Independence H-D said:

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Mas89 said:

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An elderly relative is 90 and hasn't driven in several years. After a fall last year, in a wheel chair and has home health care. Her drivers license expired recently and the banks and others needed a current id to make needed changes.

She made an appointment and went to the local dps office to get a Tx id card. They had a crazy long list of requirements including marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc.
She told them she didn't know if she had all the required documents and they told her she could simply pass the eye test and renew her drivers license. Done.

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This....

Having gone through getting my kids their licenses, I have no idea how ANY kid can get one without competent support. A kid on their own or without family support doesn't really have a chance in my opinion. Just getting all the documentation together is ridiculous.

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I have one child that just turned 16 and got her license.

My 14yo needed a photo ID for something, and the school district didnt issue student photo IDs for 8th graders. We had to go to DPS to get an ID

My 84yo mother let her DL expire but still needs a photo ID for certain legal transactions.


The biggest hurdle in all of these was the cumbersome scheduling system DPS uses, and the voluminous paperwork needed.

My dad was a cop. I used to ride with him on patrol sometimes. We made a call due to the exact same thing….only it was a 28 year old woman who got confused.
The true statistics of traffic deaths annually caused by texting is astounding. Average age of those users is teens to mid thirties. It would be interesting data to compare traffic deaths caused by people over 75 vs. texting by ages 18-35.
There will always be traffic fatalities…… young's will blame olds….. olds blame young's…., been that way since autos were invented.

I'm shocked, shocked I say, a board full of olds think olds are great drivers and the youngins are the ones who suck.

Young ones suck because they have no idea what they are doing and can't decide if they want to drive a car or TikTok.

Olds suck because they have reaction times measured in minutes instead of fractions of seconds.

CanyonAg77 said:

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Worse drivers are truckers on I-40. any interstate highway

"Knights of the Road" are now "anal orifices of slow in the fast lane while texting "

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FIFY

When I went to get my license my moms car was in the shop so I had to take my dads patrol car.
You should have seen the reaction on the DPS troopers face when we walked out with the emblem on the side and the overheads!

Speak for yourself!

DPS sucks in scheduling and in their S.O.P.s

I had to go in personally to renew D.L. after doing it several times online. I show up after a 3 month wait to be seen. "Well sir, I need your birth certificate."

Seriously? Never had to have it since first driver's test!

I pulled out two of my old expired D.L. and told her that I have been in the DPS system for 44 years with photos that match these D.L. photos and you are looking at my face so you can confirm my identity!

Her words? "Sorry! I have to have a birth certificate"

Mother Trucker were my exact words as I walked out!

Walked back into her office 2 days later without an appointment and asked how this piece of paper is a better identifying document than my D.L. with my freaking picture on it?

She said "It's not, but I will get fired if I don't get a copy of it from you!"

With that, she copied it, printed my paperwork and told me she will take care of everything!

All of the stupid rules from DPS are the problem because they backlog these poor employees due to all of the red tape!

A few months later my 97 year old father waltzes in and sweet talks them at his local office and walked out with his paperwork without any hassles. Go figure?!?!

Years ago my wife was in a minor fender bender (foot slipped off of brake at a stop light and she tapped the bumper of the car in front of her) that caused no damage to either vehicle. However the other driver called the cops to get a report just in case. Somehow the cop put in the report that my wife passed out causing the accident (didn't happen). DPS required that she come in and take a driving test along with providing a doctors note. She failed the test on her first attempt as she accelerated to highway speeds in the acceleration lane and had to retest.

Gunny456 said:

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My dad was a cop. I used to ride with him on patrol sometimes. We made a call due to the exact same thing….only it was a 28 year old woman who got confused.
The true statistics of traffic deaths annually caused by texting is astounding. Average age of those users is teens to mid thirties. It would be interesting data to compare traffic deaths caused by people over 75 vs. texting by ages 18-35.
There will always be traffic fatalities…… young's will blame olds….. olds blame young's…., been that way since autos were invented.

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Both can be true. Young's suck and olds. lol. West Palm beach is terrible to drive in due to overwhelming retirement age. It's pretty eye opening driving there.

I would almost bet from what I've seen on the road, there are a lot of 70-75 year old people that drive much better than a lot of 16-30 year olds

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she accelerated to highway speeds in the acceleration lane

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Isn't that what it's for?

Apparently in some states freeway traffic yields to the feeder road. Hard to believe I know, but I think that is part of the problem.

88planoAg said:

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Apparently in some states freeway traffic yields to the feeder road. Hard to believe I know, but I think that is part of the problem.

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Doesn't explain why Texans on Texas roads do it. I assume it's simply self-centered behavior

CanyonAg77 said:

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88planoAg said:

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Apparently in some states freeway traffic yields to the feeder road. Hard to believe I know, but I think that is part of the problem.

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Doesn't explain why Texans on Texas roads do it. I assume it's simply self-centered behavior

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It's because the vast majority of people aren't actually taught how to drive. They are taught how to sit behind the steering wheel.

Driving means paying attention to the world around you and understanding what traffic is, what it is doing, etc. It's also a function of police flat out refusing to enforce many traffic rules anymore outside of speeding. I don't know how many times I've seen a single vehicle in the passing lane just cruising and impeding traffic when a DPS or Sheriff just casually cruises around them instead of forcing them over into the driving lane. Absolutely maddening.