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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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Wtf is up with your highways? Lol. Drove through briefly going to galveston and trying to stay on 45 is a whole lot more difficult than it should be. I dont know how much of this is accredited to my POS GPS, but still. On the way back following the GPS's directions I ended up getting shoved off onto 610 somehow.

Also, I saw two semi trailers moving oversized loads. Looked to be pieces of large water/oil tanks (think HUGE cans). Both had police escorts on and off the highway, but the dickwad in the 87 pathfinder running the wide load sign about got my wife and I killed by pulling onto the highway at 15mph and trying to block traffic for the semi.

Crazy *****, all of ya.
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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Read signs + follow sign directions = staying on 45, it's not too complicated

As for the dumbass in the pathfinder, I will admit Houston has some of the absolute shittiest, selfish ******* drivers I have ever seen.
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Welcome to Houston
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 02:20 PM
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I can see how its hard to stay on 45. Those giant green signs and giant symbols painted on the road are hard to see.
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 03:20 PM
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Really the sad thing is that they are put there at the last time you can get into the lane that exits. Need to be posted farther up the road and pointing at the correct lane, not the white stripe in the middle.

Houston roads suck, but not as bad as the drivers.
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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Majority of Texas drivers have mimfs(most important mother ****** syndrome) think they are in more of a hurry, have more of a right away all the time, and just generally a more important mother ****** then anybody else on the road....

But that's just IMO.
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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Drivers suck, but not sure how you couldnt' stay on 45, with the big giant signs pointing and the arrows/signs painted on the hwy it's hard to miss, now coming on 10 could be another story at the 45 interchange due to construction, but 45... wow not sure how ya messed that one up lol
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 04:33 PM
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The key to staying on 45:

Go straight.

It's not that difficult, bro.
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^ lol
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Who wants to go thru downtown anyways 610 is better half the time. Prob did yourself a favor.
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by -Ross-
The key to staying on 45:

Go straight.

It's not that difficult, bro.
I dunno there is that part after Dixie Farm Rd. where it kinda curves a little due to construction... It fucked my whole routine of driving on 45!
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Stay in the middle lanes and you won't ever have a problem.
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Powell
I dunno there is that part after Dixie Farm Rd. where it kinda curves a little due to construction... It fucked my whole routine of driving on 45!
Yeah, that construction is pissing me off.
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 06:40 AM
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Houston Texas, where the turn signal is a sign of weakness!
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by 1FAST02FORMULAHAWK
Houston Texas, where the turn signal is a sign of weakness!

BHAhAhAH
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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****'s Can't Drive. If you think Houston has a bad freeway system, don't go to L.A.
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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Ill admit most of my problem was listening to the damned GPS. When im somewhere im not familiar with I tend to default to the gps instead of reading signs and trying to determine my own route, damn the digital age.
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 10:25 AM
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you deff did yourself a favor by taking 610. 45 through the city sucks.

Otherwise I love the highway/feeder system here. WAY better then tons of cities I've been in.
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Ohh..By the way...610 and 225 are by far the most dangerous roads in America for Hazardous Materials being moved by semi trailers...Enjoy the final ride of your life!!
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