I drive that all the time, doesn’t come close to how I felt on I-20, or some parts of 75. Or even just on streets around highland park, oak lawn or university park.
I-5 was comparable to I-45 on spring break with the bumper to bumper and stop and go traffic. But that was my fault. I knew about the spring breakers weeks ahead of time and I still decided to drive down on my day off.
Dallas is worse… can you even find a source for that? Everywhere I looked, Google, articles, and Reddit have Houston in the top 10 or 5 worst traffic. Nowhere does it show or say Dallas. Plus Houston has 1+ million more people in the city than Dallas. Don't even mention the “metro” because 90% of the population doesn't even drive to downtown/Dallas
I guess I am irritated because being stuck in Houston traffic today for two hours and the same as last week and both were due to an accident. Every day it’s over an hour waiting and Traffic is mainly bc people are driving recklessly and it also leads to road rage. I’m getting out of here the first chance I get.
Relearning how to drive after 9 months was nerve racking. I made the mistake of driving on 45 to work. It took weeks to readjust but nothing happened so I am glad.
The problem with Dallas drivers is that every driver believes they have the right of way. My lane is ending? I have the right of way. I have a red light? I still have the right of way.
German autobahn has no speed limit. Germany also has one of the hardest and most difficult driving tests in the world with 37-39% failure rate. Their physical driving test is 55 minutes long and nealry half the people that take it fail their first time. In Texas, they hand out driver's license like candy on halloween to anyone with a pulse.
German Autobahn absolutely has speed limits. And even in areas where a speed limit isn't posted, there is still a limit if you get in an accident that will put you at fault, which is 130kh or 80mph. And Im fully aware of the tests as it took me 3 times to pass it. I lived there for 7 years and had a license.
"About 60–70% of the German Autobahn network has no strict speed limit, instead, it has a recommended speed of 130 km/h(81 mph). On these unrestricted sections, there is no maximum speed, though you must remain in control of your vehicle.
Sorry, Google search doesn't supersede actual experience and knowledge of the laws. As I stated, I lived there for 7 years and carried a license. Also, the 60-70% range is wrong, more 30-40%.
Lived in Austin for like, 8 years, pre tech boom. Houston for 0-18, so limited driving, and now recently, Dallas. Dallas is far worse. I have five or six car repair shops in a square mile next to me in Plano
Most drivers are too busy texting or talking on their phone in hand. No excuses to hold a phone and drive 2026. So many different Bluetooth devices to use!
This is so accurate! When did become normal to tailgate someone and flash high beams when they are going the 5 miles over the sled limit. I see that crap every single day. I bet they have an outward facing camera incase the get brake checked.
Dude YES. I'd also like to suggest deleting Austin from the top of this and making it like....Carmel or something. Austin driving is absolutely insane.
imho, Austin is crazier than Dallas. I remember one year 3 cars taking over the interstate and zig zagging across the lanes together causing a massive traffic jam and generally terrorizing anyone near them. I had never seen anything like that before in my life
It is definitely specific to the individual and their experiences in the region. I only spent 5 years in Austin and most of it was highway travel for work. All 3 are ridiculous, which I'm sure we could all agree.
At least Austinites have a slight sense of “we’re all in this hell together”. A little bit of acknowledgment that they’re not the only one on the road who matters.
Because Austin has a population that is not afraid of walking around. This was the 1 major difference from the cities. I had to be way more mindful of bikers, strollers, and day/night walkers at all hours.
YES. My husband worked in Houston for 3 years and they paid for an apartment for him. I only visited him three times in three years. I’m a lifelong Dallasite, but that Houston driving is on another level.
It’s like Arkansas Ignorant Driving + Boston Aggression = H-TOWN
Yep. Every day see them speed thru school zones as there is no cop around. Red lights are ignored as much as in Houston. School busses with stop sign off the side are ignored. You can even press the walk button with flashing lights on Greenville and Henderson and 7 to 10 cars will ignore it before 1 stops. Texans are not friendly despite the ads (and they litter too).
I mean yeah. “Don’t Mess With Texas”, “Drive Friendly, The Texas Way”, “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk”, other such campaigns to build pride in being Texan and foster a sense of community responsibility were started BECAUSE Texans were disgusting, backwater hicks who littered, drove drunk, shot at each other, and left appliances on the side of the road.
It’s a testament to the power of propaganda to sway stupid people that they worked as well as they did. You should go watch old news archives of interviews with Texans (and southerners in general) bitching about drunk driving laws and how it’s “not their responsibility to keep others safe” etc. It’s eye opening.
Houston has simply kept that old attitude alive and has begun to spread it back to the rest of the state again like a malignant cancer.
While true, I live near Detroit and have spent the last 10 years traveling all over the country for work. People in Detroit drive fast as fuck but traffic flows well until someone only doing 80 camps in the left lane. Dallas genuinely has the worst drivers I’ve ever experienced out of anywhere. I’ve also spent more time in Dallas consecutively but I’ve not been anywhere else where there’s several accidents every time it barely rains.
This is somewhat true, but in my anecdotal experience Texas drivers are far worse than Cali (LA) drivers. For the most part, this comes down to how many red light runners I see.
That said, I took a moment to look up some stats. After doing so, what the f*** is going on in South Carolina?
It's probably not quite right - e.g. you have to normalize for % of miles on rural vs not. It's also a 2021 study.
In Dallas, you have to be an aggressive driver.
In Austin, you have to be a defensive driver.
In Houston, you have to be a defensive AND aggressive driver lol.
It might be mild childhood trauma from waking up in the middle of a road trip to my father being lost, sleep-deprived, and yelling at some anonymous asshole on I-35S in the Austin area, but my adrenaline spikes just a little bit every time I get remotely close to that portion of I-35. You know the segment: it's where the highway inexplicably breaks into two near downtown, and everyone loses their goddamned minds.
Dallas is just stupid engineering and moderate road rage. Austin and Houston have some bad drugs in their system.
Raven039@reddit
lol Have you ever driven in Austin before?
AToDoToDie@reddit
In Austin red stop lights are actually just stop signs.
Carl_Marks__@reddit
Some single mom with her 4+ kids in her clapped out Kia Forte: TENNOHEIKA BANZAI!!!!
ChefMikeDFW@reddit
Never been to Houston I take it?
Cool-Flatworm5205@reddit
Yeah they literally have swanga car culture there
rimjob_steve_@reddit
"culture" on a tesla is a joke
eapnon@reddit
I have never seen a swanga tesla.
PhoenixAquarium@reddit
I seen a swanga cybertruck. Then again Houston is their home
Putrid-Ball8943@reddit
They’ve not even been to Austin clearly.
Souledex@reddit
Dallas is worse, but Houston has some of that energy too
ChefMikeDFW@reddit
hard disagree. 45 is unlike anything I've ever seen outside maybe I-5 in LA.
Souledex@reddit
I drive that all the time, doesn’t come close to how I felt on I-20, or some parts of 75. Or even just on streets around highland park, oak lawn or university park.
lost_in_trepidation@reddit
75 between Lovers and the split is true Mad Max
PhoenixAquarium@reddit
I-5 was comparable to I-45 on spring break with the bumper to bumper and stop and go traffic. But that was my fault. I knew about the spring breakers weeks ahead of time and I still decided to drive down on my day off.
Advanced_Olive_1830@reddit
Dallas is worse… can you even find a source for that? Everywhere I looked, Google, articles, and Reddit have Houston in the top 10 or 5 worst traffic. Nowhere does it show or say Dallas. Plus Houston has 1+ million more people in the city than Dallas. Don't even mention the “metro” because 90% of the population doesn't even drive to downtown/Dallas
Souledex@reddit
Not in terms of traffic overall, in terms of how reckless drivers are that was my personal experience.
Advanced_Olive_1830@reddit
I guess I am irritated because being stuck in Houston traffic today for two hours and the same as last week and both were due to an accident. Every day it’s over an hour waiting and Traffic is mainly bc people are driving recklessly and it also leads to road rage. I’m getting out of here the first chance I get.
Source: https://www.reyeslaw.com/road-rage-capitals/#:~:text=%231%20Houston%2C%20Texas&text=Houston%20ranks%20as%20the%20U.S.,road%20incidents%20and%20violent%20altercations.
sarahbeth124@reddit
Recently visited Houston, I’d say it’s worse there than Dallas, but both are pretty unhinged
rat_penis@reddit
Houston is where Dallas drivers go to feel like every visitor to Dallas feels.
I drive like an asshole, I loved it down there.
rabidwolf86@reddit
😆 🤣 im not stuck in here with you, you're stuck in here with me mentality
AffectionateKey7126@reddit
Houston drivers all act as if they're actively being chased by a police helicopter when only like 5% of them are.
Just_One_Victory@reddit
many are
Danilo-11@reddit
The other day I saw a guy doing a u-turn (in Houston) with his Tesla, in auto pilot, and he had both hands behind his head.
PhoenixAquarium@reddit
Relearning how to drive after 9 months was nerve racking. I made the mistake of driving on 45 to work. It took weeks to readjust but nothing happened so I am glad.
ChefMikeDFW@reddit
45 is the very definition of insanity and is so long, you'd swear downtown Houston is only 5 minutes away as the hours go on and on.
Apprehensive_Fly9425@reddit
Come to New Orleans 🙃
Status-Elderberry750@reddit
The problem with Dallas drivers is that every driver believes they have the right of way. My lane is ending? I have the right of way. I have a red light? I still have the right of way.
ultimatejourney@reddit
RIP anyone not in a car/truck
ZodiacDragons@reddit
My city's traffic is worse than your city's traffic!
Visible_Brain1620@reddit
Haven’t been in Austin lately?
emiTfOgnoS@reddit
Definitely easier to avoid collisions when traffic can only go 5 mph
StankoMicin@reddit
Exactly.
Tbh there is not need to be able to blast down a highway at 80 mph
GhostPartical@reddit
80 is the standard speed limit on the autobahn.
yolodogswag@reddit
German autobahn has no speed limit. Germany also has one of the hardest and most difficult driving tests in the world with 37-39% failure rate. Their physical driving test is 55 minutes long and nealry half the people that take it fail their first time. In Texas, they hand out driver's license like candy on halloween to anyone with a pulse.
GhostPartical@reddit
German Autobahn absolutely has speed limits. And even in areas where a speed limit isn't posted, there is still a limit if you get in an accident that will put you at fault, which is 130kh or 80mph. And Im fully aware of the tests as it took me 3 times to pass it. I lived there for 7 years and had a license.
yolodogswag@reddit
1 google search
"About 60–70% of the German Autobahn network has no strict speed limit, instead, it has a recommended speed of 130 km/h(81 mph). On these unrestricted sections, there is no maximum speed, though you must remain in control of your vehicle.
GhostPartical@reddit
Sorry, Google search doesn't supersede actual experience and knowledge of the laws. As I stated, I lived there for 7 years and carried a license. Also, the 60-70% range is wrong, more 30-40%.
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rob2722@reddit
“How much signal I need to cut across 8 lanes? None? I turn now! Good luck everybody else!” proceeds to kamikaze their way over on 635
ObviouslyLuke@reddit
Literally the reason I was late to work today
Snobolski@reddit
If you use your signal, someone will cut off your move out of spite.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
I am CACKLING so hard I’m choking.
My God. My dog was worried for me for a second. Whew.
Having JUST seen someone do that on LBJ yesterday, this hit especially hard.
seaspirit331@reddit
"I don't recall saying good luck"
txt214@reddit
Bwhahahaha was think this same thing from Family Guy
NotMyRealAccountV@reddit
When Dallas meets Austin around Giddings you have 85 in the right lane and 55 in the left..
jaydickchest@reddit
Lived in Austin for like, 8 years, pre tech boom. Houston for 0-18, so limited driving, and now recently, Dallas. Dallas is far worse. I have five or six car repair shops in a square mile next to me in Plano
86Sliva94@reddit
Most drivers are too busy texting or talking on their phone in hand. No excuses to hold a phone and drive 2026. So many different Bluetooth devices to use!
telehealthdialtone@reddit
My grandfather was a ww2 fighter pilot if you couldn’t tell
Agitated-Sea6800@reddit
This is so accurate! When did become normal to tailgate someone and flash high beams when they are going the 5 miles over the sled limit. I see that crap every single day. I bet they have an outward facing camera incase the get brake checked.
rapid-succession@reddit
Lived in Houston, Austin, and Dallas.
Houston is another level of madness that makes Dallas feel like it has bumpers on the highway.
oh-kee-pah@reddit
Dude YES. I'd also like to suggest deleting Austin from the top of this and making it like....Carmel or something. Austin driving is absolutely insane.
1337lupe@reddit
imho, Austin is crazier than Dallas. I remember one year 3 cars taking over the interstate and zig zagging across the lanes together causing a massive traffic jam and generally terrorizing anyone near them. I had never seen anything like that before in my life
oh-kee-pah@reddit
6 in one hand, half dozen in the other for me 😂
rapid-succession@reddit
It is definitely specific to the individual and their experiences in the region. I only spent 5 years in Austin and most of it was highway travel for work. All 3 are ridiculous, which I'm sure we could all agree.
SimpleVegetable5715@reddit
At least Austinites have a slight sense of “we’re all in this hell together”. A little bit of acknowledgment that they’re not the only one on the road who matters.
rapid-succession@reddit
Because Austin has a population that is not afraid of walking around. This was the 1 major difference from the cities. I had to be way more mindful of bikers, strollers, and day/night walkers at all hours.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
YES. My husband worked in Houston for 3 years and they paid for an apartment for him. I only visited him three times in three years. I’m a lifelong Dallasite, but that Houston driving is on another level.
It’s like Arkansas Ignorant Driving + Boston Aggression = H-TOWN
StarWarsPlusDrWho@reddit
I almost texted this meme to my work group chat and then I remembered that my coworker literally got hit by a car last week. (He’s fine but injured)
AgentBlue14@reddit
BANZAI (as I weave into traffic on Loop 12 northbound to make the Shady Grove exit for my daily Braum's dose).
Complete_Buy_6195@reddit
At least the Kamikaze pilots did it for a (albeit misguided) cause. Dallas drivers just do it for the love of the game.
Hyperbeastking@reddit
Moved to North Dallas area last May from Austin, I was not expecting 90 to be the general minimum
v4por@reddit
Speak for yourself. 30 years driving here and not a single accident.
PomeloPepper@reddit
Once you start thinking of driving as a competitive sport everything will be so much clearer. And fun.
bepeacock@reddit
everyone everywhere thinks that all the other drivers in their area are the worst.
SimpleVegetable5715@reddit
Texas really has some of the worst drivers in the US. A mix of outdated infrastructure and a “me first” over-individualistic mentality. It’s not good.
Snobolski@reddit
Go to pretty much every city sub and everyone says the same things
cuberandgamer@reddit
We have the stats to back it up though
warrior4488@reddit (OP)
I've driven in Seattle, I've seen Austin driving too (in a cab though). Dallas drivers are really something else.
wannabetmore@reddit
Yep. Every day see them speed thru school zones as there is no cop around. Red lights are ignored as much as in Houston. School busses with stop sign off the side are ignored. You can even press the walk button with flashing lights on Greenville and Henderson and 7 to 10 cars will ignore it before 1 stops. Texans are not friendly despite the ads (and they litter too).
thedoofimbibes@reddit
I mean yeah. “Don’t Mess With Texas”, “Drive Friendly, The Texas Way”, “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk”, other such campaigns to build pride in being Texan and foster a sense of community responsibility were started BECAUSE Texans were disgusting, backwater hicks who littered, drove drunk, shot at each other, and left appliances on the side of the road.
It’s a testament to the power of propaganda to sway stupid people that they worked as well as they did. You should go watch old news archives of interviews with Texans (and southerners in general) bitching about drunk driving laws and how it’s “not their responsibility to keep others safe” etc. It’s eye opening.
Houston has simply kept that old attitude alive and has begun to spread it back to the rest of the state again like a malignant cancer.
Itchy_Lab6034@reddit
I’ve driven in south beach, Atlanta, and California. Dallas is chill comparatively that’s just insane take
MisanthropicAnthro@reddit
But insurance adjusters use actual data, and our car insurance more than doubled when we moved back to this area.
zma924@reddit
While true, I live near Detroit and have spent the last 10 years traveling all over the country for work. People in Detroit drive fast as fuck but traffic flows well until someone only doing 80 camps in the left lane. Dallas genuinely has the worst drivers I’ve ever experienced out of anywhere. I’ve also spent more time in Dallas consecutively but I’ve not been anywhere else where there’s several accidents every time it barely rains.
brother-ky@reddit
This is somewhat true, but in my anecdotal experience Texas drivers are far worse than Cali (LA) drivers. For the most part, this comes down to how many red light runners I see.
That said, I took a moment to look up some stats. After doing so, what the f*** is going on in South Carolina?
It's probably not quite right - e.g. you have to normalize for % of miles on rural vs not. It's also a 2021 study.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_road_deaths
Right_Letterhead_120@reddit
Shortly after moving here I heard the following conversation in Plano about a Land Rover.
“Yeah, had it five years, wrecked it twice, great car.“
As if it’s totally normal/acceptable to periodically wreck your car.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
🤣🤣🤣
The last car I had was never in a single wreck in the 8 years I owned it and that’s a record for me.
Right_Letterhead_120@reddit
How many of the accidents were avoidable, but you thought you would make a point?
StankoMicin@reddit
When I lived in DFW, I was legit terrified anytime I had to brave those highways.
Seattle feels like baby mode in comparison to the point where I'm the asshole driver now..
Right_Letterhead_120@reddit
Yup. I was a medium-aggressive driver in Los Angeles. VERY defensive here.
attaboy_stampy@reddit
I feel like the meme maker has not been to Austin in quite some time cause goddam.
Few-Editor5767@reddit
Austin is just as bad as Dallas. Houston is worse than them both.
Adultery@reddit
Just a friendly reminder for everyone to make sure their car insurance has uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage
djsplash23@reddit
In Dallas, you have to be an aggressive driver. In Austin, you have to be a defensive driver. In Houston, you have to be a defensive AND aggressive driver lol.
DiracFourier@reddit
I know three people that were hit by cars while riding bicycles in Austin
Snobolski@reddit
You really should visit Austin some time...
Rortugal_McDichael@reddit
Human drivers suck everywhere.
Upstairs_Balance_464@reddit
Subreddit for any city: Hey guys aren’t the drivers in city soooooo crazy?
First comment: I see you’ve never been to rival city!
Yuk yuk yuk
Itchy_Lab6034@reddit
Out of all the places I’ve lived. DFW has the most relaxed driving scene. I think you guys just love to complain
neoneiro@reddit
Defensive Driving? Offensive Driving.
Mister-Schwifty@reddit
You were almost there on Austin drivers.
“I have to be careful not to hit anyone with my car, because I’m stoned out of my gourd right now.”
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
We’re stoned in Dallas, too.
DoctorOblivious@reddit
No. Absolutely not.
It might be mild childhood trauma from waking up in the middle of a road trip to my father being lost, sleep-deprived, and yelling at some anonymous asshole on I-35S in the Austin area, but my adrenaline spikes just a little bit every time I get remotely close to that portion of I-35. You know the segment: it's where the highway inexplicably breaks into two near downtown, and everyone loses their goddamned minds.
Dallas is just stupid engineering and moderate road rage. Austin and Houston have some bad drugs in their system.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
I know that spot very well. I also get weird flashbacks there.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
Yeah, this would work so much better with Houston than Dallas. They’re truly kamikazes down there.
MrPlaysWithSquirrels@reddit
[Insert City] residents when it comes to talking about driving in [Insert City].
Everyone thinks their drivers are the worst. I’ve been all over the country and it’s the same here as everywhere.
NoCodeHarmed@reddit
Every time I want to feel better about driving in Dallas, I take a trip to Houston.
ChinaIsGood888@reddit
Illinois Chicago suburb is up there with Houston. Illinois seem to have grumpy drivers due to the bad 6 month long cold weather.
BillyBobJangles@reddit
Driving a motorcycle in this is something. Someone makes an attempt on my life almost daily.
p8nt_junkie@reddit
He grazed the ship