The Texas Wave and Pull Over (culture, roads, rural)

[Ellis Bell]

I do the brake light.

Thank-you...then hope to God they don't think I'm slowing down.

[CptnRn]

It's just a joke, don't get your panties in a bunch.

An El Texas Highway Patrol officer pulled a car over and told the driver he had just won $50 dollars in a city-wide competition. "What are you going to do with the money?" asked the policeman.
"Well, I guess I'm going to get a driver's license," he answered.
"Oh, don't listen to him," yelled a woman in the passenger seat. "He's a smart aleck when he's drunk."
This woke up the guy in the back-seat, who took one look at the cop and moaned, "I knew we wouldn't get far in a stolen car."
At that moment, there was a knock from the trunk and a voice said, in Spanish, "Are we over the border yet?"

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

I think we should all make an effort to make sure that it doesn't fade away.

I agree, the best way to make sure a tradition keeps on going, is to practice it and share it with outhers.

"Drive Friendly - The Texas Way".

[desert sun]

a couple people waved to me recently when I was cruising the back roads around Maxwell,Martindale and Lockhart,TX, I hadnt see it in a while but I use to see it pretty often in Eastern NM. I've never seen anyone wave in a city or even a decent sized town though, mostly just on rural roads. I usually pull over to let cars go by when Im just cruising on country roads.

[harleytexas]

Every place I've ever been to always has signs and laws about not driving on the shoulder except for emergencies, so I always follow that.

[1badgmc]

Originally Posted by harleytexas

Every place I've ever been to always has signs and laws about not driving on the shoulder except for emergencies, so I always follow that.

It is legal to pass on the shoulder if the vehicle you're passing is slowed or stopped to make a left turn. That's assuming you're on a 2-lane road. Any other time and it's illegal.

[harleytexas]

Where does it say this?

[catman]

It better be legal. I've done it about 9000 times over the years, especially on my motorcycle.

[1badgmc]

Originally Posted by harleytexas

Where does it say this?

§ 545.058. DRIVING ON IMPROVED SHOULDER.

(a) An operator
may drive on an improved shoulder to the right of the main traveled
portion of a roadway if that operation is necessary and may be done
safely, but only:
(1) to stop, stand, or park;
(2) to accelerate before entering the main traveled
lane of traffic;
(3) to decelerate before making a right turn;
(4) to pass another vehicle that is slowing or stopped
on the main traveled portion of the highway, disabled, or preparing
to make a left turn;
(5) to allow another vehicle traveling faster to pass;
(6) as permitted or required by an official
traffic-control device; or
(7) to avoid a collision.

(b) An operator may drive on an improved shoulder to the
left of the main traveled portion of a divided or limited-access or
controlled-access highway if that operation may be done safely, but
only:
(1) to slow or stop when the vehicle is disabled and
traffic or other circumstances prohibit the safe movement of the
vehicle to the shoulder to the right of the main traveled portion of
the roadway;
(2) as permitted or required by an official
traffic-control device; or
(3) to avoid a collision.
(c) A limitation in this section on driving on an improved
shoulder does not apply to:
(1) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a
call;
(2) a police patrol; or
(3) a bicycle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

[harleytexas]

great, but I never will drive on the shoulder unless it's for an emergency vehicle to pass.