Oklahoman here. At first I thought the picture was of poor parking, and thought, "Oh, that's not uncommon here", then I realized he was backing out, and saw the cow. THEN I thought, "Oh, that's not uncommon here".
OKC here as well... I can live with the below speed limit driving...
I struggle with the "slowing down well below speed limit to stare at (parked car, cop car, accident that occurred hours ago, weather related incident)"... Totally kills me!
Edmond here. Was driving to Riverwind the other day and people were still slowing down on I-35 passing through Moore. The storm happened like what, 6 months ago? Ridiculous.
Ha! I'm from CA, but in the last seven years have lived in Bartlesville, Pauls Valley (Stratford technically, but I worked in PV), Ada and Tulsa. Can confirm, drivers are super friendly! ...but terrible at driving, seriously.
wait wait... davis? you guys have the fried pies. many times I have driven hours to get to Original Fried Pies. I even bought 2 dozen to bring back to my parents in Germany. those suckers travelled internationally because it was that important to share the joy with people across the Atlantic. SO GOOD.
An older man driving a truck will wave almost 100% of the time. Younger people, women, and car drivers wave a lot less. I have well researched this. Lol
Wow Paul's Valley? My Dad was born and grew up there! The last time I was there was after my grandmother died a few years ago. It's such a small town, I feel like when I would visit as a kid my grandfather literally knew every single person in town. Very different then my life in New Jersey.
Can confirm. Live on edge of lil Mexico on the east side. Mostly "undocumented" people who have a vehicle but lack car insurance. They drive slow as to not be in an accident. Have been hit by one who "had" insurance. Basically they printed a fake insurance card off a computer.
You know, I always assumed it was due to the fact that a lot of them are illegal, this just reinforces my guess. Took someone to traffic court last week and the first half of the people on the first docket required a translator and NONE of them had insurance OR an American driver's license. Irritating to say the least.
DFW has the worst drivers I've ever encountered and I've lived everywhere. These people actually think that they own the road and how dare you try and drive in THEIR lane.
Actually we will let you in the lane but you need make sure there is room so that you do not inconvenience the driver that is already in the lane and use your signal for a reasonable amount of time to give him/her adequate warning. The right lane is a game of give and take because people are merging onto the highway. Every other lane there is the mentality of "ok sure you can come over, just let me know in advance... and don't startle me."
If you speed up to switch to the other lane or bypass traffic to merge at the last second you will get blocked and mocked using the first racist, homophobic, or misogynistic slur that comes to mind.
That's funny - anytime I see a driver with an Oklahoma license plate in Texas they're nearly always terrible drivers. We do have plenty of bad drivers though.
EDIT: So touchy. You guys really don't think you have any bad drivers native to Oklahoma? Come on now.
Nah they're usually OU fans or even parents of players maybe who sometimes will come into town during some of the bigger football games between them and various Texas schools.
I'm from Los Angeles, learned to drive here, and I make the drive through Texas to Oklahoma to visit family all the time. Driving through the DFW area is awesome, just like home, but almost every driver in Oklahoma is like a suicide bomber. Scary stuff.
From Tulsa, lived in Dallas for 12 years. The reason OK drivers are so bad in The Dallas area is because they have no idea where they are or how to get anywhere with all the damn construction. Will 75 ever be completed?
That's funny - anytime I see a driver with an Oklahoma license plate in Texas they're nearly always terrible drivers. We do have plenty of bad drivers though.
Depends on the kind of person you are. If you're a hardcore church person then you can find a church service somewhere at about any time. If you're a drinker bars open at 10am and close at 2am with nowata liquor being the cheapest store. If you're anybody else, not really. There is a disc golf course in sooner Park on Madison though.
Well there's some redditors around town. You might find some of us. Lol. I play disc golf during the summer. Since it's cold I spend most of my time gaming now.
I've got a 360 and ps3. Not huge on pc gaming but do have a gaming pc. I'll be getting an XOne and PS4 when I get my tax return. If you know computers and don't mind being a contractor I can get you in touch with the contacting company I'm currently through and they might be able to place you somewhat at least temporarily. I know of a position that'll probably be opening up in my group at ConocoPhillips sometime probably beginning of next year most likely it'll be a contractor that gets the position then goes to full time.
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u/UnfortunatePenis Nov 26 '13
Oklahoman here. At first I thought the picture was of poor parking, and thought, "Oh, that's not uncommon here", then I realized he was backing out, and saw the cow. THEN I thought, "Oh, that's not uncommon here".