March 8/13
On our way from Galveston to the Rio Grande Valley and then from South Padre to Port Aransas we had to take some State Roads and even some County Roads. The State roads are mostly 4 lane highways but do have access on and off without exits, which is ok. Well as it turns out when you drive on the SR's and CR's the Texan's make up some of their own driving protocol which we are not fond of. When driving in the motorhome in one area we had people behind us honking the horn as they went by and flashing their lights. We checked our speed and so forth and really didn't understand what it was about. Then we started to watch traffic coming the other direction and noticed that if you are traveling slower and someone wants to pass you are expected to drive over into the paved shoulder area and let them get around you.......???? But there is a solid white line on the side of the road that you cross onto the shoulder. Billy and I both thought this seemed like a very "unsafe practice" and would it be really legal driving? Not to mention what about junk that could be on the paved shoulder, such as pieces of tire that are blown out. We had the same situation happen again when in Mustang Island when we were on the motorcycle. OK now this just seems down right wrong to us. We had a pickup flashing his lights and Billy eased over and let him go by much to his chagrin. This is definitely not a safe driving practice. Grrrr! That was Billy's opinion of the way they drive in Texas:)
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| Texan's driving on the side of the road to let others pass!!! |
On our way from Galveston to the Rio Grande Valley and then from South Padre to Port Aransas we had to take some State Roads and even some County Roads. The State roads are mostly 4 lane highways but do have access on and off without exits, which is ok. Well as it turns out when you drive on the SR's and CR's the Texan's make up some of their own driving protocol which we are not fond of. When driving in the motorhome in one area we had people behind us honking the horn as they went by and flashing their lights. We checked our speed and so forth and really didn't understand what it was about. Then we started to watch traffic coming the other direction and noticed that if you are traveling slower and someone wants to pass you are expected to drive over into the paved shoulder area and let them get around you.......???? But there is a solid white line on the side of the road that you cross onto the shoulder. Billy and I both thought this seemed like a very "unsafe practice" and would it be really legal driving? Not to mention what about junk that could be on the paved shoulder, such as pieces of tire that are blown out. We had the same situation happen again when in Mustang Island when we were on the motorcycle. OK now this just seems down right wrong to us. We had a pickup flashing his lights and Billy eased over and let him go by much to his chagrin. This is definitely not a safe driving practice. Grrrr! That was Billy's opinion of the way they drive in Texas:)
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