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l am Sheppard from Texas, daily l came across a lot of news about road accidents and deaths. Why the accidents are taking place, is it because of careless driving or what. l wanna get educated about safety driving tips and road rules in Texas. Can any one suggest me the best online resource where l can get complete info?

 

I want to know about safety driving tips as well as road rules in Texas

Texas Rules of the Road

http://texastripper.com/texas/rules-of-road.html

Safe Driving Tips In Texas

http://txdot.gov/services/traffic_operations/highway_driving.htm

 

I want to know about safety driving tips as well as road rules in Texas

I am not going to give u any web site, just some actual experience. I do not live in TX, but my dad is a winter texan. I drive my dad down to Mission every fall & then fly home until spring & fly back down to drive him home. I usually spend 4-7 days down there each way. Since u really do not say what part of TX u will be living in, I can give share with u practicle experice since I drove from the top of TX down to the bottom.
In the Huston area, rush hours seems to go on all the time. One fender bender & every thing stops. You could say that happens in most areas. But the difference in TX is that the drivers just get off the road at any point- no exit needed.
I believe the most dangerous drivers in TX live in Austin. I have been making the drive to & from TX for about 10 years & 90% of the time I have had near death driving experiences driving through Austin.
San Antonio is a great area to drive through. I never noticed any uniqueness driving through there. Once u hit the Valley area, speeders beware. One mile over the speed limit in the small towns will get u a speeding ticket. I remember one year, seeing about 3 people being pulled over is this small town that the streets did not even have curbs. Once you're out the the small town, there really is not much for traffic control on the highway down to the Rio Valley, except in the small towns.
However, as u get into the Missison/McAllen area - police cars r more visible partolling.
Once I got down into the Mission/McAllen area, the one ''road rule'' I learned was that if ur driving down a road & someone comes up behind you, u should move onto the shoulder & drive on the shoulder until the car drives past you.
If u should be driving in or out of South Padre - Speeders beware. Again, 1 mile over the limit will get u a ticket. I was lucky enough to have know enough people who did get tickets in those ''sensitive'' areas that I never did get a ticket. Even though I do tend to have a lead foot when it comes to driving. I love going down to TX every year. It so relaxing & I greatly appreciate the hospitality that is showed toward the Winter Texans.

 

I want to know about safety driving tips as well as road rules in Texas

Hello Sheppard,

Its very good to know the learning and knowing the Texas defensive driving tips on road safety. I think you will find the complete details here:

http://texas-defensivedriving-courses.com/driving-safety-tips.html

Above mentioned website is providing tips for Teens also how to drive the vehicle safely.

 

I want to know about safety driving tips as well as road rules in Texas

Statistic: about 80% of all accidents happen within 3 sec of a driver distraction (ie-talking of the cell phone, playing with iPod, car full of friends.)

Go to a Texes Department of Motor Vehicle office and pic up a driver handbook and read it (if you have not already.)

http://txdps.state.tx.us/ftp/forms/DLhandbook.pdf