Texas Secession 'Closer' Than Anyone Thinks

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feralkid

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If you actually talk to these people, you'll quickly see that what they think they would get is being American without the federal government telling them what to do. So basically they'd get all of the benefits and none of the downsides.



Both ways!
 

Zorba

Lifer
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I was down in Texas last week and I finally figured out why Texans are required to have front license plates. It is a warning to pedestrians that they aren't going to stop regardless of whether or not you have the right of way.
 
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K1052

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I was down in Texas last week and I finally figured out why Texans are required to have front license plates. It is a warning to pedestrians that they aren't going to stop regardless of whether or not you have the right of way.

I've been all over the country and never seen so much total reckless disregard for driving laws with maybe Florida coming in a distant second.

It also got worse during/after COVID when lots of people simply decided red lights do not apply to them.
 
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hal2kilo

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I've been all over the country and never seen so much total reckless disregard for driving laws with maybe Florida coming in a distant second.

It also got worse during/after COVID when lots of people simply decided red lights do not apply to them.
Hell, everytime I would have to catch a flight at Seatac, I felt like my life was in danger. I don't know if it's here or everywhere, but people drive like shit anymore. I blame texting for the bulk of it.
 
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iRONic

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Cell phones, loss of civility, entitlement, horribly designed roads, and downright stupidity have made driving on today's roads a possible death sentence every time you get in your car.

The only pro, and I mean the only positive thing that I can think of being in this fucking wheelchair is that I can't ride my motorcycle anymore. If I wasn't disabled I absolutely would not be riding a bike on the street!!
 
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Zorba

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Hell, everytime I would have to catch a flight at Seatac, I felt like my life was in danger. I don't know if it's here or everywhere, but people drive like shit anymore. I blame texting for the bulk of it.

It's EVERYWHERE, no doubt about it.
Shitty driving is everywhere. Texas probably has the most widespread just asshole drivers. People that will speed up to keep you from completing a safe pass on a 2 lane highway with a semi coming at you. People that will speed up when someone is crossing in a cross walk, etc.

The only times in my life I've had someone cut me off then slam on their brakes (to be an asshole, not because someone is in front of them), then swerve all over the place to keep me from passing have all been in Texas. And it isn't once or twice. That has happened to me while driving at least 5 times, and happened when I was a passenger at least that many more times. And I've never lived there!

I also know multiple people, including myself, that have had guns pointed on them by other drivers on the highway in Texas. My former boss had a gun pulled on him when crossing a street with a walk sign when some guy wanted to turn right.
 

K1052

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I also know multiple people, including myself, that have had guns pointed on them by other drivers on the highway in Texas. My former boss had a gun pulled on him when crossing a street with a walk sign when some guy wanted to turn right.

I had to warn my husband multiple times not to give people the finger when we lived there because of this. You have to assume everybody is armed, irrational, and willing to kill you over basically anything on the road.
 

HomerJS

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We seem to agree Texas leaving benefits the other 49. Are they a major shipping hub?
 

Indus

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Hell, everytime I would have to catch a flight at Seatac, I felt like my life was in danger. I don't know if it's here or everywhere, but people drive like shit anymore. I blame texting for the bulk of it.

Texting to blame is wishful thinking.

It's people's nature and overpopulation..

Also a slight observation is shit like that happens less when there are not long waiting lines to just get into the lane you want and actually start moving.

But go onto the BQE and it's like pulling teeth which annoys the hell out of everyone!
 
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MrSquished

Lifer
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Can we stop talking in this thread? It keeps getting bumped up, and every time I come on the forum lately I see the title that says Texas is just about to secede and my heart skips a beat, going all a-flutter, just so damn happy at the thought of it! And then I realize, it's just a total dick tease and not real. I got Texas and the rest of the deep South seceding blue balls yo!
 
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Indus

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Can we stop talking in this thread? It keeps getting bumped up, and every time I come on the forum lately I see the title that says Texas is just about to secede and my heart skips a beat, going all a-flutter, just so damn happy at the thought of it! And then I realize, it's just a total dick tease and not real. I got Texas and the rest of the deep South seceding blue balls yo!

Think we can do more than that.. new laws where phone goes airplane mode once Car starts moving!

That should just about get the Texans to actually secede!
 

nakedfrog

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Texting to blame is wishful thinking.

It's people's nature and overpopulation..

Also a slight observation is shit like that happens less when there are not long waiting lines to just get into the lane you want and actually start moving.

But go onto the BQE and it's like pulling teeth which annoys the hell out of everyone!
Texting is absolutely to blame for some of it.
 
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Indus

Lifer
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I think some people are just scrolling through shit while driving, I've nearly been hit by quite a few people just staring down at their phone while making turns it's ridiculous.

/Trumpanzee Republican mode

Those darkie migrants coming across the southern border right??
 

ch33zw1z

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Think we can do more than that.. new laws where phone goes airplane mode once Car starts moving!

That should just about get the Texans to actually secede!
I like my streaming music. I would have to start downloading playlists….ugh.
 

WelshBloke

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The only times in my life I've had someone cut me off then slam on their brakes (to be an asshole, not because someone is in front of them), then swerve all over the place to keep me from passing have all been in Texas. And it isn't once or twice. That has happened to me while driving at least 5 times, and happened when I was a passenger at least that many more times. And I've never lived there!
Why the fuck are people like that?
I don't care if I'm in front of you or behind you, I just want to drive at the speed I'm driving at!
 
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