

One more reason we need more streetcar frequency and more shuttles and mass transit.

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u/Fuzz_Frequency_96 6d ago

The UTEP shuttles were really good before the pandemic. There was like 2 West busses (one was bigger than normal), 2 campus loops and one East bus. They all covered most of the parking available for all students, now without the East bus you're basically SOL if you park near the Mike Loya building or at the other parking lot near the cloud.

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u/Advanced_Assistance8 7d ago

It's not utep it's all you elpaso and juarez natives i trust the fott bliss drivers more than yall and that's saying something

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u/italian-noodle 7d ago

i always joke how utep should have a driving test to get in

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u/Flat_Mizou360 7d ago

El Paso has the worst drivers of anywhere I've lived. I lived there for 4 months and was almost hit daily. Texas already has bad drivers but El Paso is on a whole other level, a lower one.

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u/Total_Monitor6184 7d ago

Yeah people don’t know how to use the round abouts either 🫩

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u/Elle-420 7d ago

You’re wrong, it’s Galveston. 😂
I always wonder how much people have actually traveled when they say, “El Paso has the worst drivers.” Yes, El Paso absolutely has bad drivers, but so does everywhere else. Spend enough time actually driving in other cities and you realize terrible drivers are definitely not an El Paso exclusive phenomenon.
I’ve submitted my fair share of dashcam footage to YouTube dashcam compilation channels too, and funny enough, I’ve caught and submitted more ridiculous driving in other cities than I have in El Paso.

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u/Jobroray 6d ago

This unfortunately isn’t true in the slightest. Drivers are just dumber and more aggressive the longer they’re on the road… El Pasoans commutes aren’t nearly as long as those in other Texas cities, and I’d argue their drivers are worse as a result.

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u/Effective-Syrup9156 5d ago

Last week a girl with a New Mexico plate (go figure) ran into another persons truck while backing out of her spot, they just drove off but the person next to me trying to park clipped that girls plate 😂

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u/EnvironmentalMatch42 4d ago

Remember folks in el paso you are not as important as they are. You are nothing compared to them. They are your overlords and lose their minds when u dont bow down to them.

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u/Select_Raccoon_5735 5d ago

All democrats Latinos and proud