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Old 02-06-2015, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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...so when it snows up here in Michigan I keep seeing Texas license plates?
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Old 02-06-2015, 10:21 AM
 
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Houstonians can't drive in rain, snow, ice, fog, wind or a completely clear 90 degree day. The weather is irrelevant to our horrible driving.
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Old 02-06-2015, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Houstonians can't drive in rain, snow, ice, fog, wind or a completely clear 90 degree day. The weather is irrelevant to our horrible driving.
So I've heard, that's what makes it so shocking to see Texans up here this time of year
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Old 02-06-2015, 11:18 AM
 
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Maybe they are visiting relatives or otherwise have business that needs to be done regardless of snow or ice?

"Sorry daughter, I'm happy your baby was born but I'll see the kid in the spring when the snow melts. Grandkids are not worth damaging the Carrolla over".

And actually the northern parts of the state like Amarillo get quite a bit of snow, of course nothing like Michigan but they get inches every year.
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Old 02-06-2015, 11:20 AM
 
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...so when it snows up here in Michigan I keep seeing Texas license plates?
Unlike other regions... Houston, San Antonio (don't know about the other cities) are FULL of highway overpasses because some genius decided to make the highway go over roads instead of roads going over highway.

Since you are from Wisconsin, I'm sure you know that highway overpasses every 1 mile + ice/snow is a recipe for disaster.
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Old 02-06-2015, 07:19 PM
 
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First of all, Houston isn't the whole of Texas.

Furthermore, having Texas tags doesn't necessarily mean anything. The drivers could be from anywhere. Just because you move to Texas, get your tags changed to Texas tags doesn't mean you're from Texas.
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Old 02-07-2015, 08:45 AM
 
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Unlike other regions... Houston, San Antonio (don't know about the other cities) are FULL of highway overpasses because some genius decided to make the highway go over roads instead of roads going over highway.

Since you are from Wisconsin, I'm sure you know that highway overpasses every 1 mile + ice/snow is a recipe for disaster.
Roads going over highways, highways going over roads. Never heard the difference in 50 years of driving in Texas. Do you mean less traveled roads may travel over busier roads but more traveled roads may have intersections instead of the overpasses? Have what "should be" reversed?
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Old 02-07-2015, 09:19 AM
 
Location: DFW Metro
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Actually, I don't think Texas drivers are THAT bad in snow. At least the ones here in north Texas. We don't get much snow, but we get it often enough to be "OK" at it. I got caught in a snowstorm a couple years ago. I was up at Lake Texoma, at the Texas/Okla. border, and had to drive down here to DFW. About 90 miles. It wasn't just a dusting, here were several inches on the ground along with some very slick patches. There was the occasional car off the road, but most drivers went slowly and cautiously and made it just fine.

Now ice, that's another animal altogether.
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