TexasCHLforum.com

Skiprr wrote:Somewhat unrelated, but something that has remained a mystery to me for many years.

I drive Houston's toll roads enough to see this at least once per week: if the traffic is light to moderate (i.e., the very brief periods of "off-peak" commuting), you'll often see somebody who isn't content to even keep the speedometer in the 70s: he's really in a hurry. He'll tailgate, weave in and out of lanes, and do everything possible to get even a few car lengths ahead of the surrounding vehicles.

Then, lo and behold, as traffic nears a toll plaza, the guy cuts over two or three lanes to pay at a booth while most of the rest of the cars keep on keepin' on at 70mph through the EZ Tag lanes. And, yep; about ten minutes later guess who we see in the rear-view mirror bobbin', weavin', and lane-cuttin', drivin' like the proverbial bat out of the underworld in his rush to get to the next toll plaza ahead of us so that he can once again come to a stop and count out his quarters to get through the lift-gate.

pcgizzmo wrote:

Oldgringo wrote: They don't want to issue citations in town because everybody is someone's 2nd or 3rd cousin or something.

Just call up all your cousins and tell them to slow down.

["Carlson1" wrote:I know for a fact that two departments in East Texas told there officers to step up the citations for revenue.

They needed another patrol SUV and they needed two more slots filled.

That is DEAD wrong! Citations are to be about safety NOT a fund raiser!!!

Skaven wrote:Easy solution. Dont Speed.