Yes, people here are terrible drivers, and there are more of them every year. Get used to this, I'm sorry to say. I feel your pain.

I've live here my whole life, these "pile-ups" just started happening.

People entering the highway have never learned the meaning of the word merge. Most people meaning of merge is force their way onto a 75mph highway at 50-55mph...

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I've live here my whole life, these "pile-ups" just started happening.

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Its not just there. Ive been here for 12 years and just this fall we seem to be hitting a critical point in traffic flow. Places that used to back up from 5:00-5:30 now back up from 5:00-6:00. We are on the verge of some real messes if they dont get in front of the issues SOON. The growth rate is expanding and could blow up any day.

1. The bypass needs to be made into a freeway by utilizing the median space, and adding two more lanes each way.

2. We need dedicated merge lanes.

3. We need enhanced directional signage.

I think we need to redo the entry and exit ramps.

People definitely do not know how to merge!! They expect you to slow down or move to the left to let them on , I got flipped off the other day, I could not move over and refused to slow down, guy tried to bully his way in with his big truck. You need to be looking while you are merging and plan your speed according , he could have easily come in behind me! Then he sped over to left lane cutting someone else off so he could flip me off and mouth off something! And yes it has gotten worse from University on south at that time. Rant over!!

CS is home to some of the worst drivers in the state of Texas.. And by worst I don't mean aggressive and speeding. Most are slow drivers. No idea how to maintain speed , no idea how to make a double turn. Everytime I make a double turn at an intersection there is someone in inside lane that ends up in outside nearly bumping guy in outside lane.
When making a unprotected turn across traffic or stopping at a stop sign and making a turn into traffic .. People will wait for a written invitation before proceeding.
Don't get me started on a 4 way stop.. One car will always just sit there 2 times thru the rotation.
Have your own lane merging into traffic. Someone is always sitting and waiting looking over their shoulder waiting till No cars are in sight before proceeding.
Many people here have no clue whatsoever how to drive.

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CS is home to some of the worst drivers in the state of Texas.. And by worst I don't mean aggressive and speeding. Most are slow drivers. No idea how to maintain speed , no idea how to make a double turn. Everytime I make a double turn at an intersection there is someone in inside lane that ends up in outside nearly bumping guy in outside lane.
When making a unprotected turn across traffic or stopping at a stop sign and making a turn into traffic .. People will wait for a written invitation before proceeding.
Don't get me started on a 4 way stop.. One car will always just sit there 2 times thru the rotation.
Have your own lane merging into traffic. Someone is always sitting and waiting looking over their shoulder waiting till No cars are in sight before proceeding.
Many people here have no clue whatsoever how to drive.

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NOTHING is worse than daddy's little princes in a new BMW SUV barely able to see over the steering wheel, talking on a cell phone driving like a scared little rabbit .

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NOTHING is worse than daddy's little princes in a new BMW SUV barely able to see over the steering wheel, talking on a cell phone driving like a scared little rabbit .

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We'd be lucky if she was on the phone. Most likely texting or catching up on Facebook.

Seriously: Go faster. Maintaining 15 MPH below the speed limit is dangerous for you and everyone else around you. If you would like to go that slow, stay on the feeder road.

We can complain about the drivers all day, but these problems have only started since they redid the entrance/exits. There is some type of traffic backup probably 3/5 days of the week on my way home in that area. Before, you had like 1/2 mile to merge and now you have a couple hundred feet. It frustrates me that we spent as much money as I'm sure we did to only create additional traffic on hwy 6.

If you wanted to make a dangerous and non-user friendly highway, what would you do? Well, you could increase the speed on the highway so that the part going through the town is actually faster than the part outside of the town. Then give the oncoming cars less time and less visablity to merge with the faster traffic by shortening the on ramps. Oh and you could also post signs that say the left lane is only for passing. And make non-ending construction. Place this highway in a location like a major university and an area hospital where there is a mix of inexperienced and older drivers. Add a couple of tourist attractions with poor signage. Place this highway in a state that does not have much in the way of drivers ed.

Fix just two of these things and our local world would already be a better place. Fix four and we would have to find something else to complain about.

This town combines rural, suburban, & urban drivers. Mix them all together, and the traffic here is what you get.

Since we're rabble rousing and grumbling, I wish that they had been consistent about the merging lane continuing or not continuing to the next exit. (For example, you don't move over to an exit lane going northbound, to exit University. You simply exit from the right hand lane. But northbound at MLK/Old Reliance, you do have the exiting lane.)

And the same holds true once you get down onto the feeder roads. Sometimes, you have to exit and move right out of an entrance-only lane and other times, the left hand lane simply vanishes with no merge-right sign.

There's always some poor dude trying to duck into the main lane when theirs up and disappears.

And there is definitely a shortage of blinker fluid in town. Everyone seems to be running low.

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We can complain about the drivers all day, but these problems have only started since they redid the entrance/exits. There is some type of traffic backup probably 3/5 days of the week on my way home in that area. Before, you had like 1/2 mile to merge and now you have a couple hundred feet. It frustrates me that we spent as much money as I'm sure we did to only create additional traffic on hwy 6.

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I think you are close, but the problem isn't the fact they changed the ramps its that people don't use the entrance and exit ramps properly. Too many people slow down way before they actually get to the exit ramps so you end up with people slowing to 65-55-45 before get off the highway. You also have people not accelerating to the proper speed on the entrance ramps until they get to the highway. This causes issues when someone driving 50-60 gets into traffic going 70

1. You don't need to touch your brakes or let off the gas until you are off the highway. There is plenty of exit ramp to slow down befor you have to merge with feeder road traffic
2. You need to accelerate to 70-75 on the entrance ramps before getting to the highway. Then you are essentially changing lanes where the entrance ramp meets the highway.

If you can't follow the above 2 guidelines then you just need to stay on the feeder road.

And for the record you had similar slow downs prior to the change in ramps because traffic was backed up from the feeder road on to the highway, hwy 6 north at university was a perfect example.