texas911 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I drove to Orlando for Xmas vacation and noticed that there were "Slower Traffic Keep Right" signs all the way to Florida and even in Orlando. How come Houston doesn't have those signs? They should have lots of these signs on all our freeways, and have them in Spanish too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Texas just implemented such signage a few legislative session back. However you only see them in the more rural areas. They might not be all that useful in Houston because drivers doing 80 are going to pass wherever they want anyway, and yielding right of way in any manner is a foreign concept to most drivers here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chenevert Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I've come to the conclusion that we need more than simple signs here in Texas.I guess when you grow past 2 lanes into these 5 and 6 lane freeways that we have, people throw all of the rules out and are just thankful they made the trip alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 There's a story that Penn Governor have them put in place when slower traffic on left lanes keep slowing him down. Texas needs those. But hey, I find traffic laws in Texas so lax compared to other states or other Texas laws.Have them in Spanish too? You're shaking a bee's comb on that one. Other road signs are not in Spanish and your target audience obey them, those that want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 it is not law in Texas to keep right in most areas......you will see them in a few places with heavy traffic for that specific stretch of road....but it is legal to pass on the right in Texas and to me a jerk and hog the left lane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 it is not law in Texas to keep right in most areas......if you're going slower than the other traffic yes it is law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Houston has these signs, but they are few and far between. What we REALLY need are the signs used in Bexar County (San Antonio). They are typical "Slower Traffic Keep Right," but have a yellow band at the top that says either "Don't slow Texas down" or "Check your mirror." I don't know if they are TXDoT experiments or what, but they get my attention every time I drive along 1604. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 We did have those signs a few years back and then they got changed to "left lane is for passing only." I have never seen them anywhere but on rural interstates, though. The only problem with either solution being that people all have their own definition of both "slow" (ie it's all relative) and "passing" ("I will be passing that car a mile ahead of me soon enough, so why not just stay in this lane until I do?")People who don't know how to properly drive on a freeway are a major cause of accidents. I'm not talking about speeders or weavers or aggressive drivers, I'm talking about the people who can't be bothered to get out of the way of everyone else and thus become a hazard in their own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Houston has these signs, but they are few and far between. What we REALLY need are the signs used in Bexar County (San Antonio). They are typical "Slower Traffic Keep Right," but have a yellow band at the top that says either "Don't slow Texas down" or "Check your mirror." I don't know if they are TXDoT experiments or what, but they get my attention every time I drive along 1604.Travelguy, isn't 1604 a two laner for each side with a median in the middle ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 if you're going slower than the other traffic yes it is law.are you positive.....It should be, but I did not think it was on the books in Texas.....but they can still get you for unsafe driving or going under the min speed if you are doing that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 are you positive.....It should be, but I did not think it was on the books in Texas.....but they can still get you for unsafe driving or going under the min speed if you are doing thatyep it's in the handbook. just like it's illegal for car to speed up if you're trying to pass it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 yep it's in the handbook. just like it's illegal for car to speed up if you're trying to pass it.Thanks......I wish they would enforce both much more firmly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) Travelguy, isn't 1604 a two laner for each side with a median in the middle ?Yes...it adds entrance and exits lanes here and there, but is mostly two lanes with a very large median. It has overpasses, so it feels more freeway than road. Growing up, I remember it was a single lane in each direction, and was called the "death loop." Rather ironic now that TXDoT would like us to keep Texas moving. In fact, just after I got my license, I had my first accident on 1604 when a pizza delivery driver's foot slipped off the clutch and he bounded out into the intersection from a cross street (in a VW Thing no less!). I hit him going about 40mph...totalled my rad Doge Daytona Tubo Z! Edited January 14, 2009 by travelguy_73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Yes...it adds entrance and exits lanes here and there, but is mostly two lanes with a very large median. It has overpasses, so it feels more freeway than road. Growing up, I remember it was a single lane in each direction, and was called the "death loop." Rather ironic now that TXDoT would like us to keep Texas moving. In fact, just after I got my license, I had my first accident on 1604 when a pizza delivery driver's foot slipped off the clutch and he bounded out into the intersection from a cross street (in a VW Thing no less!). I hit him going about 40mph...totalled my rad Doge Daytona Tubo Z! remember those #of people who died signs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 It seems to me most people in Houston do keep to the right. When I lived in Albuquerque, people had no concept of keeping right and passing on the left. Plenty of people drove 55mph in the left lane and never bothered to move out of the way. They need the signs there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I don't know about keep to the right, but I remember a sign that said "LITTERING IS UNLAWFUL" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I would like to see something like this in the Houston metro area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I would like to see something like this in the Houston metro area. while it may seem good trucks only in the right lane is not the best or safest answer always for a number of reasons especially in a large metro area with traffic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I would like to see something like this in the Houston metro area. It has been that way for several years on 225 and I-10 East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 It has been that way for several years on 225 and I-10 East.And on the North Freeway between the North Loop and the Hardy Tollroad terminus as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cla Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) it is not law in Texas to keep right in most areas......you will see them in a few places with heavy traffic for that specific stretch of road....but it is legal to pass on the right in Texas and to me a jerk and hog the left laneI just recently posted this on another forum discussion about traffic. Edited January 15, 2009 by cla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Its not the truckers that cause the traffic, most truckers are professional drivers and know the stay out of the left lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Its not the truckers that cause the traffic, most truckers are professional drivers and know the stay out of the left lane.Yeah right, i've seen MANY drive 50 mph in the left lane...Some even on 225 where it says "No Trucks Left Lane Next 13 miles"(The fuel/oil tankers are the worst ones.) We need a "Move out of the on ramp lane if there is no one in the middle lane!" sign. I hate getting on a merging freeway on ramp at 40 mph behind a car when there is no one in the next lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Yeah right, i've seen MANY drive 50 mph in the left lane...Some even on 225 where it says "No Trucks Left Lane Next 13 miles"(The fuel/oil tankers are the worst ones.) We need a "Move out of the on ramp lane if there is no one in the middle lane!" sign. I hate getting on a merging freeway on ramp at 40 mph behind a car when there is no one in the next lane.Cant you just call Skinner and take care of everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Cant you just call Skinner and take care of everything? Ha I'm going to start to rip my dvd collection to my home server soon! I love the xfiles!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I drove to Orlando for Xmas vacation and noticed that there were "Slower Traffic Keep Right" signs all the way to Florida and even in Orlando. How come Houston doesn't have those signs? They should have lots of these signs on all our freeways, and have them in Spanish too.Because people in this city are stupid and don't follow signs... they drive like morons... it would be a waste of money to make them and put them up since nobody will pay attention to them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 On the North Belt and the West Belt, they might as well put... Left Lane = Death Lane It would, at least, help protect the innocents.I was doing about 75/80 on my way back from the Champions area tonight. I kept to the right to avoid the surge of drivers in large SUVs going far faster than I. I thought that HCTRA was going to push more enforcement on the tollways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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