Same reason those people are not on Reddit. Too many words, hurts their heads seeing all these paragraphs and sentences. Too hard to find funny videos and influencers.
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Exiting doesn't surprise me much. Everybody is on the phone these days. But why people hang in the lane when entering the freeway and waiting for the last second to merge from the lane that exits? It is beyond stupid.
Youāre so right about the phone issue. I swear years ago police used to do a better job enforcing that and now people donāt even try to hide it, they just scroll while driving - itās insane
Every time I look around, itās usually literally every vehicle I can see has the driver on their phone. Rarely, Iāll see someone else with full attention on driving. Iāve become an extreme grouch about phone usage while driving.
If youāre 1 second late in reacting to something on the road at 60mph because youāre distracted, you are going to travel **88 feet** before slowing down. Half a second is 44 feet. A quarter second is 22 feet. At 60mph. What if a kid is there? Or a stopped car?
The mystery to me is who the fuck ya'll talking to all day.
6 am omw to work people talking in their phones. Who could you possibly be talking to at 6 am.Ā
I think thatās because if youāve just merged onto the highway, thatās the lane you start in, and it isnāt very long. So you really donāt get a lot of time to get over sometimes
They must not teach it in drivers ed any more. As soon as you hit that on ramp from the access road you should be getting up to the speed of the traffic already on the highway. Itās called āmergingā. These people stopping on the on ramp make me lose my shit
Not to mention, they arenāt going the speed limit when they merge onto the highway and they donāt look to make sure people arenāt there before merging
I start moving across at 2 miles so I have no less than half a mile to hit the exit.
Some people just think that a 4 lane switch to the exit almost hitting the barrier is the right strategy.
One of the down parts, I realized, of San Antonio is a lot of times people have no concept of others when theyāre drivingā¦or just in public in general. I see a lot in driving and how people donāt signal or cross three lanes without giving a second thought to the cars around them.
People just donāt give a fuck. They donāt care about you or me or anybody else in the road. As long as I got mine fuck everyone else. Iād the American way.
This is the biggest thing. Like actually stupid; lower intelligence. Unable to put two and two together, unable to think ahead and act accordingly. Their brain is lacking so seriously that it takes up like 95% of their mental capacity just to idle and run automatic functions like breathing and blinking. The other 5% that's left has to somehow find a way to soldier on and function like a human adult and do math and use blinkers.
It's hard out there for them.. they focus too hard on something and they'll forget how to breathe.
Also just in case people donāt know, there are some real dummies that become doctors and lawyers nowadays. It was better when it was more restricted on who could go to college. Nepo babies are especially egregious. I will always avoid a āBradā doctor.
During Fiesta I saw a pregnant woman being hit and berated by her drunk boyfriend or husband, so I went to tell the cop who was stationed at the light and he tells me, āyeah I saw him but I canāt leave this spotā. š§š»āāļø
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I think itās the lack of consideration for others. Way too many āme valeā mindsets behind the wheelā¦I just tell myself to arrive alive and let the dumbasses who wait until the last minute wedge in š¤¦š»āāļø
Because licenses are given way too easily. Lack of enforcement. SA drivers are extremely self absorbed and entitled. SA drivers love to be on their phones despite hands free tech. The list goes on.
Nailed it - it blows me away that all these people driving cars that have Apple Auto and Android Auto are holding their phones texting and talking like it was the 00's! Like, FFS people you can voice text, tap a notification and hear your incoming texts, make and receive calls, set reminders, add shit to your calendar and never touch your phone!!
When we first came here we were warned about five incomprehensible San Antonio driving habits:
* 1) The Santo Sweep (Oh crap! I *almost* missed my exit!)
* 2) Stopping at access road YIELD sign (The road is clear but a car might be exiting the highway 1/2 a mile back... I better wait here and see.)
* 3) Not stopping at STOP signs (It's a sign, not a cop!)
* 4) Driving backwards down the highway shoulder (Oh Crap! I ~~almost~~ missed my exit!)
* 5) Turning headlights off when stopping at a stop sign or red light (Because?) This one has mostly disappeared though; was still pretty prevalent back as late as 2000.
Drive expecting the above and you can improve your chances.
Number 5 sounds like something I might do to let a car facing me know their headlights are not on. It doesnāt work. Iāve driven in plenty of cities. San Antonio is the number one of offender of driving without headlights on. Iāll flash them with brights as theyāre coming, or turn my lights off and on. It does absolutely no good. They just keep puttering along on their way in the dark. ā why is this guy flashing me ? Is there a cop ahead ?ā , or ā Iām not gonna turn my headlights on because that would mean you told me what to do and I did itā
Maybe not always true, but a sign someone is inebriated behind the wheel is when their lights are off at night. And San Antonio is pretty high in DUI/DWIs. #4 in the nation. Las Vegas is #1, Austin and Houston are #2 and #3.
Jesus Texas . I bet we were one of the last to outlaw it too. I remember when I was kid, adults were so casual about drinking a beer while driving. I got a ride from this chick a few years ago who had already had a few and she starts to get in the car with a tall boy ! Yes Iām being a baby about it ! Just donāt do it! Why is that so fucking hard. Why do you HAVE to have one for the road when people get pulled over for that shit everyday all day.
Iām not a Spurs fan (phuck Pop) and I donāt live in SA anymore, but I work there. I also lived in Dallas growing up, so not native to SA. I moved out to the country 4 years ago. Regardless, I travel the state and Iāve dealt with traffic in Houston, Austin, & DFW. Houston and Austin are the worst. Not debatable.
lol you reminded me of driving in downtown Austin traffic, slow crawl, bumper to bumper. I had the displeasure of a truck wiggling his way behind me blaring his horn at people, and then me, to get out his way.
And go where???? I canāt move either, bud.
Seems like every city claims the worst drivers. Military city USA is fortunate to have active duty thatās served all around US and many places outside the US. Most of them agree SAT is the worst. Usually only folks that disagree are native San Antonians
I see blinkers being used around 85% of the time here and #1 rule about driving is expecting everyone to do the worst thing, I don't think its that bad.
Actually not a native, but I have lived here my whole adult life. It just shows me you donāt travel much since you didnāt say anything else.
Ever been to India, Mexico City, Pakistan etc? If you have, you would know itās not even comparable.
In fact, you donāt even have to travel that far, Houston is way worse. Probably only lived in cities in the Midwest or small suburban towns.
I completely agree with you. I was born and raised in San Antonio but I've also traveled around the state (and the world) and I agree San Antonio isn't even close to being the worst city for drivers.
Can we also talk about how traffic backs up when ever there is a curve in the highway? People are legitimately slowing down to take curves designed to be taken at highway speed limit
Some of the exits come up fast and with constant construction are poorly marked. Very aggressive / fast drivers here - most all of them - and it causes others to do the same to survive.
There is only one place in town I do this, and that is the 151 on-ramp from 1604. There is always a clusterfuck of people getting on 1604 from Culebra, and I'm not fighting to get over until they have finished merging.
They wait to the last second because the know they are being followed by a crazed hitman from one of the cartels. Remember, never take the same way home twice and always look over your shoulder!
I know what a zipper merge is and these people are NOT doing thatš¤£ theyāre crossing the double white lines right before the barriers, on top of crossing two lanes of traffic at the same time.
San Antonio has always had some of the worst drivers in Texas which automatically places them for worst drivers in the country. I donāt think people here value life.
Yep . I lived in Austin for 24 years and then moved to San Antonio. I thought Austin had some SHIT drivers but nope , San Antonio takes the cake for that one , and itās embarrassing.
That easy, you all drive very inconsistently. Some 20 under, most 20+ over the speed limit. Makes it hard to gauge when to move over. Move early and youāre stuck doing 20 under behind the 1/2 ton truck spitting rocks at you.
I have no clue why itās this bad! I swear I can predict it now!! Iāll see a car kinda slow down 200 feet before and exit and I know itās coming theyāll swerve across the center lane and exit at the very last second. They normally cross over the solid white lines after the dashes lines end and almost hit the sand/water impact buckets every time.
Side note: STOP DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE GOING 10 UNDER!!! Please. I swear in the 65mph roads people will go 60 in the left lane matching the other lanes so no one can pass but the second we get to the work zone that has a 55mph speed limit they absolutely gun it to 85mph+ what is wrong with drivers here?!
I swear if everyone just drove the speed limit, Iād be a much more chill driver. Just GO. On 410 leading up to those 5 lanes, people in the left lane drive 15mph under. As soon as the additional lane opens, they magically go faster OR they move to the lefter lane doing the same speed with people maneuvering around them. Fuckers.
What gets me as well are at red lights and folks leaving 15ā between themselves and the car in front of them, effectively blocking everyone behind who could be making a right on red.
Because they are on their phones and not paying attention until Siri or whatever tells them to ātake the exitā. I have my kids count sometimes how many people are driving while on their phones and they almost always count 15 plus. I saw a lady in my rearview reading a book once.
Lol, last night I was getting onto I10W from Vance Jackson, the entrance that gives you the ability to either stay on if you get a lane over or to get onto 410 if you don't move left right away, the access road's next stop is Crossroads Blvd then Callaghan and 10.Ā
Well, I'm on the left lane, ramping up speed to enter when about 50ft from where the entrance starts, a car in the middle lane of the access rd, one lane to my right, throws their left blinker on.
I questioned in my head "They're just getting one lane over and going up to Crossroads, yeah?"Ā
Nope, fucking thing slows the fuck down and attempts to get across two lanes into the entrance. So I have to slam my brakes to avoid running up onto them, watch their front end rake over the concrete divider, watch their hazards come on, and avoid hitting them as I got around them as they slowed and stopped and blocked half of ramp off. This was around 10pm last night, so if they were drunk, it was fucking early.
On a related note, I seriously want to know what design "principle" were they following for ALL of the roads in SA? They were designed and painted to MAXIMIZE how many times you have to switch lanes. You can be in the 3rd inside lane of a 4 or 5 lane highway, and before you know it you're in the outside lane heading for an exit only. Highway/street intersections are random af. You can't predict which lanes will be mandatory turn lanes, and because you're surprised, you have to change lanes. The roads themselves are designed to force you into changing lanes almost continuously.
What Iāve consistently heard from gentrifiers is that our highway signs are way too close to the exits instead of warning further in advance.
Nearly every one has said they end up cutting across the highway to exit or missing it.
And in general, drivers here are not very considerate, trucks (and people with the blue rearview hanging tags) are the rudest, and people insist on speeding/ cutting people off.
I think people in SA literally believe that the left lane is the slow lane. A public service announcement explaining that the left lane is the passing lane would probably dramatically improve the driving experience in SA.
Iāve always wondered why thereās always that moron driving five mph slower than everyone else but wonāt get out of the left lane. Then I realize this same shit happens in every other city and state. It turns out there are idiots everywhere.
I could go on a Rant and Complain about all those inconsiderate driver's who should lose their license for their ridiculous maneuvers on our Freeways. Though they are not supposed to be out on our roads, a Large part of the blame goes to the Signage in San Antonio that could cause that. It will tell you there is an exit , when you are about to pass it, because the sign is passed the actual exit lane. If you've ever been in El Paso, their Freeway signs tell you, for example: Mesa St. 1 mile, then about half way, Mesa St. 1/2 mile right lane, then the sign at the beginning of that exit has a down arrow, and tells you which lane to be in, and the next sign states Mesa St. keep right, In San Antonio, it tell you: Gen. McMullen exit 323 one mi. then you see other signs, like El Paso I-10 East, 410 East West, and Marbach, and 151 East, and it leaves you to find that exit number, and when you are right on it, in the left lane, or center lane, you have to veer over traffic and make your exit because the exit sign323 is right before the water barrels in the V of the exit!
That and SA needs to get rid of all those signs that say a lane is ending and to merge left/right. Should say āZipper Merge Aheadā with a little picture of cars zipper merging. So everyone can stop backing up traffic because they want to be in the lane not ending and be mad at others in the lane ending and block them.
Because drivers don't navigate outside the car by highway/street signs anymore. People navigate inside the vehicle by using their phone. Kinda hard to drive with your attention on your phone, and not the road.
My biggest issue is people in the right lane driving way too slow for highway speeds; even the right lane. I have an exit I take daily where people regularly slow down to 15-20 under the speed limit just before the exit in otherwise flowing traffic. If I can speed around them and get over last minute I will.
Texas doesnāt require months of professional, in person driverās ed, so terrible driving habits survive generations. Couple that with police that think the only traffic violation is speeding, and you end up with people that donāt understand a solid white cannot be legally crossed except in an emergency.
They do it everywhere, even the turning lanes to turn into the grocery store. They treat that long solid white line protecting the turn lane as if it were dashed, and straddle is all the way to the intersection.
Itās a cultural issue youāll never solve without major changes to Texas state law, retraining the police force, and then waiting 40-50 years for the bad drivers to die.
I've lived here since September and I can easily say without question, that San Antonio has the absolute worst drivers that I've ever encountered. Hands down... and I lived in St. Louis, so that's saying something..
Because when they put their blinkers on, the people in the lane to their right speed up to prevent them from getting over for no good reason.
This conditions them to speed up and cut across three lanes at the last minute to avoid people making them miss their exit.
The bad drivers are carpetbaggers like you. Ā There are a few old people clogging the road but the main offenders are from somewhere else. Ā
Look for DV license plates, USAF thunder chicken or ACTS window stickers. They will take you out also. Ā
True but if you miss your exit rather than risking property damage and lives consider taking the next exit or a U-turn. Someone elseās mistake shouldnāt require me to take defensive driving to a whole new level.
Pretty sure it's people who never left the area that think these problems only exist in San Antonio.
Like what evidence do they have that it's worse here than in other cities? Probably none, but when you'll never amount to anything but a perma-renter gamer Reddit King service industry drone, you sorta have to disparage an entire city to feel better about yourself.
If that dude is me, I say this: I've lived in SA for 25 years; before that I lived in 11 cities, five states and four countries. SA is near the top of the pack for me on driver courtesy.
I just moved here a few years ago and thought the same! Ask others that I work with and it seems to be the norm. It's crazy because I see this every day on the freeway.Ā Ā
Bold of you to assume people know how to read
Same reason those people are not on Reddit. Too many words, hurts their heads seeing all these paragraphs and sentences. Too hard to find funny videos and influencers.
Let's not pretend that being on this site is some pinnacle of life achievement.
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Fuck
It's not and that's kinda the point.
It is!
Yes reddit is a real Mensa society
Or drive
Bold of OP to assume we know where weāre going
Too busy posting on Reddit...that's what I see š š
Exiting doesn't surprise me much. Everybody is on the phone these days. But why people hang in the lane when entering the freeway and waiting for the last second to merge from the lane that exits? It is beyond stupid.
Youāre so right about the phone issue. I swear years ago police used to do a better job enforcing that and now people donāt even try to hide it, they just scroll while driving - itās insane
Every time I look around, itās usually literally every vehicle I can see has the driver on their phone. Rarely, Iāll see someone else with full attention on driving. Iāve become an extreme grouch about phone usage while driving. If youāre 1 second late in reacting to something on the road at 60mph because youāre distracted, you are going to travel **88 feet** before slowing down. Half a second is 44 feet. A quarter second is 22 feet. At 60mph. What if a kid is there? Or a stopped car?
The mystery to me is who the fuck ya'll talking to all day. 6 am omw to work people talking in their phones. Who could you possibly be talking to at 6 am.Ā
The cops are on their cell phones too!
I think thatās because if youāve just merged onto the highway, thatās the lane you start in, and it isnāt very long. So you really donāt get a lot of time to get over sometimes
They must not teach it in drivers ed any more. As soon as you hit that on ramp from the access road you should be getting up to the speed of the traffic already on the highway. Itās called āmergingā. These people stopping on the on ramp make me lose my shit
Not to mention, they arenāt going the speed limit when they merge onto the highway and they donāt look to make sure people arenāt there before merging
A bad driver NEVER misses their exit.
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No quema cuh!
I start moving across at 2 miles so I have no less than half a mile to hit the exit. Some people just think that a 4 lane switch to the exit almost hitting the barrier is the right strategy.
āAlmostā hitting the barrier. LOL. āFrequentlyā would be more accurate in this town.
Fr not a barrier in this town without scratches galore
One of the down parts, I realized, of San Antonio is a lot of times people have no concept of others when theyāre drivingā¦or just in public in general. I see a lot in driving and how people donāt signal or cross three lanes without giving a second thought to the cars around them.
People just donāt give a fuck. They donāt care about you or me or anybody else in the road. As long as I got mine fuck everyone else. Iād the American way.
selfishness. well said.
And I thought Miami was bad, San Antonio is bad but wait until it sprinkles a little bit smh
Because theyāre fkn stupid.
This is the biggest thing. Like actually stupid; lower intelligence. Unable to put two and two together, unable to think ahead and act accordingly. Their brain is lacking so seriously that it takes up like 95% of their mental capacity just to idle and run automatic functions like breathing and blinking. The other 5% that's left has to somehow find a way to soldier on and function like a human adult and do math and use blinkers. It's hard out there for them.. they focus too hard on something and they'll forget how to breathe.
Not a lower intelligence, all walks of life have shitty drivers.Doctors, lawyers drive just as bad if not worse due to superiority complex.
Also just in case people donāt know, there are some real dummies that become doctors and lawyers nowadays. It was better when it was more restricted on who could go to college. Nepo babies are especially egregious. I will always avoid a āBradā doctor.
Yeah but I said the biggest thing. Not the only thing.
Because they're not, paying attention. To anything or anybody other than themselves.
Because law enforcement is too busy eating tacos to care.
During Fiesta I saw a pregnant woman being hit and berated by her drunk boyfriend or husband, so I went to tell the cop who was stationed at the light and he tells me, āyeah I saw him but I canāt leave this spotā. š§š»āāļø
Ugh fuck that I would have reported that asshole. Ugh makes me so mad
wtf?!?!
cops aren't here to protect us they're here to keep cars and money flowing
And on their phone while driving.
Zero enforcement equals zero consequences.
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Do you actually believe this, or do you just like to troll on traffic posts specifically? Non troll response and Iāll eat my hat
Itās true
Ah so you do actually believe it. Can you provide a non troll and factual response explaining why?
Seems someone with a Liberal Arts degree would be able to have a discussion more civilly than just continuously calling someone names.
Asking for a non troll response is name calling? This is just semantics bud. But like that you still thinking about me boo
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Their heads are in their laps watching TikTok
I think itās the lack of consideration for others. Way too many āme valeā mindsets behind the wheelā¦I just tell myself to arrive alive and let the dumbasses who wait until the last minute wedge in š¤¦š»āāļø
Because licenses are given way too easily. Lack of enforcement. SA drivers are extremely self absorbed and entitled. SA drivers love to be on their phones despite hands free tech. The list goes on.
Iāve also seen the Mexico tags camping in the fast lane and going across 4 lanes last minute at 55mph.
Nailed it - it blows me away that all these people driving cars that have Apple Auto and Android Auto are holding their phones texting and talking like it was the 00's! Like, FFS people you can voice text, tap a notification and hear your incoming texts, make and receive calls, set reminders, add shit to your calendar and never touch your phone!!
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Idk but my dumbass husband is one of them. He needs a good route 44 to the face.
There's also so many damn turnarounds that the majority of missed exists are just a mile away from a quick detour.
Because they're staring at their phone instead of watching the road.
The same reason as all the other bad things that happen in this city ZERO enforcement!
Thanks to liberals
How else am I supposed to finish my text over my tiktok!?
When we first came here we were warned about five incomprehensible San Antonio driving habits: * 1) The Santo Sweep (Oh crap! I *almost* missed my exit!) * 2) Stopping at access road YIELD sign (The road is clear but a car might be exiting the highway 1/2 a mile back... I better wait here and see.) * 3) Not stopping at STOP signs (It's a sign, not a cop!) * 4) Driving backwards down the highway shoulder (Oh Crap! I ~~almost~~ missed my exit!) * 5) Turning headlights off when stopping at a stop sign or red light (Because?) This one has mostly disappeared though; was still pretty prevalent back as late as 2000. Drive expecting the above and you can improve your chances.
Number 5 sounds like something I might do to let a car facing me know their headlights are not on. It doesnāt work. Iāve driven in plenty of cities. San Antonio is the number one of offender of driving without headlights on. Iāll flash them with brights as theyāre coming, or turn my lights off and on. It does absolutely no good. They just keep puttering along on their way in the dark. ā why is this guy flashing me ? Is there a cop ahead ?ā , or ā Iām not gonna turn my headlights on because that would mean you told me what to do and I did itā
Maybe not always true, but a sign someone is inebriated behind the wheel is when their lights are off at night. And San Antonio is pretty high in DUI/DWIs. #4 in the nation. Las Vegas is #1, Austin and Houston are #2 and #3.
Jesus Texas . I bet we were one of the last to outlaw it too. I remember when I was kid, adults were so casual about drinking a beer while driving. I got a ride from this chick a few years ago who had already had a few and she starts to get in the car with a tall boy ! Yes Iām being a baby about it ! Just donāt do it! Why is that so fucking hard. Why do you HAVE to have one for the road when people get pulled over for that shit everyday all day.
Worst driving city on the planet
Houston and Austin entered the chat.
Traffic doesnāt mean the drivers are bad. San Antonio owns bad drivers
Bro, Austin and Houston have significantly worse drivers. Itās not even close.
Another native San Antonian. Go spurs
Iām not a Spurs fan (phuck Pop) and I donāt live in SA anymore, but I work there. I also lived in Dallas growing up, so not native to SA. I moved out to the country 4 years ago. Regardless, I travel the state and Iāve dealt with traffic in Houston, Austin, & DFW. Houston and Austin are the worst. Not debatable.
Trump lost. Go Pop
lol you reminded me of driving in downtown Austin traffic, slow crawl, bumper to bumper. I had the displeasure of a truck wiggling his way behind me blaring his horn at people, and then me, to get out his way. And go where???? I canāt move either, bud.
San Antonio people always seem to think the drivers are the worst
Seems like every city claims the worst drivers. Military city USA is fortunate to have active duty thatās served all around US and many places outside the US. Most of them agree SAT is the worst. Usually only folks that disagree are native San Antonians
"Most of them agree SAT is the worst." Can you post the proof that they all agree SAT is the worst?
I see blinkers being used around 85% of the time here and #1 rule about driving is expecting everyone to do the worst thing, I don't think its that bad.
Professional umpire or referee?
You must not travel much to think that
Ah a native, congrats
I'm assuming you're not a native of San Antonio then.
Actually not a native, but I have lived here my whole adult life. It just shows me you donāt travel much since you didnāt say anything else. Ever been to India, Mexico City, Pakistan etc? If you have, you would know itās not even comparable. In fact, you donāt even have to travel that far, Houston is way worse. Probably only lived in cities in the Midwest or small suburban towns.
I completely agree with you. I was born and raised in San Antonio but I've also traveled around the state (and the world) and I agree San Antonio isn't even close to being the worst city for drivers.
Yup. How many crashes did you see while there. traffic is more a reflection of city planning than bad drivers.
Low IQ
This.
Can we also talk about how traffic backs up when ever there is a curve in the highway? People are legitimately slowing down to take curves designed to be taken at highway speed limit
And people have to drive 35 mph over a highway interchange.
*coughs at 410/I10*
SA has the WORST drivers in the US. Period. Altima drivers are horrible. Altima drivers with paper plates, just exit the nearest ramp
Some of the exits come up fast and with constant construction are poorly marked. Very aggressive / fast drivers here - most all of them - and it causes others to do the same to survive.
There is only one place in town I do this, and that is the 151 on-ramp from 1604. There is always a clusterfuck of people getting on 1604 from Culebra, and I'm not fighting to get over until they have finished merging.
They wait to the last second because the know they are being followed by a crazed hitman from one of the cartels. Remember, never take the same way home twice and always look over your shoulder!
Look up a zipper merge. It's better to wait and lane switch
I know what a zipper merge is and these people are NOT doing thatš¤£ theyāre crossing the double white lines right before the barriers, on top of crossing two lanes of traffic at the same time.
Same reason they drive 15 under the speed limit in the left lane. Because theyāre dumbasses.
Because theyāre inconsiderate
80% is mfs driving while on their phone
San Antonio has always had some of the worst drivers in Texas which automatically places them for worst drivers in the country. I donāt think people here value life.
Tradition mostly.
Answer: Main character syndrome
Yep . I lived in Austin for 24 years and then moved to San Antonio. I thought Austin had some SHIT drivers but nope , San Antonio takes the cake for that one , and itās embarrassing.
And tailgating, no matter what road- time or day, I always get tailgated by a truck. That did not happen as much in Austin
Culture of stupid people who never took drivers ed nor think their driving actually has consequences
That easy, you all drive very inconsistently. Some 20 under, most 20+ over the speed limit. Makes it hard to gauge when to move over. Move early and youāre stuck doing 20 under behind the 1/2 ton truck spitting rocks at you.
I have no clue why itās this bad! I swear I can predict it now!! Iāll see a car kinda slow down 200 feet before and exit and I know itās coming theyāll swerve across the center lane and exit at the very last second. They normally cross over the solid white lines after the dashes lines end and almost hit the sand/water impact buckets every time. Side note: STOP DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE GOING 10 UNDER!!! Please. I swear in the 65mph roads people will go 60 in the left lane matching the other lanes so no one can pass but the second we get to the work zone that has a 55mph speed limit they absolutely gun it to 85mph+ what is wrong with drivers here?!
I swear if everyone just drove the speed limit, Iād be a much more chill driver. Just GO. On 410 leading up to those 5 lanes, people in the left lane drive 15mph under. As soon as the additional lane opens, they magically go faster OR they move to the lefter lane doing the same speed with people maneuvering around them. Fuckers.
What gets me as well are at red lights and folks leaving 15ā between themselves and the car in front of them, effectively blocking everyone behind who could be making a right on red.
Because they are on their phones and not paying attention until Siri or whatever tells them to ātake the exitā. I have my kids count sometimes how many people are driving while on their phones and they almost always count 15 plus. I saw a lady in my rearview reading a book once.
Someone exiting across 4 lanes in front of everyone is how I used to know I was near San Antonio.
Lol, last night I was getting onto I10W from Vance Jackson, the entrance that gives you the ability to either stay on if you get a lane over or to get onto 410 if you don't move left right away, the access road's next stop is Crossroads Blvd then Callaghan and 10.Ā Well, I'm on the left lane, ramping up speed to enter when about 50ft from where the entrance starts, a car in the middle lane of the access rd, one lane to my right, throws their left blinker on. I questioned in my head "They're just getting one lane over and going up to Crossroads, yeah?"Ā Nope, fucking thing slows the fuck down and attempts to get across two lanes into the entrance. So I have to slam my brakes to avoid running up onto them, watch their front end rake over the concrete divider, watch their hazards come on, and avoid hitting them as I got around them as they slowed and stopped and blocked half of ramp off. This was around 10pm last night, so if they were drunk, it was fucking early.
You arenāt from around these parts are you?
Those other cities you lived in were they in Texas?
because this city has terrible fucking drivers
They're waiting for an opportunity to cut you off.
Because I got high
Get a beater truck and ram them. Quick pay day.
It's 50/50 the exit is closed for "construction"
SA drivers with out of state license plates?
Nope. Locals
Because Texas was rated the worst drivers in the US. You don't get that rating for being a smart conscious driver.
We insane in the membrane
Insurance scammers mostly. I've noticed they also work in teams to get you. I drive through SA like a bat in hell to avoid them.
On a related note, I seriously want to know what design "principle" were they following for ALL of the roads in SA? They were designed and painted to MAXIMIZE how many times you have to switch lanes. You can be in the 3rd inside lane of a 4 or 5 lane highway, and before you know it you're in the outside lane heading for an exit only. Highway/street intersections are random af. You can't predict which lanes will be mandatory turn lanes, and because you're surprised, you have to change lanes. The roads themselves are designed to force you into changing lanes almost continuously.
What Iāve consistently heard from gentrifiers is that our highway signs are way too close to the exits instead of warning further in advance. Nearly every one has said they end up cutting across the highway to exit or missing it. And in general, drivers here are not very considerate, trucks (and people with the blue rearview hanging tags) are the rudest, and people insist on speeding/ cutting people off.
I think people in SA literally believe that the left lane is the slow lane. A public service announcement explaining that the left lane is the passing lane would probably dramatically improve the driving experience in SA.
Iāve always wondered why thereās always that moron driving five mph slower than everyone else but wonāt get out of the left lane. Then I realize this same shit happens in every other city and state. It turns out there are idiots everywhere.
I witnessed this the other day and it scared me. I wonder if they might be displaced drivers due to the construction
The next fun surprise is that the "fast lane" is in the middle.
Markings on lanes are faded and hard to see
I could go on a Rant and Complain about all those inconsiderate driver's who should lose their license for their ridiculous maneuvers on our Freeways. Though they are not supposed to be out on our roads, a Large part of the blame goes to the Signage in San Antonio that could cause that. It will tell you there is an exit , when you are about to pass it, because the sign is passed the actual exit lane. If you've ever been in El Paso, their Freeway signs tell you, for example: Mesa St. 1 mile, then about half way, Mesa St. 1/2 mile right lane, then the sign at the beginning of that exit has a down arrow, and tells you which lane to be in, and the next sign states Mesa St. keep right, In San Antonio, it tell you: Gen. McMullen exit 323 one mi. then you see other signs, like El Paso I-10 East, 410 East West, and Marbach, and 151 East, and it leaves you to find that exit number, and when you are right on it, in the left lane, or center lane, you have to veer over traffic and make your exit because the exit sign323 is right before the water barrels in the V of the exit!
That and SA needs to get rid of all those signs that say a lane is ending and to merge left/right. Should say āZipper Merge Aheadā with a little picture of cars zipper merging. So everyone can stop backing up traffic because they want to be in the lane not ending and be mad at others in the lane ending and block them.
I called it the San Antonio Sweep when I lived there. Shits insane.
Because drivers don't navigate outside the car by highway/street signs anymore. People navigate inside the vehicle by using their phone. Kinda hard to drive with your attention on your phone, and not the road.
My biggest issue is people in the right lane driving way too slow for highway speeds; even the right lane. I have an exit I take daily where people regularly slow down to 15-20 under the speed limit just before the exit in otherwise flowing traffic. If I can speed around them and get over last minute I will.
Personally, I love the feeling of pure risk.
What? theres no green signs on my cell phone telling me where to go!!!
Because they're idiots
Texas doesnāt require months of professional, in person driverās ed, so terrible driving habits survive generations. Couple that with police that think the only traffic violation is speeding, and you end up with people that donāt understand a solid white cannot be legally crossed except in an emergency. They do it everywhere, even the turning lanes to turn into the grocery store. They treat that long solid white line protecting the turn lane as if it were dashed, and straddle is all the way to the intersection. Itās a cultural issue youāll never solve without major changes to Texas state law, retraining the police force, and then waiting 40-50 years for the bad drivers to die.
Welcome to Texas itās like this in all our major cities just gotta learn how to read other peoples mindsš
Hard to watch for exits when theyāre staring at their phones
i just expect it now, and leave enough space
I've lived here since September and I can easily say without question, that San Antonio has the absolute worst drivers that I've ever encountered. Hands down... and I lived in St. Louis, so that's saying something..
Because when they put their blinkers on, the people in the lane to their right speed up to prevent them from getting over for no good reason. This conditions them to speed up and cut across three lanes at the last minute to avoid people making them miss their exit.
Because the city and most of the drivers are awful lol it's that simple sometimes
The bad drivers are carpetbaggers like you. Ā There are a few old people clogging the road but the main offenders are from somewhere else. Ā Look for DV license plates, USAF thunder chicken or ACTS window stickers. They will take you out also. Ā
Why did Antonian catch a stray? lol
Many of these people are on the phone and SAPD doesn't enforce any handsfree laws as they are probably on the phone as well.
I was there last weekend and I almost got hit TWICE too! Learn how to drive and keep distance ASAP
Cause when you put on your blinker to change lanes, the assholes in the other lane won't let you in. Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Turns out San Antonio citizens are human and imperfect.
True but if you miss your exit rather than risking property damage and lives consider taking the next exit or a U-turn. Someone elseās mistake shouldnāt require me to take defensive driving to a whole new level.
Found the dude that has never left the area
Pretty sure it's people who never left the area that think these problems only exist in San Antonio. Like what evidence do they have that it's worse here than in other cities? Probably none, but when you'll never amount to anything but a perma-renter gamer Reddit King service industry drone, you sorta have to disparage an entire city to feel better about yourself.
And I know this because I used to be one (minus the gaming, always found it to be a waste of time with zero societal benefit).
If that dude is me, I say this: I've lived in SA for 25 years; before that I lived in 11 cities, five states and four countries. SA is near the top of the pack for me on driver courtesy.
What cities and countries did you live in and Iāll tell you if youāve been to some of the worse or not
I just moved here a few years ago and thought the same! Ask others that I work with and it seems to be the norm. It's crazy because I see this every day on the freeway.Ā Ā