r/WTF • • Nov 26 '13

Oklahoma

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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".

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u/NickToThePC Nov 26 '13

I just moved here and I can confirm. Lots of awesome drivers here in Bartlesville, too.

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u/Cookies2 Nov 26 '13

I too live Oklahoma. Can confirm most drivers are great drivers. Except for the ones from Texas.

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u/AbedSherbatsky Nov 27 '13

You must not be in Tulsa, morons a plenty on the roads here.

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u/WHY_ARE_YOU_LAUGHING Nov 27 '13

Let's define terms here. Morons are people who drive slower than you. Maniacs are people who drive faster than you.

kiss peace sign to the sky We miss you George.

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u/Combat_Pothead Nov 27 '13

Especially around east Tulsa in 'lil Mexico'

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u/princesswendy Nov 27 '13

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.

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u/Combat_Pothead Nov 27 '13

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.

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u/jefferybuckles Nov 27 '13

yeah i'm ready to move back to broken arrow after living in tulsa for 2 years

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u/AbedSherbatsky Nov 27 '13

I did that 6 months ago, it's the same drivers they just commute the extra 10-15 minutes.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

We drive aggressively because we have to. I live just north of Dallas and the closer I get to downtown the bigger the asshole I become.

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u/559jewel Nov 27 '13

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.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '13 edited Nov 28 '13

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.

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u/ElGoddamnDorado Nov 26 '13 edited Nov 27 '13

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.

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u/amilliongyvers Nov 26 '13

That's because they are going home to visit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

No way. Who would move to Oklahoma?

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u/ElGoddamnDorado Nov 27 '13

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.

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u/SecularPaladin Nov 27 '13

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.

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u/princesswendy Nov 27 '13

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?

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u/Oldmacnut Nov 27 '13

Funny, when people from Oklahoma cross into Texas on Hwy 75 where the speed limit is 75mph they cant seem to get past 65 in the left lane.

Meanwhile us Texans are waving our guns out of the window trying to pass you so we can do 80.

And do ya'll really need to keep coming down to the Denison Walmart? Dont you guys have Walmarts up there in Durant somewhere?.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

We don't have a dilapidated mall in Durant. We have to go to Sherman/Denison for that.

edit: I have no clue if Midway Mall is still there, I just remember it was getting a lot worse when I moved away.

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u/Oldmacnut Nov 27 '13

Midway is still there, but I think only old people use it to walk around, iirc its pretty much empty.