We have roundabouts here in Dallas, but not on major roads. Only 2 lane roads. Trust me, the flashing yellow, double left turn lane is not near as dangerous or confusing as you think. We do just fine. Roundabouts slow traffic too much.
I remember driving for the first time in the U.K.. Wrong side of the car, wrong side of the road. Yes, it was confusing at first. We have frontage roads here in Illinois. We also have flashing yellow lights. Fairly new thing here. It was a bit confusing at first. We do have roundabouts too. When I was driving out west the speed limits were crazy! But there was literally nothing (I mean nothing) for miles and miles. The “Texit” is not legal. Right turn on red is pretty much everywhere unless specifically noted “no right turn on red”. Just treat it like a stop sign.
We don’t do roundabouts here. Might be good for the cramped roads in London but Texas has the most trucks passing through and the roundabouts to cover them all in high traffic times would be massive far exceeding the intersection space into buildings and such.
I've lived in Dallas my entire life and I have never called it "IH-35" and I definitely have not met anyone else who does either. It is state government decision to put that on signs, but like you said, it could possible be confusing for some drivers out of state (probably rarely though since the interstate number is there), but everybody just says "I-35", i.e.
Yes. There is a difference between what Texas may call it officially and the common term in conversation. I live close to I-10 which is what everyone calls it.
Our speed limits are so high because of how much distance we have to travel. When I first started driving the limits were 65 & it takes forever to get anywhere at that speed.
Turning Right on Red is legal only if it isn't explicitly prohibited by a sign and you must come to a full stop as if it were a stop sign and may proceed only when safe to do so.
You need to drive in Texas if you can. I would also suggest getting off the interstate highways for a bit so you can get a taste of rural Texas and understand just how big the state is. In a lot of west Texas you can easily drive for 15-30 minutes without seeing another car on the road. Do it during the day because those roads are DARK at night.
My friend, I lived in Dallas for six years. U Turns. Fast driving. Circus level highways. White knuckle. Intersections that take you 20 minutes to go a mile. I pulled out in front of a police car at a red light, and he just honked at me and went on his way. Your GPS getting confused due to the circus level highways. Be careful.
Hey Kabir, I love your videos. The opening scene immediately looked familiar. I worked for a small company for almost 21 years before retiring in 2019. Our office is about 2 miles from that interchange. With that company I drove all over Texas. There is a second version of the "Texit." I see it a lot on I-20 and it is when a driver finds themselves in the far left lane as they pass their intended exit. It wold be soooo easy to just go to the next exit and turn around, but no! They make a hard right and cut across all lanes to get to the exit. It usually occurs to them to look to check traffic about halfway across. It's rather "exciting" when it happens. I have driven on the tollway in Austin that has the 85 MPH speed limit. This highway takes you to the Circuit of the Americas (F1 track). The speed limit starts out at 80 but changes to 85 at the exit to the track. This road is really under-used due to the high tolls. It is a blast to drive this stretch of road. I drove on the Katy Freeway once in a driving rain. I was working down there for a couple of days. My poor rental car would start to hydroplane at about 65. The speed limit was 70 and in a driving rain I was being passed as if I were parked. So goes life on the Houston highways. Keep up the good videos!
@@meaders2002 Highway Patrol are not Rangers. They are both employed by Texas Department of Public Safety but their duties are far different. The Texas Ranger Division does not patrol. They are an investigation divisors like the FBI is to the federal government.
@@dianajemison105 There are only about 150 Rangers for the 254 counties in Texas so it is not strange that you have not seen one. And they don’t patrol and write citations. They are plain clothes detectives.
We have the two lanes turning left where I live, and I have never experienced any problems with it. You stay in the right lane as you turn left if you will be continuing down the road you turn on. You stay in the left lane if you will shortly be making another left from the road you have just turned onto. It works very well I think.
I’m in California and we have roundabouts here as well, but they’re areas without a lot of traffic like a residential area. There are some roundabouts in non-residential areas but these are streets that do not have heavy traffic.
The loops around town are not only for ease of getting around...it's to keep all the oil field big trucks out of the city limits of town since the streets aren't made for that much wear and tear of big trucks and the added congestion and all that comes from oil field trucks running through town constantly.
I once (this was in the ancient days of around... maybe 1998 or 1999?) was stuck in traffic on the Katy freeway outside Houston for 3 whole hours. Turned out, an airplane had made an emergency landing ON the freeway.
LOL...what if you have a green light and someone runs their red light? What if you turn left on a green arrow and the oncoming traffic doesn't stop? What if someone pulls out of a driveway in front of you? The assumption is that people general obey the rules. However, you always "drive aware".
IH in the name will mean Interstate Highway. Definitely buy a fold up roadmap of the state to keep handy and get familiar with the highways and state markings.
Kabir… be careful in the states 😂.. people treat speed limits like a suggestion. Huge muscle car scene in Texas as well, wouldn’t be surprised if you saw people going for a high speed run.
Fun and interesting reaction. It's a blast from the past for me. I grew up in the Dallas area and lived there for 50 years until I moved to AZ to be close to my parents in 2018. Several of those segments included places I drove through regularly (like the intersection of Plano Rd and Renner Rd). FYI, I never heard anyone refer to a highway like I35 as IH35. Traffic in the commute hours can be a real pain. I had a job for a couple of years in downtown Fort Worth that had me driving from Dallas every day. On the best days, I could make that in 1 hour and 15 minutes. If there was an accident, it was more like 2 hours. Driving on the highways during those busy times can be daunting. I don't miss that.
Here in Las Vegas the freeway speed all through town is 65. Also, we call the interchanges of multiple freeways downtown like the one you showed in Dallas, the "Spaghetti Bowl" cause that's what it looks like. Traffic is bad there during rush hours.
Road rules? Wildly variable. Houston traffic can be mildly terrifying- 90mph nearly bumper to bumper (imagine being on a small city street driving 30mph, the distance you'd keep between the car in front, just at 90...). Also note that the articulated trucks will be doing 90 and keeping up with traffic. Pull back a bit and leave space- and someone will put their car in the gap. Louisiana also has some odd road rules- there are several Left Turn On Red After Stop intersections in the suburbs of New Orleans. The last thing I would say is that since the 60's, the UK had a large program to upgrade the signage as the motorway system was developed, which was unified and held to a minimum standard. The interstate system generally holds to a signage standard, but most of the signs are poorly thought out, with arrows attempting to point out lanes which often are incorrect, duplicated across multiple sign boards on the same gantry and for the speed of the road, volume of traffic can be downright dangerous if you don't know the pending road layout ahead by heart. Finally, the high road speed is, as the video suggests, really more of a Texas thing because of the distances involved in daily travel there. On average the 2-lane non divided highway shown would be 55 in most states, at most 60; in Louisiana it's rare to find a non divided highway above 55. 65-70 is common for divided roads with either a barrier between oncoming traffic or a large dividing median. It also depends upon who owns the road, and the state legislature. The highest allowed speed on state owned highways in New Jersey, for instance, is 55. All other highways with higher posted speeds are owned privately and are usually tollway. There's a significant distinction made between interstate, intrastate, state and local roads which exist but are not always apparent to the average motorist.
Lots of things that are different about Texas - state highways generally have a full lane-width shoulder. If it's a two-lane highway, folks generally change lanes out of the travel lane and drive on the shoulder to let overtaking traffic pass without crossing over into the oncoming traffic lane. Simple courtesy. In addition to state routes are FM/RM roads (Farm-to-Market, Ranch-to-Market). Fairly unique road designation but very common in Texas.
I agree on the roundabout! We had one in a major intersection in the Texas town in which I grew up. It was easy to navigate & traffic flowed smoothly through it. Years later they took it out & put in a standard intersection & traffic signals. It’s become a nightmare to navigate. Smh 🤦♀️
Louisiana at Texas State Line on I-10 EXIT 880! and yes it is 880 miles...Driven it. The "High Five" Five stack freeway interchange at over 100 ft tall...
Please remember as with most things in the USA, nothing is universal. Driving varies state by state, and driving in small towns is much different than these large mega cities. Everything slows down in small town America.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been talking about building a loop for 30 years. It would have to be a weird shaped loop. There are some geographical hurdles with the Mississippi River to the west and a swamp to the south.
I've been driving in Houston and the rest of the state and never heard the term "Texas Trun Around " except from this guy, we call them U-Turns. I drive the Katy freeway all the time they keep making it wider to help with amount of people trying to get to and from work, I guess it is doing something because I'm 66 now and started driving when I was 16 and it still takes just as long to get downtown in rush hour as it did then and the city is twice as big. Enjoy
Two turning lanes are common in other states... it's having them with permissive (yellow) arrows where oncoming traffic is still flowing rather than protected (green) arrows where oncoming traffic has a red light. It's crazy in Texas because you have to keep track of idiots in the adjacent turning at the same time looking for oncoming traffic. We have both double turning lanes and permissive yellow arrows here in North Carolina, but I've never seen both in the same turning lanes.
The Texit is the thing that explains Texas the best in my opinion. If the government hasn't built the infrastructure we need, we will just make our own. Yes, it's not technically legal but we don't care. I've got a truck and the path is clear, I'm just going to take it. Most of the time the Texits are used during traffic jams or other times of high congestion. We don't take them at speed.
Texas is so large, it has different kinds of signed numbered highways and roads. At the top, the Interstate Highways I-10 or IH-10, second US highways or routes, US 66 or Route 66, third State Highways SH-6, Texas Farm or Ranch to Market Roads, FM -4, or RM-4. Then there are the Loop Highways with the road sign looking like a State Highway sign, but with Loop written at the bottom of the sign. That’s five different types of numbered highways and roads in Texas. While the UK uses two kinds of numbered sign highways, with M and A motorways and highways, most US states use three - Interstates, US, and State. Most don’t sign any roads. Hence why Texas distinguishes highways from roads.
( 5:01 ) As a native Texan who has driven on many, many of these 2-lane permissive turns (and encountered my fair share of idiots), I (and sometines others) will do a 'zipper' formation when turning, similar to when you merge from 2 lanes down to 1. You leave a car length's gap in front an behind you, as does the person in the other turning lane. This ensures that any turns into the wrong lane will only fill these gaps instead of sideswiping other cars.
The turn right on red rule is relatively new here in the Adirondacks. I would guess it was allowed starting some time around in the nineteen seventies.
When you go to Texas, be sure to stop off at sprinkles cupcakes. Additionally, do not use Google maps. You can get better directions from using Siri by saying something like “hey Siri directions to the nearest Starbucks” or “hey Siri, directions to 123 Main St.”. When you were in America last time you were in Las Vegas and you said it took an hour to find the Starbucks because they were street closures. Siri generally will not take you down a close street. Siri will also tell you if there’s an accident ahead.
I still have nightmares (literally) about stacked highways in New Orleans. At some point, you're all by yourself on an elevated single-lane sweeping turn.
He keeps trying to tell you that we do things our own way here in Texas. We welcome you to come see us but ya better buckle up cause it can get a little crazy on our big ol’ roads!!! 😂
Here in dallas they just changed a urban highway speed limit. It was posted at seventy miles an hour but they Kept clocking people at 80 and 90 miles an hour. So they dropped the speed limit down to 65 so they could get higher tickets for people.They catch speeding as a deterrent for people to speed. By the way. If you need some help getting around Dallas look me up.I live here and i'm free all the time to take you around if you like
We have the double left turn lanes in New Jersey ( not on yellow though) and their is one right by my house I take quite often and believe me I have avoided quite a few potential side swipes from other cars veering over too far in my lane. I can not imagine the risk turning on yellow is?
When I lived in Seguin Texas, we took highway to Austin that was 85 mph. Drove by a deadly crash . SUV tire exploded. , all occupants pretty much got ejected. They were going atleast 100 mph. 2 adult females and six kids. none wearing seat belts. All we saw were body bags driving by the scene
@kabirconsiders well Houston has 2-3 big roundabouts that I am very familiar with and but not a lot people are in the USA. If you go to Utah for example all they use is a roundabouts. And Texas Turnaround or U-turn is so popular in Texas and I haven’t seen in it any other state. Honestly I love Houston’s 3 highway loops around the city. It definitely makes it way easier for getting around the city.
Texas trucker here.. I have driven to every single state in the country except Hawaii of course, and I can tell you Texas is very unique.. truckers like and dislike certain States because of how easy it is to drive trucks. Texas is one of the easiest states because it's so wide open
I live on a Farm to Market road. We are about to get another loop around our town in Lubbock . I H stands for interstate highway. I cant stand roundabouts lol They make me dizzy😂 great reaction.
There's a lot of intersections that I think are too busy for a roundabout. There's certain times of day I think it would just back traffic up with people waiting to gain access to the roundabout. All of San Antonio's roundabouts are less busy intersections.
4:42 people run red lights all the time causing accidents at an intersection with turning cars all the time. As far as the other, whatever turn lane you are in, you are required to turn into that correspondencing lane, if you leave your lane mid turn and cause an accident, you are at fault, even if no accident is caused if a cop sees you, you can get pulled over for failure to maintain lane.
I live in Houston. When he was on I-10 he drove past where I used to work. When you're here in Texas, don't be surprised by the jerks or stupid drivers on the road.
The intersection you suggested a round-about has 5 lanes just in one direction. The crossing street I think had 4 lanes in one direction. These roads have massive congestion at certain times of the day. You do realize how dangerous trying to merge (matriculate actually) 18 lanes would be on a round-about, right? People on the inner ring would never (well a few hours) be able to merge to the right outer ring to make their exit!
I've done I-30 and they definitely do 100 mph, or more. 😬 I had to stop using it because it scares me. I stick with IH-35 or the side roads if the traffic is too bad.
You can turn right on red in Texas, unless it is marked otherwise. In Dallas, the only intersection I know of where you cannot turn right on red is Greenville Ave and Walnut Hill Lane, where the signage is prominently marked -- if you try to make a right-on-red there, you'll be lucky if the police/ambulance get to you fast enough...and no, "texits" are in no way legal, and if you get caught, the fine is heavy.
@kisili7319 good grief that's a bit dramatic don't you think.? I don't know the exact reason but I doubt very seriously that that much thought was put into it other than it's an interstate highway. I hardly think they sit around the table and think of ways to be evil!!!!😆
@@sharcrum I'm sure they don't (at least I'm pretty sure they don't 😉). But when I lived there, it just seemed Texans did things differently and there never seemed to be rhyme or reason to it for someone who had moved there from Minnesota. I mean, why label the signs IH35 when everybody else does I35? Is there benefit to the extra letter? Since it is an Interstate, it seems the H would just cause a little extra dollop of confusion for everybody else traveling along it. The first sign you pass after crossing into Texas... "Oh, crap, did I somehow turn off the freeway I wanted to be on... waitaminute... it's numbered the same, so I'm probably good. Whew."
Are you going to be doing a meet and greet while you're in Dallas, Texas? I'm like the next city over. I've been watching your videos for a while now. Would love to meet & say hello 👋
Texas has more money to build thru their states… Louisiana is finishing up I-49 and rebuilding I-20-I-20 is mostly bridges so it will take 5 years to rebuild in the first two parishes next to Texas Caddo and Bossier Parish
When speaking, we say I35. They just put the H on road signs, for whatever reason. Just to be different, probably. Also, we’ll be happy to have you in Dallas!
In California, we have interstate five which ones north and south. We often call it either I-5 or the five freeway. The other interstate highways that we just use “the” instead of I like the the 10, the110, the 405, the 105 or the 210.
You can also turn left on red, provided it's from one 'one-way street' onto another 'one-way street'. The double left turn is NOT against cross traffic. A 'left on yellow' allows left turns when the straight through lanes have green vs. a light that only allows through traffic to travel straight through on green (and the left turn lane has a red light.) The yellow light indicates you must yield to any other traffic. A double left on yellow is exactly the same but allows two left turn lanes to proceed, as if on green, if there is no oncoming traffic. Drivers on the inside turn lane are NOT allowed to cross into the outer left turn lane unless it's unoccupied. They should have planned what lane they needed to be in before approaching the intersection. The rule that nobody follows is you are never supposed to enter an intersection unless your path is clear. You are supposed to wait, for traffic to clear, behind the heavy white line that is between your car and the crosswalk. Double left turn lanes exist elsewhere in the U.S. Roundabouts with six to eight lanes???? Not with our drivers! When you get back from your TX trip I want you to tell us about how many times you've seen people on the expressways, in excess of 90 mph, switching across multiple lanes in one swoop. DFW (Dallas-Ft. Worth) area has the highest concentration of idiot drivers I've ever seen. They're even worse than Montreal. DFW also has LEFT HAND on/off ramps on their highways. You just never know from which way the idiots are going to come at you. When you say, "...50 max" are you talking mph or kph? 50 klicks is only 31 mph. I-69 From MX to Michigan would probably be a path for autos/parts made in MX that used to be made in Michigan. TX leading the way on its portion is probably because they can use the Fed' money to assist their needs for the road. BUT... with Trump's 'plan', whatever that may be, who knows?
We are carrying on with I69 because regardless of if other states build their part, it will help expand our economy between Mexico and surrounding states.
The loops are just State Highways. Remember what the shape of the signs are. They tell you if it's a State Highway. There are the Interstate or US highways. IH just means Interstate Highway.
No, the Texit is NOT a legal freeway exit. If there was a police officer he would have been given a ticket.
Also TxDOT will put up a barrier one a Texit is located. Usually a guard rail but sometimes just wood pylons and a cable strung between the pylons.
I did a Texit once, but traffic was tied so bad that a cop or a crash could not find me.
We have roundabouts here in Dallas, but not on major roads. Only 2 lane roads. Trust me, the flashing yellow, double left turn lane is not near as dangerous or confusing as you think. We do just fine. Roundabouts slow traffic too much.
I remember driving for the first time in the U.K.. Wrong side of the car, wrong side of the road. Yes, it was confusing at first. We have frontage roads here in Illinois. We also have flashing yellow lights. Fairly new thing here. It was a bit confusing at first. We do have roundabouts too. When I was driving out west the speed limits were crazy! But there was literally nothing (I mean nothing) for miles and miles. The “Texit” is not legal. Right turn on red is pretty much everywhere unless specifically noted “no right turn on red”. Just treat it like a stop sign.
We don’t do roundabouts here. Might be good for the cramped roads in London but Texas has the most trucks passing through and the roundabouts to cover them all in high traffic times would be massive far exceeding the intersection space into buildings and such.
We have several in New Braunfels including the downtown plaza. They’re also in many military bases.
I've lived in Dallas my entire life and I have never called it "IH-35" and I definitely have not met anyone else who does either. It is state government decision to put that on signs, but like you said, it could possible be confusing for some drivers out of state (probably rarely though since the interstate number is there), but everybody just says "I-35", i.e.
Yes. There is a difference between what Texas may call it officially and the common term in conversation.
I live close to I-10 which is what everyone calls it.
Texas does it's own thing in so many ways.
If you are driving in different states, know the law for turning right on a red! It’s different from state to state.
Ive been to multiple states i don't believe I've ever come across this. What state is different.
Our speed limits are so high because of how much distance we have to travel. When I first started driving the limits were 65 & it takes forever to get anywhere at that speed.
5:29 roundabouts are better; but that intersection might be too big for one. Most of our roundabouts are on smaller intersections
Turning Right on Red is legal only if it isn't explicitly prohibited by a sign and you must come to a full stop as if it were a stop sign and may proceed only when safe to do so.
You need to drive in Texas if you can. I would also suggest getting off the interstate highways for a bit so you can get a taste of rural Texas and understand just how big the state is. In a lot of west Texas you can easily drive for 15-30 minutes without seeing another car on the road. Do it during the day because those roads are DARK at night.
IH 35 just stands for Interstate highway 35. The frontage roads, they call them feeder roads.
They are feeders in Houston and frontage roads everywhere else
My friend, I lived in Dallas for six years. U Turns. Fast driving. Circus level highways. White knuckle. Intersections that take you 20 minutes to go a mile. I pulled out in front of a police car at a red light, and he just honked at me and went on his way. Your GPS getting confused due to the circus level highways. Be careful.
Exactly. I hate Dallas traffic. 😬
I've ridden through many roundabouts in southern England; I've seen many instances of other drivers cutting across the dotted traffic lanes.
Hey Kabir, I love your videos. The opening scene immediately looked familiar. I worked for a small company for almost 21 years before retiring in 2019. Our office is about 2 miles from that interchange. With that company I drove all over Texas.
There is a second version of the "Texit." I see it a lot on I-20 and it is when a driver finds themselves in the far left lane as they pass their intended exit. It wold be soooo easy to just go to the next exit and turn around, but no! They make a hard right and cut across all lanes to get to the exit. It usually occurs to them to look to check traffic about halfway across. It's rather "exciting" when it happens. I have driven on the tollway in Austin that has the 85 MPH speed limit. This highway takes you to the Circuit of the Americas (F1 track). The speed limit starts out at 80 but changes to 85 at the exit to the track. This road is really under-used due to the high tolls. It is a blast to drive this stretch of road. I drove on the Katy Freeway once in a driving rain. I was working down there for a couple of days. My poor rental car would start to hydroplane at about 65. The speed limit was 70 and in a driving rain I was being passed as if I were parked. So goes life on the Houston highways. Keep up the good videos!
If you are caught making a texit, you will be drawled at politely by a Texas Ranger and issued a ticket for a moving violation.
I've been in Texas my whole life, and I don't think I've ever seen a Texas Ranger.
@dianajemison105 Employees of the Department of Public Safety are Texas Rangers. Not all, but the Highway Patrol is.
@@meaders2002 Thanks! I bet I knew that at some point in my life.😅
@@meaders2002
Highway Patrol are not Rangers.
They are both employed by Texas Department of Public Safety but their duties are far different.
The Texas Ranger Division does not patrol. They are an investigation divisors like the FBI is to the federal government.
@@dianajemison105
There are only about 150 Rangers for the 254 counties in Texas so it is not strange that you have not seen one.
And they don’t patrol and write citations. They are plain clothes detectives.
We have the two lanes turning left where I live, and I have never experienced any problems with it. You stay in the right lane as you turn left if you will be continuing down the road you turn on. You stay in the left lane if you will shortly be making another left from the road you have just turned onto. It works very well I think.
I’m in California and we have roundabouts here as well, but they’re areas without a lot of traffic like a residential area. There are some roundabouts in non-residential areas but these are streets that do not have heavy traffic.
Right on red is the US equivalent of beans on toast!
The loops around town are not only for ease of getting around...it's to keep all the oil field big trucks out of the city limits of town since the streets aren't made for that much wear and tear of big trucks and the added congestion and all that comes from oil field trucks running through town constantly.
I once (this was in the ancient days of around... maybe 1998 or 1999?) was stuck in traffic on the Katy freeway outside Houston for 3 whole hours. Turned out, an airplane had made an emergency landing ON the freeway.
When I was a kid we had day and night speed limits. 70 during the day and 55 at night.( this was in Minnesota)
LOL...what if you have a green light and someone runs their red light? What if you turn left on a green arrow and the oncoming traffic doesn't stop? What if someone pulls out of a driveway in front of you? The assumption is that people general obey the rules. However, you always "drive aware".
IH in the name will mean Interstate Highway. Definitely buy a fold up roadmap of the state to keep handy and get familiar with the highways and state markings.
Remember, if your buddy does the driving you have a very important role as the navigator.
I don't think this guy has traveled as many US roads outside of Texas as he says.
In the UK, it would be left on red.
You can also turn left on red from a one way to a one way. Many forget about this rule.
While in Dallas you might as well ride along Interstate 35 to Austin and San Antonio. It's only a 6 hrs ride
Kabir… be careful in the states 😂.. people treat speed limits like a suggestion. Huge muscle car scene in Texas as well, wouldn’t be surprised if you saw people going for a high speed run.
Fun and interesting reaction. It's a blast from the past for me. I grew up in the Dallas area and lived there for 50 years until I moved to AZ to be close to my parents in 2018. Several of those segments included places I drove through regularly (like the intersection of Plano Rd and Renner Rd). FYI, I never heard anyone refer to a highway like I35 as IH35. Traffic in the commute hours can be a real pain. I had a job for a couple of years in downtown Fort Worth that had me driving from Dallas every day. On the best days, I could make that in 1 hour and 15 minutes. If there was an accident, it was more like 2 hours. Driving on the highways during those busy times can be daunting. I don't miss that.
Here in Las Vegas the freeway speed all through town is 65. Also, we call the interchanges of multiple freeways downtown like the one you showed in Dallas, the "Spaghetti Bowl" cause that's what it looks like. Traffic is bad there during rush hours.
In a lot of cases the “Texit” is the way our drivers show the engineers where they should have put an exit!😂
Road rules? Wildly variable. Houston traffic can be mildly terrifying- 90mph nearly bumper to bumper (imagine being on a small city street driving 30mph, the distance you'd keep between the car in front, just at 90...). Also note that the articulated trucks will be doing 90 and keeping up with traffic. Pull back a bit and leave space- and someone will put their car in the gap.
Louisiana also has some odd road rules- there are several Left Turn On Red After Stop intersections in the suburbs of New Orleans.
The last thing I would say is that since the 60's, the UK had a large program to upgrade the signage as the motorway system was developed, which was unified and held to a minimum standard. The interstate system generally holds to a signage standard, but most of the signs are poorly thought out, with arrows attempting to point out lanes which often are incorrect, duplicated across multiple sign boards on the same gantry and for the speed of the road, volume of traffic can be downright dangerous if you don't know the pending road layout ahead by heart.
Finally, the high road speed is, as the video suggests, really more of a Texas thing because of the distances involved in daily travel there. On average the 2-lane non divided highway shown would be 55 in most states, at most 60; in Louisiana it's rare to find a non divided highway above 55. 65-70 is common for divided roads with either a barrier between oncoming traffic or a large dividing median. It also depends upon who owns the road, and the state legislature. The highest allowed speed on state owned highways in New Jersey, for instance, is 55. All other highways with higher posted speeds are owned privately and are usually tollway. There's a significant distinction made between interstate, intrastate, state and local roads which exist but are not always apparent to the average motorist.
Some areas may have a sign on the signal light saying no right turn. I don't see it often but be sure and read all signs on any signal light poles.
When you go to Dallas, take a side trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas. It’s only 5 hours from Dallas and you’d love the scenery, history and food
FM roads can become dirt roads in some places.
The one that leads to my grandmother’s house is completely dirt. There isn’t _any_ paved section. 😄
@@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones Is a FM road or county road. If FM, what is its number?
Lots of things that are different about Texas - state highways generally have a full lane-width shoulder. If it's a two-lane highway, folks generally change lanes out of the travel lane and drive on the shoulder to let overtaking traffic pass without crossing over into the oncoming traffic lane. Simple courtesy. In addition to state routes are FM/RM roads (Farm-to-Market, Ranch-to-Market). Fairly unique road designation but very common in Texas.
I agree on the roundabout! We had one in a major intersection in the Texas town in which I grew up. It was easy to navigate & traffic flowed smoothly through it. Years later they took it out & put in a standard intersection & traffic signals. It’s become a nightmare to navigate. Smh 🤦♀️
I 35 from Mexico to Canada. Right through the middle of USA
Louisiana at Texas State Line on I-10 EXIT 880! and yes it is 880 miles...Driven it. The "High Five" Five stack freeway interchange at over 100 ft tall...
Please remember as with most things in the USA, nothing is universal. Driving varies state by state, and driving in small towns is much different than these large mega cities. Everything slows down in small town America.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana has been talking about building a loop for 30 years. It would have to be a weird shaped loop. There are some geographical hurdles with the Mississippi River to the west and a swamp to the south.
We have a lot of roundabouts here in Colorado, and I think are becoming more common everywhere.
For some reason, Circles seem to confuse drivers west of the Mississippi River. I never saw one until I went to school in Washington, DC..
Hi Kabir, Fort Worth has two roundabouts. Bluebonnet Circle and the Weatherford Traffic Circle.
12:40 the usual punishment for a Texit, if caught by -- say -- a cop, is a citation or fine.
5:57 a roundabout? Absolutely not. Not on a 8 lane divided roadway.
I've been driving in Houston and the rest of the state and never heard the term "Texas Trun Around " except from this guy, we call them U-Turns. I drive the Katy freeway all the time they keep making it wider to help with amount of people trying to get to and from work, I guess it is doing something because I'm 66 now and started driving when I was 16 and it still takes just as long to get downtown in rush hour as it did then and the city is twice as big. Enjoy
Two turning lanes are common in other states... it's having them with permissive (yellow) arrows where oncoming traffic is still flowing rather than protected (green) arrows where oncoming traffic has a red light. It's crazy in Texas because you have to keep track of idiots in the adjacent turning at the same time looking for oncoming traffic. We have both double turning lanes and permissive yellow arrows here in North Carolina, but I've never seen both in the same turning lanes.
The Texit is the thing that explains Texas the best in my opinion. If the government hasn't built the infrastructure we need, we will just make our own. Yes, it's not technically legal but we don't care. I've got a truck and the path is clear, I'm just going to take it.
Most of the time the Texits are used during traffic jams or other times of high congestion. We don't take them at speed.
Texas is so large, it has different kinds of signed numbered highways and roads.
At the top, the Interstate Highways I-10 or IH-10, second US highways or routes, US 66 or Route 66, third State Highways SH-6, Texas Farm or Ranch to Market Roads, FM -4, or RM-4. Then there are the Loop Highways with the road sign looking like a State Highway sign, but with Loop written at the bottom of the sign. That’s five different types of numbered highways and roads in Texas. While the UK uses two kinds of numbered sign highways, with M and A motorways and highways, most US states use three - Interstates, US, and State. Most don’t sign any roads. Hence why Texas distinguishes highways from roads.
( 5:01 ) As a native Texan who has driven on many, many of these 2-lane permissive turns (and encountered my fair share of idiots), I (and sometines others) will do a 'zipper' formation when turning, similar to when you merge from 2 lanes down to 1. You leave a car length's gap in front an behind you, as does the person in the other turning lane. This ensures that any turns into the wrong lane will only fill these gaps instead of sideswiping other cars.
The double turn on a yellow exists in Florida. In fact, it has three lanes on certain roads.
In Dallas, I-35 is “Stemmons”.
Yes you can turn right on red if safe. Some places you cannot turn right on red in Texas.
The turn right on red rule is relatively new here in the Adirondacks. I would guess it was allowed starting some time around in the nineteen seventies.
When you go to Texas, be sure to stop off at sprinkles cupcakes.
Additionally, do not use Google maps. You can get better directions from using Siri by saying something like “hey Siri directions to the nearest Starbucks” or “hey Siri, directions to 123 Main St.”.
When you were in America last time you were in Las Vegas and you said it took an hour to find the Starbucks because they were street closures. Siri generally will not take you down a close street. Siri will also tell you if there’s an accident ahead.
I still have nightmares (literally) about stacked highways in New Orleans. At some point, you're all by yourself on an elevated single-lane sweeping turn.
He keeps trying to tell you that we do things our own way here in Texas. We welcome you to come see us but ya better buckle up cause it can get a little crazy on our big ol’ roads!!! 😂
They have those U turns in Charlotte NC
Here in dallas they just changed a urban highway speed limit. It was posted at seventy miles an hour but they Kept clocking people at 80 and 90 miles an hour. So they dropped the speed limit down to 65 so they could get higher tickets for people.They catch speeding as a deterrent for people to speed. By the way.
If you need some help getting around Dallas look me up.I live here and i'm free all the time to take you around if you like
When you're driving in Texas, just keep telling yourself, "It's OK, they've got brakes, it'll be fine." AND GO FOR IT !
We have the double left turn lanes in New Jersey ( not on yellow though) and their is one right by my house I take quite often and believe me I have avoided quite a few potential side swipes from other cars veering over too far in my lane. I can not imagine the risk turning on yellow is?
When I lived in Seguin Texas, we took highway to Austin that was 85 mph. Drove by a deadly crash . SUV tire exploded. , all occupants pretty much got ejected. They were going atleast 100 mph. 2 adult females and six kids. none wearing seat belts. All we saw were body bags driving by the scene
@kabirconsiders well Houston has 2-3 big roundabouts that I am very familiar with and but not a lot people are in the USA. If you go to Utah for example all they use is a roundabouts. And Texas Turnaround or U-turn is so popular in Texas and I haven’t seen in it any other state. Honestly I love Houston’s 3 highway loops around the city. It definitely makes it way easier for getting around the city.
In my experience, I hear I-35 much more often than IH 35. In Laredo, we just say 35 because it’s the only interstate that runs through the city.
Flashing left turning is occurring at oncoming only both directions only
They have those things he calls, "Texas turnarounds", in Oklahoma City.
It was once believed, if a person moved faster than the speed of a running horse, that the shockwave would kill them.
Texas trucker here.. I have driven to every single state in the country except Hawaii of course, and I can tell you Texas is very unique.. truckers like and dislike certain States because of how easy it is to drive trucks. Texas is one of the easiest states because it's so wide open
The first time I drove in Texas the speed limit was 80 and people would passing me well over a hundred miles an hour.
I live on a Farm to Market road. We are about to get another loop around our town in Lubbock . I H stands for interstate highway. I cant stand roundabouts lol They make me dizzy😂 great reaction.
I've done a Texit a time or two. It's illegal, but if you don't get caught there's no issue :)
Multiple turn lanes are common in other states.
There's a lot of intersections that I think are too busy for a roundabout. There's certain times of day I think it would just back traffic up with people waiting to gain access to the roundabout. All of San Antonio's roundabouts are less busy intersections.
4:42 people run red lights all the time causing accidents at an intersection with turning cars all the time. As far as the other, whatever turn lane you are in, you are required to turn into that correspondencing lane, if you leave your lane mid turn and cause an accident, you are at fault, even if no accident is caused if a cop sees you, you can get pulled over for failure to maintain lane.
I've been through 1 roundabout here in Texas. It was a nightmare.
Four words for you Kabir... Don't drive in Texas.
NY parking lots are also painted with No Parking so that the fire department can fight a fire. The paint is yellow instead of red.
I live in Houston. When he was on I-10 he drove past where I used to work. When you're here in Texas, don't be surprised by the jerks or stupid drivers on the road.
That Katy Freeway will make you break out in a sweat. Beware.
The intersection you suggested a round-about has 5 lanes just in one direction. The crossing street I think had 4 lanes in one direction. These roads have massive congestion at certain times of the day. You do realize how dangerous trying to merge (matriculate actually) 18 lanes would be on a round-about, right? People on the inner ring would never (well a few hours) be able to merge to the right outer ring to make their exit!
I've done I-30 and they definitely do 100 mph, or more. 😬 I had to stop using it because it scares me. I stick with IH-35 or the side roads if the traffic is too bad.
Roundabouts would hinder traffic in major cities. The traffic is very much different.
We have double turns in Alabama.
You can turn right on red in Texas, unless it is marked otherwise. In Dallas, the only intersection I know of where you cannot turn right on red is Greenville Ave and Walnut Hill Lane, where the signage is prominently marked -- if you try to make a right-on-red there, you'll be lucky if the police/ambulance get to you fast enough...and no, "texits" are in no way legal, and if you get caught, the fine is heavy.
Also -- When in Dallas, specifically, all directions begin, _"Well, you get onto Beltline Road..."_ Fair warning.
Texas driven is crazy 🤪 good luck
IH is just for interstate highway. That's pretty much just understood because a sign is hard to write interstate highway on
Yes, but Texas could just do the "I" like the rest of the country. No need to put the full words on. Texas just gotta be different, that's all!
@kisili7319 good grief that's a bit dramatic don't you think.? I don't know the exact reason but I doubt very seriously that that much thought was put into it other than it's an interstate highway. I hardly think they sit around the table and think of ways to be evil!!!!😆
@@sharcrum I'm sure they don't (at least I'm pretty sure they don't 😉). But when I lived there, it just seemed Texans did things differently and there never seemed to be rhyme or reason to it for someone who had moved there from Minnesota.
I mean, why label the signs IH35 when everybody else does I35? Is there benefit to the extra letter? Since it is an Interstate, it seems the H would just cause a little extra dollop of confusion for everybody else traveling along it. The first sign you pass after crossing into Texas... "Oh, crap, did I somehow turn off the freeway I wanted to be on... waitaminute... it's numbered the same, so I'm probably good. Whew."
Are you going to be doing a meet and greet while you're in Dallas, Texas? I'm like the next city over. I've been watching your videos for a while now. Would love to meet & say hello 👋
No a roundabout would have crashes. I’ve never seen a crash on two turn lanes ever we have these in Louisiana also
Texas has more money to build thru their states… Louisiana is finishing up I-49 and rebuilding I-20-I-20 is mostly bridges so it will take 5 years to rebuild in the first two parishes next to Texas Caddo and Bossier Parish
When speaking, we say I35. They just put the H on road signs, for whatever reason. Just to be different, probably.
Also, we’ll be happy to have you in Dallas!
In California, we have interstate five which ones north and south. We often call it either I-5 or the five freeway. The other interstate highways that we just use “the” instead of I like the the 10, the110, the 405, the 105 or the 210.
I’d you come to Dallas while the State Fair is happening, or the Fort Worth rodeo is happening, be sure and go!
You can also turn left on red, provided it's from one 'one-way street' onto another 'one-way street'.
The double left turn is NOT against cross traffic. A 'left on yellow' allows left turns when the straight through lanes have green vs. a light that only allows through traffic to travel straight through on green (and the left turn lane has a red light.) The yellow light indicates you must yield to any other traffic. A double left on yellow is exactly the same but allows two left turn lanes to proceed, as if on green, if there is no oncoming traffic. Drivers on the inside turn lane are NOT allowed to cross into the outer left turn lane unless it's unoccupied. They should have planned what lane they needed to be in before approaching the intersection. The rule that nobody follows is you are never supposed to enter an intersection unless your path is clear. You are supposed to wait, for traffic to clear, behind the heavy white line that is between your car and the crosswalk. Double left turn lanes exist elsewhere in the U.S. Roundabouts with six to eight lanes???? Not with our drivers!
When you get back from your TX trip I want you to tell us about how many times you've seen people on the expressways, in excess of 90 mph, switching across multiple lanes in one swoop. DFW (Dallas-Ft. Worth) area has the highest concentration of idiot drivers I've ever seen. They're even worse than Montreal. DFW also has LEFT HAND on/off ramps on their highways. You just never know from which way the idiots are going to come at you.
When you say, "...50 max" are you talking mph or kph? 50 klicks is only 31 mph.
I-69 From MX to Michigan would probably be a path for autos/parts made in MX that used to be made in Michigan. TX leading the way on its portion is probably because they can use the Fed' money to assist their needs for the road. BUT... with Trump's 'plan', whatever that may be, who knows?
Bull shit.
We are carrying on with I69 because regardless of if other states build their part, it will help expand our economy between Mexico and surrounding states.
The loops are just State Highways. Remember what the shape of the signs are. They tell you if it's a State Highway. There are the Interstate or US highways. IH just means Interstate Highway.
I swear he reacted to this already unless I am going crazy
The Texas turnaround exists in NY, especially on Long Island, but it obviously is not called the Texas turnaround
Louisiana has all of this