GERMAN reacts to 10 SHOCKING Things About Texas Driving

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Chris Reacts

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@JamesBondsLittleFinger
@JamesBondsLittleFinger 2 ай бұрын
Texas has a lot of concrete roads. The lighter color doesn’t get as hot. It’s common for the high temperature of the day to get to 100 F for a month or longer.
@EmmanuelGoldstein3
@EmmanuelGoldstein3 2 ай бұрын
In the summer, a high of 100 is cool. Much more commonly it's around 105. And frequently higher.
@TaldrenMGMoonGuard
@TaldrenMGMoonGuard 2 ай бұрын
Ya asphalt melts in the summers here. A lot of the county roads are changing because of it. It only takes a few weeks of normal summer (not even a heat dome event) for cars and trucks idling in traffic to sink into the asphalt and destroy the road. We have to use concrete here.
@markstolarski9525
@markstolarski9525 2 ай бұрын
The primary reasons for using concrete are strength and lifespan.
@Skinflaps_Meatslapper
@Skinflaps_Meatslapper 2 ай бұрын
Even the asphalt roads are lighter, primarily because the gravel itself here in TX is either white or light gray due to most of the state being covered in limestone and light gray mudstone as a rule. There are portions of TX with black roads, as well as a few with varying shades of red/brown simply due to that area having a different type of local rock they quarried their gravel from. It's mostly in the western part of TX below NM where you'll see those types of roads, as that area is the only place that actually has interesting geology. Always interesting to see the sudden change in color when you cross into another county and their road maintenance is on a different contract, with gravel and such being sourced from a different area.
@uselesscause3178
@uselesscause3178 2 ай бұрын
It is true, which makes me irritated when all the roads in my state are redone and black-topped. Florida has Florida man planning.
@Chrisfrom_Dallas
@Chrisfrom_Dallas 2 ай бұрын
Concrete. Asphalt melts at Texas temperatures 😂😂😂 sticks to your shoes
@monapause8108
@monapause8108 2 ай бұрын
you don't have rubberized asphalt like AZ?
@shaitanlavey
@shaitanlavey 2 ай бұрын
It will definitely burn the bottoms of your feet wearing all leather moccasins. Been there.
@monapause8108
@monapause8108 2 ай бұрын
@@shaitanlavey when we were in AZ, we asked our friends who lived there "how can you have asphalt on the freeways? doesn't it melt?" they said no, because it's rubberized.
@akilword-daniels6665
@akilword-daniels6665 2 ай бұрын
​@monapause8108 one of the biggest additional reasons we use concrete is because it lasts longer. We have so many freeways, it's a massive pain (for users and work crews) repave all of the high capacity roadways on the schedule asphalt repaving requires
@monapause8108
@monapause8108 2 ай бұрын
@@akilword-daniels6665 yeah, I can see that since you don't have snow tires or tire chains breaking up the concrete. my husband is an engineer with the D.O.T. where we live. it's so wet here, asphalt lasts a long time up here in the NW. we don't have snow here very often, just months of rain.
@kaymillerfromTX
@kaymillerfromTX 2 ай бұрын
Concrete is 10 times stronger than asphalt and it’s a light grayish color with reflects the sunlight as opposed to asphalt which is dark in color and weaker in structural integrity.
@chriswampler1
@chriswampler1 2 ай бұрын
I live in Houston and the Katy Freeway can be gridlocked. 26 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic. Even at 8 P.M. it’s good to find side streets and alternate routes around the madness.
@hildahilpert5018
@hildahilpert5018 2 ай бұрын
Hey IH35 in San Antonio isn't much better.They are building flyovers from out by Selma-Live Oak all the way down to Ritterman Road in San Antonio.
@renelopez8227
@renelopez8227 2 ай бұрын
Maybe you need more lanes😂
@kathy2trips
@kathy2trips 2 ай бұрын
I actually changed jobs because I didnt want to spend half my life and all of my gas sitting in traffic on the freeways. I-45, I-69, Highway 290 and Loop 610, even FM1960 lately....they're all bad.
@WhiteOut-
@WhiteOut- 2 ай бұрын
@@kathy2trips Well at least 1960 has the syncronized traffic lights going on for it (between 290 and 249) except when you reach Houston city limits in Willowbrook and it all goes to chaos
@MelNel5
@MelNel5 2 ай бұрын
Houstonian here too. Yes, the freeways, no matter how many lanes, can be a gridlock nightmare.
@Trifler500
@Trifler500 2 ай бұрын
2:10 - You misunderstood. A frontage road is just a regular road that runs parallel to the freeway, so the front of the business can face the freeway. Otherwise, the back of the business would face the freeway, and the road would be on the other side of the business.
@johnschuh8616
@johnschuh8616 2 ай бұрын
One-way roads for the most part!
@michealdrake3421
@michealdrake3421 2 ай бұрын
These roads were mostly built because most of the interstate highways in Texas were built over existing roads, many of which had homes or businesses along them. Many of the owners of these properties were reluctant to take the buyouts offered by the government for the portion of their land, and the government didn't want to seize the land through imminent domain because that would be more expensive. Frontage roads solved this problem by ensuring property owners that they would still have their direct access to the main road, making them more willing to sell off a portion of their land for the road to occupy.
@Trifler500
@Trifler500 2 ай бұрын
@@michealdrake3421 Interesting! Thanks for the background. :)
@joshh6922
@joshh6922 2 ай бұрын
Or more commonly known to Texans as a "service road"
@michealdrake3421
@michealdrake3421 2 ай бұрын
@@joshh6922 In most places that I've seen, service roads don't appear nearly as often frontage roads in Texas, and in many cases are barely paved two lane roads, if that. No, there are enough fundamental differences between Texan frontage roads and every other state's service roads that it's justified to give them their own name.
@MegaKillerwatt
@MegaKillerwatt 2 ай бұрын
Texas has an abundance of deer and hogs that are active at night. Higher speeds would most certainly lead to fatalities from animal strikes.
@_Eric._
@_Eric._ 2 ай бұрын
You mean fatalities
@MegaKillerwatt
@MegaKillerwatt 2 ай бұрын
@@_Eric._ Thanks Eric
@madisonhasson8981
@madisonhasson8981 2 ай бұрын
Having lived in Texas 35+ years, half of that in rural areas, I don't believe it would be a significant enough difference to justify keeping speed limits lower.
@kaymillerfromTX
@kaymillerfromTX 2 ай бұрын
We already have the nations highest speed limits as it is
@ThmsDouglas
@ThmsDouglas 2 ай бұрын
@@MegaKillerwatt You're supposed to say, who are you the KZbin grammar police!
@turkeyman1123
@turkeyman1123 2 ай бұрын
an important point is that if there's "nothing" out there, that means there's deer, so many deer. So many deer are wandering the sides of american highways that they are the deadliest animal in north america.
@debbyplank2189
@debbyplank2189 2 ай бұрын
I agree completely. I hit one and totaled my car. There was so much fur stuck in the crinkled parts it was ridiculous!
@AnAZPatriot
@AnAZPatriot 2 ай бұрын
And wild pigs. And tortoises. All 3 will ruin your day and your insurance premiums if you hit them at speed.
@debbyplank2189
@debbyplank2189 2 ай бұрын
@@AnAZPatriot most definitely, a big buck, a dark highway (doing 55) and going around a curve. All you can say is damn, glad I'm still alive, but the car is totaled!
@ewmegoolies
@ewmegoolies 2 ай бұрын
And emergency services are farther from the scene of the accident
@alyxgriffen5073
@alyxgriffen5073 2 ай бұрын
And pronghorn antelope (which aren't actually an antelope). And elk, which are deer's giNORmous cousins. (Though these may not be a highway hazard in TX; they are here in Colorado, though.) And escaped cows (Texas *is* cattle country....); and if you kill a cow in TX, you're also liable for all the money the owner lost out on for breeding, or shows, or beef, etc, over the expected lifetime of that cow. And coyotes. Sometimes the occasional horse.
@brendajackson294
@brendajackson294 2 ай бұрын
LOL Texan here. I have been to Germany and I got to drive on the Autobahn. So much fun! Speed limits in Texas are merely a suggestion. During rush hour you have those going 60 and some going 90. Crazy traffic. Way more cars than in Germany. It is so hot here if the roads were black they would likely melt. We also use a lot of concrete. Area of Texas is 268,597, Germany is 138,067 area.
@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg
@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg 19 күн бұрын
Exactly here in Texas the speed limit sign of merely just an option
@benning138
@benning138 19 күн бұрын
Facts brother!!!
@zakspop
@zakspop 2 ай бұрын
We have concrete highways. Too hot and too many cars. asphalt won't last.
@nickthompson2023
@nickthompson2023 2 ай бұрын
A lot of states in the US do use asphalt for their roads, but down here in the south it’s basically required to use concrete for various reasons, typically due to the oppressive heat we experience. In certain parts of Louisiana, where I live, we use concrete that’s extremely thick/deep into the ground due to the water table being very near the surface. Down in south Louisiana we have roads that are essentially bridges built into the ground since the land down there is very marshy and constantly damp. It couldn’t handle traffic under normal conditions. I’ve seen asphalt roads in East Texas along I20, but the further south you get, the roads become completely concrete. East I20 also has a lot of frontage roads that just dead end and I always find it amusing when the impatient drivers take a Texit and get stuck having to back up or turn around to go back further than they already where due to the frontage road ending. One thing he failed to mention that is very common in Texas is the amount of people who feel totally fine passing others on the shoulder. When you are driving on the interstates in Texas, your head must remain on a swivel at all times. Getting near an exit and someone is approaching you on the left? Might wanna be prepared for them to suddenly decide they need to exit the highway from the left lane. I’ve seen drivers do this in 4+ lanes of traffic so you’re never safe. Have 2 lanes of traffic going the same direction and someone is trying to pass you on the left as they’re supposed to? Be prepared for some impatient jerk to decide waiting 10 seconds is too long and they’ll simply drive around you on the shoulder on the right. People in Texas drive like lunatics
@clearush
@clearush 2 ай бұрын
Most people also don't understand the number of vehicles, including heavy load trucks, that travel on the Freeways daily, asphalt simply cant stand up to the simple daily traffic. And high water table and soft ground also doesn't help on the coast.
@johnconnor4717
@johnconnor4717 2 ай бұрын
Well when you see things like bears, moose, and deer on the highway where I live 75mph is fast enough. I have seen people that have hit one of the 3, and some have not survived the crash.
@olpossum
@olpossum 2 ай бұрын
I was just coming to say....we have enough large wild animals that high speed can be deadly. Feral hogs, deer or even a stray cow(yes, I know not wild) in the rural areas will kill a car and often its occupant.
@Wolfie54545
@Wolfie54545 2 ай бұрын
The highest speed limit in my area is 65.
@tabbieedwards4195
@tabbieedwards4195 2 ай бұрын
Even a very small hog will tear up your vehicle. I know form experience.
@archiezaunty7635
@archiezaunty7635 2 ай бұрын
@@Wolfie54545 the highest speed limit I've seen was on the toll road from Austin to San Antonio which was 90 mph
@yinhuili
@yinhuili 2 ай бұрын
Moose? I have not seen one down here.
@cjcan2435
@cjcan2435 2 ай бұрын
We use concrete for the highways because asphalt would melt under the heat of the Texas sun and melt tires.
@johnschuh8616
@johnschuh8616 2 ай бұрын
We also use asphalt
@markstolarski9525
@markstolarski9525 2 ай бұрын
The primary reasons for concrete are strength and lifespan.
@maryreynolds8568
@maryreynolds8568 2 ай бұрын
In San Antonio they use asphalt on the freeways.
@abikeanditsboy3449
@abikeanditsboy3449 2 ай бұрын
The frontage road is a road that parallels major highways. The frontage road provides on/off ramp access to the highway. The frontage road also intersects the local surface streets. In the cities you'll also find lots of businesses and shopping along the frontage roads. Surface streets are the normal city streets you are familiar with. Highways are limited access road. Access is by on and off ramps so the speeds are much higher on highways. 8:45 in Dallas that's known as the "high 5" as there are 5 different levels of highways running through there. Yes, the highways there are stacked 5 high, hence the "high 5".
@rhov-anion
@rhov-anion 2 ай бұрын
I told me husband what you said about the Autobahn and how "slow" we drive. He scoffed and said, "Yeah, but if you're going 140mph and hit a deer, they're gonna make a horror movie about the grotesque chimera they find merged in the driver's seat. Pretty sure we don't want a real life Full Metal Alchemist."
@JPE_DRAEB
@JPE_DRAEB 2 ай бұрын
They have Deer in Germany!
@jrbenson810
@jrbenson810 2 ай бұрын
Germany has 11.4 million hectares of forest.... AKA deer and other animals.
@lotusasche4183
@lotusasche4183 2 ай бұрын
😂 you made my day.
@jonadabtheunsightly
@jonadabtheunsightly 2 ай бұрын
Germany is just completely insane on a couple of very specific issues, and this is one of them. (New Year's celebrations are another.) Ordinarily, Germans are very cautious and level-headed, but for these specific things, they throw caution to the wind. Even Australia, where you can drive in a perfectly straight line for literally half the length of their entire continent without seeing any sign of life larger or more notable than a blade of very dry grass (seriously, do Geoguessr in Western Australia some time, there is literally nothing there), tops out at 130 km/h in one province, 110 km/h in the rest of the country. Which is roughly 81 and 68, in miles.
@ThmsDouglas
@ThmsDouglas 2 ай бұрын
LOL
@gpbandchick2010
@gpbandchick2010 2 ай бұрын
Hi! Dallas Tx girl here :) It was fun to see my daily routes in this video. I cross the overpass at 8:50 everyday. We call this the High 5 exchange. It's actually as high as a 12 floor building!
@doctor78212
@doctor78212 2 ай бұрын
Try to imagine how big Texas really is. It takes roughly the same amount of time to drive across the Texas (Orange, Texas to Ft. Bliss, Texas) as it would take you to drive from Hamburg to Munich and back again. p.s. I have driven from Hamburg to Munich.
@jarrodneal1917
@jarrodneal1917 2 ай бұрын
There are 8,000 miles of autobahn in Germany, and 14 million miles of highway in the USA. That’s .0001 miles per person in Germany, .04 miles per person in the USA-a factor of 400. Consider the cost of maintaining roads that are safe for high speed travel (and the overloaded 18-wheeler semi trucks that swarm over them), and 80 mph won’t seem so low to you.
@markmartin6466
@markmartin6466 2 ай бұрын
Excellent explanation!
@JackCarsonite
@JackCarsonite 2 ай бұрын
Let alone the strict driving requirement in Germany.
@abikeanditsboy3449
@abikeanditsboy3449 2 ай бұрын
@@markmartin6466 Don't forget that it's 600-ish miles between Austin/San Antonio and El Paso and there nothing in between. The population density is very low and the roads are built for higher speeds. Think about it. It's 10 hours between the cities and that's with the 80 mph speed limits. Imagine the horror if the speed limit was 55. It would be 14-16 hours between the cities. I don't know that it's the number of highway miles per person in the US v. Germany or if in Texas they built highways for higher speeds. I mean there's places on I-10 where it's 150 miles between gas stations. I'm going with the roads are built for higher speeds so the speed limits make sense.
@lkajiess
@lkajiess 2 ай бұрын
Exactly, Germany is like the size of Arizona.
@blakem2891
@blakem2891 2 ай бұрын
Not to mention there's A LOT of movement on TX highways. Exits, lane changes, just plain bad drivers, and wear and tear on the roads. And just to be realistic, if you're doing 130mph you're just pointing the car. I've driven pretty damn fast on some highways here and if you hit a little pot hole or groove you better know how to drive well
@TheNightOwlKS
@TheNightOwlKS 2 ай бұрын
"That is your speed limit?" Texans - "They're more like guidelines than actual rules."
@jeffreygonzales8071
@jeffreygonzales8071 2 ай бұрын
Germany is a small country. The Autobahn is a small road compared to US roads. Germany can put all their resources into the Autobahn. In 3 hours you a get to most places in Germany. In America driving 3 hours just gets you to the next major city, especially in the western states. The Interstate highways require a lot of funding to keep them viable. Especially with the heavy trucking that use the highways & are the backbone of the economy. The lower speed limits were mandated by the Federal Government in the mid 70’s after the Arab Oil Embargo. The lower speed limits conserved fuel. The speed limits dropped from 75mph to 55mph - to conserve fuel. The speed limits in most states are higher now. Most people drive 10 to 20mph over the posted speed limits on the highways.
@hbmjr
@hbmjr 2 ай бұрын
Only ever 5 miles over the posted limit. Trying not to die here. Also, very well explained!
@chefssaltybawlz
@chefssaltybawlz 2 ай бұрын
Definitely keep it max 5-8 over in Texas, these troopers aren’t about play with you lol. Other than that I agree 💯
@andrew348
@andrew348 2 ай бұрын
You think there isn't trucking in Europe? The U.S. has more roads but you act like it doesn't have more revenue than Germany... All you did was build false equivalencies.
@johnschuh8616
@johnschuh8616 2 ай бұрын
Germany also has a great public transportation system. They used to bo so punctual! Not so much nowadays. Too many Germans have died. The country seems on the way to extinction.
@ThomMurphy
@ThomMurphy 2 ай бұрын
In Germany, it is MUCH more difficult and expensive to obtain and maintain a driver's license. The average driver skill and knowledge is higher, not to mention adherence to both the rules and laws of the road. Owning a vehicle in Germany is also, generally, a more significant cost than in the USA (including Texas). Additionally, vehicle standards are higher on average across Germany versus across the USA. Certainly higher than in TX, especially considering they are doing away with vehicle inspections in TX. Driving in Germany, in my experience, I'd estimate the number of folks I'd see violate the law on a typical drive to be around 3%. In TX, Houston, in particular, I'd estimate that to be closer to 70+%, including law enforcement. The number of vehicles on the road, again in Houston, that I'd guess wouldn't pass a German safety inspection is easily 20+% ,perhaps as high as 50%. The impact of violations in Germany is also more significant than in TX. This means drivers are generally more motivated to follow the laws. There are lots of things about driving in Germany that many Americans, likely, don't realize. For example, if driving on a part of the autobahn without a speed limit, above the national "standard", if you're in an accident, regardless of virtually any circumstances, it will be deemed your fault. That will have significant impacts on virtually everyone, aside from the Uber wealthy.
@valovalmieni8929
@valovalmieni8929 2 ай бұрын
I absolutely love all your videos. I appreciate your curiosity about American culture, specifically Texas culture. I'm from Texas and I've never really appreciated my state, until you made me realize how unique it is. You're a beautiful person ❤ Love from Texas 🇩🇪🇨🇱
@pranc236
@pranc236 2 ай бұрын
Why use the flag of chile then? 🤔
@rgonzalez7170
@rgonzalez7170 2 ай бұрын
​@pranc236 seriously!? Every state has a different flag (for the state) and Texas is THE one star one stripe of the whole American flag (because is one of the biggest states of America the second biggest to be exactly, the first is Alaska).
@RunningGrass-we7tm
@RunningGrass-we7tm 2 ай бұрын
That is sad...
@maryreynolds8568
@maryreynolds8568 2 ай бұрын
@pranc236 Because whoever is in charge of emojis doesn't offer a Texas flag like they should. 😉 Texas is incredibly proud of its flag.
@pranc236
@pranc236 2 ай бұрын
@@rgonzalez7170 seriously, im Texan and that aint the flag!
@joshuaking34
@joshuaking34 2 ай бұрын
The lower speed limits are due to the relatively straight design of the interstate highways. The longer distances and lack of turns make drivers more likely to zone out or fall asleep.
@danconiaf
@danconiaf 2 ай бұрын
Remember Europeans think 100 miles (160 kilometers) is a long distance. For some of us it is a normal commute
@PatricenotPatrick
@PatricenotPatrick 2 ай бұрын
@@danconiafI wouldn’t say “normal commute” but I would say it’s no big deal lol. I once picked my friend up in Huntsville and brought her back to Houston after work on a Friday.
@andrew348
@andrew348 2 ай бұрын
​@@danconiaf You have been to Europe?
@johnschuh8616
@johnschuh8616 2 ай бұрын
Also it takes superior skill to drive very, very fast. Get above 200 Klicks and the car seems to be kind of “floating” and the driver needs to much more aware.
@jovetj
@jovetj 2 ай бұрын
5:41 Pro tip: You can just type in the KPH box and it will update the MPH box. You don't have to make a new search or click the "=" box or the "swap" button or anything.
@bf5175
@bf5175 2 ай бұрын
Texas used to be part of Spain/Mexico, so a lot of cities were named by them. Corpus Christi, San Antonio, El Paso, Amarillo, etc.
@VolcanixAquatix
@VolcanixAquatix 2 ай бұрын
Corpus is absolutley stunning. So is south padre
@williamcrooksii9139
@williamcrooksii9139 2 ай бұрын
Tajas! Which means friend.
@terrioestreich4007
@terrioestreich4007 2 ай бұрын
@@VolcanixAquatix but it smells like sea weed!
@BONNIEGRESHAM
@BONNIEGRESHAM 2 ай бұрын
Per Wikipedia: “The name was given to the settlement and surrounding bay by Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519, as he discovered the lush semitropical bay on the Western Christian feast day of Corpus Christi.”
@kaymillerfromTX
@kaymillerfromTX 2 ай бұрын
@@williamcrooksii9139Tejas*
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer 2 ай бұрын
The “26 travel lanes” on Katy freeway isn’t a thing. The number changes from 24-29 every video I hear about it. Realistically you have 5-6 free lanes each way and 2 tolled lanes each way. It’s not that big….
@ewmegoolies
@ewmegoolies 2 ай бұрын
But they count service road lanes, take 5 travel, 2 toll and 3 service road lanes and double it for each direction. 20 rt there
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer 2 ай бұрын
@@ewmegoolies Service road lanes are not travel lanes… at best you can say there are 14 travel lanes not “26” and even then it’s for 2 miles… it quickly reduces. By the beltway, you’re down to 4-5 travel lanes each way. It’s not that big of a road.
@cherylwaclawczyk9098
@cherylwaclawczyk9098 2 ай бұрын
​@@AliciaTheTroonSlayerI beg to differ. The service lanes are definitely travel lanes when the freeway main lanes are fried. As a courier trying to save money, I often use the beltway access lanes instead of the toll lanes.
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer 2 ай бұрын
@@cherylwaclawczyk9098that’s completely different. The beltway 8 IS the feeder road and by law must be free. We houstonians just call all of it “the beltway” but there’s technically a difference. The actually highway is the sam Houston tollway. Those absolutely are travel lanes. I-10 doesn’t even have continuous feeders nor does 45 especially the closer you get into the city.
@terrioestreich4007
@terrioestreich4007 2 ай бұрын
Here in Minnesota, we use asphalt because of the freeze / thaw and it has a little more ability to flex. It looks like Texas uses cement, asphalt would probably melt down there!
@AnthonyRodriguez-om6id
@AnthonyRodriguez-om6id 2 ай бұрын
Yeah in Texas we rarely use asphalt. Typically it’s for residential streets with low traffic or as a temporary fix to an existing road section. But within one or two years the asphalt has to be removed and replaced due to it tendency to melt and create a wavy mess at intersections, it is more like driving through packed sand than a regular road.
@beepbop6697
@beepbop6697 2 ай бұрын
Correct. The asphalt gets soft and then extremely heavy 18 wheelers permanently dent the road where the tires are. Concrete withstands the heat and weight better. As other poster said: the side streets and neighborhoods use asphalt because it is cheaper and doesn't have all that 18 wheeler traffic weight problem.
@pranc236
@pranc236 2 ай бұрын
Asphalt does get very sticky in the summer but the heat cycling and high humidity in most of texas adds to the wear on the roads. Up north when it is cold it’s cold. In texas, one day it can freeze over and the next day it is 70F.
@mockingslur6945
@mockingslur6945 2 ай бұрын
Yes it does melt
@kaymillerfromTX
@kaymillerfromTX 2 ай бұрын
You are quite smart and correct! Plus asphalt here in Houston quickly buckles when we flood which is constantly lol
@MelNel5
@MelNel5 2 ай бұрын
The vehicle going through the grass is called a “Texit.” It’s not legal, but is common. Pickup trucks do it all the time. Only a German who’s been on the autobahn thinks 85 mph is slow. 😂 If we drove 130 mph, they’d be scraping us off the highway with spatulas. Huge trucks are not something you want to play chicken with, unless you want to be unalived quickly. We use rebar reinforced concrete for our freeways, not asphalt.
@GenX1964
@GenX1964 2 ай бұрын
14:00 Hot climates like Houston use concrete for roads. The heat degrades asphalt quickly. Another thing about our speed limits - just my theory- but our climate in the use has alot more variability which degrades roads. It's harder to keep roads that glass smooth that you have in Germany. Come to think of it I heard you use higher grade paving materials to build your roads too.
@coletrickle-km7cl
@coletrickle-km7cl 2 ай бұрын
The autobahn roads are way thicker than usa interstates. and the autobahn has to stay more billard table smooth because of the cars are going faster.
@Codenomics_ACTL
@Codenomics_ACTL 2 ай бұрын
Concrete on the freeways is because it lasts longer overall regardless of heat. And Houston ain’t that hot lol. Texas has a lot of asphalt roads.
@MightyDrakeC
@MightyDrakeC 2 ай бұрын
Another facet is the ground under the roads. In the Dallas area, we have a lot of clay soil that absorbs a lot of water and expands. On residential streets, during the dry parts of summer, bottom of most fire hydrants are over a foot above ground. Then, after we get a few good rains in the fall, the ground will swell up to cover the pipe below the hydrant. That much ground movement tears up the roads. So, at least around the Dallas area, it is, for practical purposes, impossible to keep the roads flat and smooth and free of damage. The really high speeds of German highways would be a lot more dangerous.
@scottfoster2639
@scottfoster2639 2 ай бұрын
The US has a lower speed limit compared to Europe mainly because of the wildlife. In Texas, you have herds of deer and wild pigs running amok. As well as racoons, possums, cats, dogs, etc. the wildlife in Europe is mainly confined to squirrels as most of it has been hunted out of the public area. Not to mention 1000 years of Europeans trying to exterminate each other through almost non-stop warfare.
@jimbarber9638
@jimbarber9638 2 ай бұрын
In Texas where I live, most police allow 10 miles over the speed limit before pulling you over. The general speed limit on most interstate highways is 70 MPH. In some areas, the speed limit is 80 or 85 MPH. If the speed limits were set at the speed most travelers drive, or 10 miles over the limit, the highways would become a motor speedway. American drivers like to test the limits. We also have a solid understanding that SPEED KILLS, especially if driven by younger, inexperienced drivers.
@kevincamp2913
@kevincamp2913 2 ай бұрын
The color of many American highways is different based on the construction methods used. The gray or white highways in many of our southern states are made from concrete instead of asphalt. This is because of the thermal load the road also has to endure along with the weight and force of rapidly moving vehicles. The coldest days in a Houston winter are similar to the hottest days in a German summer as far as temperature goes and the Houston summer gets many days of hard sunshine without clouds and this literally melts asphalt and causes it to disintegrate with the high traffic load. I remember growing up in East Texas and having to watch out for asphalt heaves on Interstate 20 where the roadbed would get so hot the thermal expansion would force the asphalt to heave up into surprise speed bumps that could cause crashes as traffic is moving between 70-85 mph on the interstate.
@elisearmer8306
@elisearmer8306 Ай бұрын
I remember in my childhood, they tried out some asphalt roads in neighborhoods in Houston. The Asphalt melted onto our shoes when we would try to take a walk around our neighborhood. They quickly stopped using it this far south.
@michaelputnam2532
@michaelputnam2532 2 ай бұрын
The road surface is concrete. Classic grey surface for interstate highways, although some of covered with asphalt following repairs.
@ethanashley2141
@ethanashley2141 2 ай бұрын
some are yes
@HBomb157
@HBomb157 2 ай бұрын
Concrete lasts longer, especially in hot areas. But asphalt is quicker and cheaper to repair. In texas summers asphalt would get too soft for high traffic.
@debbers
@debbers 2 ай бұрын
We have most of these things in Michigan too, so he needs to travel more! Either that or not talk until he knows all of the facts! Our speed limit is 75 in most places on the freeways! It will be raised soon because everyone drives eighty-five or faster now that it's 75! Clover leaf is what you were trying to think of Chris!
@michaelavis3830
@michaelavis3830 2 ай бұрын
Bruh, calm down a bit and try not to get offended by the dude talking about roads... Sometimes smoking a cigarette does actually help.
@debbers
@debbers 2 ай бұрын
@@michaelavis3830 Pardon me, I am not offended! Thank you for your reply! Replies are always appreciated!
@michaelavis3830
@michaelavis3830 2 ай бұрын
@@debbers yeah, you might want to reread your original post.
@debbers
@debbers 2 ай бұрын
@@michaelavis3830 I still don't get what you mean, I was not offended! I just stated some facts! He needs to travel a bit more if he wants to put out statistics! Sounds like you were the one offended! Thank you for your reply!
@jimbarber9638
@jimbarber9638 2 ай бұрын
The outer loop around Houston, called State Highway 99 or The Grand Parkway, is just short of 200 miles in length. It would take about 2 1/2 hours to drive the whole loop.
@madisonhasson8981
@madisonhasson8981 2 ай бұрын
There is a fourth loop between Beltway 8 and Grand Parkway...but it is only state highways and has not been built up into a freeway style highway. That loop is made up of highway 6 and 1960.
@Qwerty1246-y8w
@Qwerty1246-y8w Ай бұрын
80mph isn't exclusively just Texas. The standard speed limit in Montana is also 80mph
@annlabuda604
@annlabuda604 2 ай бұрын
re: Corpus Christi - loads of South Texas towns have Spanish names. Before we were our own country, Texas was part of Mexico. My mom is from Corpus Christi, and I'm a native of San Antonio. Oh, and when I'm on the toll road (130, the one with the 85 mph speed limit), I stay in the right lane, as I don't do more than 85. I'd not dare get in one of the other lanes where the drivers are doing 90-120 or so.
@NihilistSolitude
@NihilistSolitude 2 ай бұрын
2:18 the main exit of the highwah dumps into the frontage and tbe frontage links up to local streets.
@JamesLechon
@JamesLechon 2 ай бұрын
Hello everyone 😊 I'm from Dallas and yeah 80mph is high for us! But that's like in the middle of nowhere where it's 85 and up ,but almost everyone goes faster on these open freeway, BUT in Texas some dumb person will pop out of nowhere lol!!
@oldcodger4371
@oldcodger4371 2 ай бұрын
Or a deer. In Florida, an alligator. In eastern NC a Bear. In Main, a Moose.
@JHtx991
@JHtx991 2 ай бұрын
i get 18 wheelers passing me while i’m doing 80 on 77 😂
@maureen14
@maureen14 29 күн бұрын
Massachusetts has a lot of the same kind of roads and turns that Texas does.
@WolfsbaneHollow
@WolfsbaneHollow 2 ай бұрын
A thing to remember about Texas is size and distance. We even tend to relate distance to time. If you ask how far it is from San Antonio to Dallas, we don't say its 275 miles, we say you can make it in about 4 hrs 20 min...then we proceed to try and beat that time. Its common to drive several hours away to do things, no big deal. When you travel in Germany like that, you end up in another country, Heck you can drive 70mph-80mph for 12 to 14 hrs straight just to get across the state. As to materials: most Texas highways are upgraded to concrete for longevity (so many miles of road to upkeep) and concrete is more durable to the high use of 18 wheeler trucks. Also, keep in mind Texas summers: In my youth, I lost more than one sneaker to it getting stuck in a melted asphalt road, lol our hot is like lava hot.
@daehr9399
@daehr9399 2 ай бұрын
Bro I'm from Iowa and that's how it is here, too. Except for us it's just a whole lot of nothing.
@Supermatsch
@Supermatsch 2 ай бұрын
I'm from Germany and I can say it's not like you drive for 4 hrs 20 min end you'll end up in another country. I mean it depends where you start and where you go to. But you can drive longer than that here too. If you drive from my hometown Cologne to Berlin it takes 5 hours in average (or min. 4 hrs 30). And in particular if you drive from northern Germany to the south it takes even more hours because this is a distance of approx. 1000 kilometers (620 miles).
@BinkyTheToaster
@BinkyTheToaster 2 ай бұрын
@@Supermatsch Gotcha beat, from Texarkana (the border of Texas and Arkansas, one of the farthest-eastern cities in Texas) to El Paso (the westernmost city) is 813 miles, or an estimated 11hr 20m!
@djb1634
@djb1634 2 ай бұрын
El Paso is closer to LA than it is to Houston. Think about that for a size comparison of Texas.
@charlayned
@charlayned 2 ай бұрын
Houston to Amarillo is about 12 hours, depending on which way you go (up through Austin or over to Dallas and up). I've driven that a lot because my mom was in Amarillo (I was born and lived there until 1990) and we went up to visit her. I live south of Houston, near NASA, and my oldest daughter lives in northwest Houston. It's 60 miles one way to get there, about an hour drive on the freeways unless there's a backup (which can be common). That's ACROSS TOWN for 60 miles. I'm closer to Galveston (20 miles) than I am to her. Distance is truly measured in time, Galveston is about 15 minutes away.
@speedmaster001
@speedmaster001 2 ай бұрын
At 60mph if you hit a deer 🦌, you will meet your maker.
@andrew348
@andrew348 2 ай бұрын
Then why isn't the speed limit 60 mph everywhere?
@johnhudelson2652
@johnhudelson2652 2 ай бұрын
​@@andrew348Try to enforce such a low limit.
@misternaem2103
@misternaem2103 2 ай бұрын
That's what ARB and Ranch Hand bumpers are for. If you don't have one, slow down.
@abikeanditsboy3449
@abikeanditsboy3449 2 ай бұрын
14:47 The asphalt you see on the frontage roads was probably once black. Baking under the intense Texas sun for a few years will bleach the asphalt gray. The highways are often concrete and those will be the classic white/gray and a lot of them will have rain channels cut in them for those rare occasions we get rain.
@SilkenShame
@SilkenShame 2 ай бұрын
Texas roads are paved with concrete, not asphalt, precisely because of the heat. The petroleum in asphalt melts when it's really hot and tears up faster plus the tires throw it onto your car.
@abikeanditsboy3449
@abikeanditsboy3449 2 ай бұрын
@@SilkenShame As someone who has ridden well over 100,000 miles on motorcycles in the state of Texas I'm very familiar with its various road surfaces. There are various different "mixes" for asphalt around the state. My favorite was the one that had an orange tint and was very durable which made me think it used granite in the mix. You'll find it on older roads. My guess is since granite became a popular material in construction its price went up making it cost prohibitive in road construction because granite is super plentiful in Texas. Then you've got asphalt roads all over the place. I remember one road that was repaved that was black as night. Now it's white/gray. Your FM roads are pretty much some mix of asphalt. Often you'll find the asphalt roads topped with chip seal which is a whole different story. The latest formula of asphalt that TEXDOT is using is some medium grey mess that's very hard to read. It doesn't have a constant color so it's hard to tell if the variation in color is due to sand in the road or that's just the natural coloration of the pavement. It's horrible for guys on motorcycles. You are 100% correct in some of the problems with asphalt. I was out riding one day and felt like the bike was slipping all over the road. I thought it might be my old tires. I came to a stop in Del Rio and put my feet down and my feet started sliding away from the bike. The asphalt was melting. The issue isn't as bad with chip seal but tar snakes can be a problem. Now let's talk cattle guards ...
@Dark_Industries
@Dark_Industries 2 ай бұрын
We use asphalt or concrete
@falconcorban4128
@falconcorban4128 2 ай бұрын
we have a lot of dust in the air as well, that stuff gets fairly embedded into the asphalt and will make it lighter color, even on roads that have a lot of shade. I think the dirt/ dust contributes a lot to lightening the asphalt since seen asphalt become light on roads that don't get the full sun and heat on them.
@phillip_mcguinness7025
@phillip_mcguinness7025 2 ай бұрын
@@SilkenShame the only 'roads' Texas paves with concrete is the access roads running adjacent to the freeway.
@travdog9997
@travdog9997 2 ай бұрын
We’ve always had weirdly strict speed limits in the states. Under President Carter in the late ‘70’s, the speed limits were only 55mph.
@dking1836
@dking1836 6 күн бұрын
Central Planning out of Washington, DC at it's best (worst in practice). Supposed to save fuel, but new cars get better mileage at 65-70 than 55. 1950s cars got better at 55.
@J.MappGoode
@J.MappGoode 2 ай бұрын
I drove from New Orleans Louisiana to Boulder Colorado several years ago. I stopped and spent one night in Dallas Texas. Crazy how much different scenery you can see on that drive. I started out in the swamp and ended up on a mountain. Hahaha. You should look up a video on driving in Atlanta Georgia. That's crazy
@johnschuh8616
@johnschuh8616 2 ай бұрын
I always avoid Atlanta.
@gailboyd2076
@gailboyd2076 2 ай бұрын
Remember in the US and Texas we drive much larger vehicles. What you are suggesting for speed is unsafe here.
@kurtsnyder4752
@kurtsnyder4752 2 ай бұрын
Bigger crumple zones built in.
@mikebyars9463
@mikebyars9463 2 ай бұрын
Not only vehicle size but if you do get in a wreck in some places going 100+ it may be a while before some even finds you and could be 5 hours to the closest big city… not to mention the time it would take them to get to you… you won’t make it.. driving a little slower keeps idiot drivers alive a little linger
@maskedsnow12312
@maskedsnow12312 2 ай бұрын
10:26 a town named corpus Christi is fitting. in Texas there are at least 2/3 church's in ever town and the surrounding area.
@jwashburn6768
@jwashburn6768 2 ай бұрын
85 MPH = 134.7 kilometers per hour. It isn't slow. 😂
@renelopez8227
@renelopez8227 2 ай бұрын
He’s saying it’s slow compared to the Autobahn
@misternaem2103
@misternaem2103 2 ай бұрын
It is slow if you're in a one lane toll road in Dallas 😂
@deviouswolff
@deviouswolff Ай бұрын
lol the uk 80mph why you going so fast Germans wtf only 80 why so slow! 😂😂😂
@lesleeestes1031
@lesleeestes1031 2 ай бұрын
We need the cars because of the distance we travel.
@renelopez8227
@renelopez8227 2 ай бұрын
We need to travel so much because of poor city design 😅
@travel4328
@travel4328 2 ай бұрын
@@renelopez8227not really. Some cities are poorly designed but US cities were built for cars. That doesn’t mean it was poorly designed. My favorite thing about American culture is our car culture. I used to hate driving until I found a new appreciation for it. I live in a city in Texas right now and I don’t need a car. If you live in a city, you most likely don’t need one. Most US cities have cities within them. Neighborhoods where you have everything you need so you don’t really need to drive anywhere. If you live outside a city then you probably do need a car. After living in cities around the world, I actually prefer American cities (except for parking 😂 but parking is bad in every city in the world)
@TheSkyGuy77
@TheSkyGuy77 2 ай бұрын
Trains would be more efficient, but I guess car companies wouldn't like that so 🤷‍♂️
@douginmon4586
@douginmon4586 2 ай бұрын
Texas highways are usually just concrete when in the larger cities. Outside of these areas, the road are paved with asphalt on top. Also, there is a dialect of German that is only spoken in Texas.....
@hardtackbeans9790
@hardtackbeans9790 2 ай бұрын
Chris, asphalt will melt in a Texas summer. The do use asphalt in some residential streets. But your tires will have a coating of it. We use cement. I hate that thin film of asphalt sticking to the bottom of my shoes from a parking lot.
@dgray2228
@dgray2228 2 ай бұрын
The "loops" help funnel through traffic away from the center of the town or city. Large trucks or travelers who do not intend or need to stop and do business in the town can simply take the loop around, there by saving time and relieving traffic congestion for the residents of the area.
@Mary-x6p1z
@Mary-x6p1z 2 ай бұрын
we love your reactions so much and that you compare the way things differ in the us and germany. thank you so much
@davidwickboldt712
@davidwickboldt712 2 ай бұрын
Speed limit is just a suggestion to many Americans. You have to be driving 6mph+ over the posted speed limit to be stopped by police. But many drive closer to 10mph to 15mph over the limit.
@Trifler500
@Trifler500 2 ай бұрын
1:01 - No. What that car did is illegal in any other state. Those are supposed to only be for the police.
@sonny-rush1388
@sonny-rush1388 2 ай бұрын
Illegal in tx as well
@Trifler500
@Trifler500 2 ай бұрын
@@sonny-rush1388 Ok. I wasn't sure. Thx for the confirmation.
@86SBC350
@86SBC350 2 ай бұрын
Yup definitely not something you want the police to see you do, but fk em lol
@RayRayP2001
@RayRayP2001 2 ай бұрын
They are not for police either actually, Just police don't really care if people do it, and do it themselves too. If you look on US HWY 59 in Texas they have inserts between north and south lanes that are marked for police emergency only crossovers, and are not Dirt tracks that civilians have made.
@Trifler500
@Trifler500 2 ай бұрын
@@RayRayP2001 Well, I can't speak for other states, but in my state they do specifically say they're for "police and emergency services only".
@pranc236
@pranc236 2 ай бұрын
At 9:08 that is the high 5 interchange and dallas has several of them. The one in the video was the first one. The highway being crossed is I-635 and it has an express tollway underground that is 4-5 lanes in each direction as well. You should also realize that the Dallas/ fort worth metro area is over 10 million people.
@ESUSAMEX
@ESUSAMEX 2 ай бұрын
Another thing to note is that Germany is smaller than most US states. Germany only has about 84 million people while the US has about 335 million.
@sal-the-man
@sal-the-man 2 ай бұрын
Germany is bigger than any US state in terms of Population. In size California and Texas are bigger
@TheSkyGuy77
@TheSkyGuy77 2 ай бұрын
Germany is nearly the physical size of Texas, with 4 times the people.
@sal-the-man
@sal-the-man 2 ай бұрын
@@TheSkyGuy77 Germany is smaller than Montana in size
@alt5494
@alt5494 2 ай бұрын
The speed limit is for two reasons. First it greatly increases fuel efficiency & reduces wear on roads, cars, & tires. The distances traveled are vast. I used to drive four hours just to visit my grandparents, & eight+ hour trips are not uncommon. Second is safety driving faster than 145kph is both draining & accidents have a significantly higher rate of death & severe injury. Would personally prefer driving faster, but highways are team sports. With many heavy personal vehicles & commercial trucks sharing the roads. Plus it was the German declaration of war that caused US speed limits system as a emergency rationing measure.
@OkiePeg411
@OkiePeg411 2 ай бұрын
Corpus Christi, Tx, is named by the Spanish for the feast of Corpus Christi. Way back in the 1500s. That's what the Bay there was named. Msny place names in the US are either Spanish or Native American.
@charlayned
@charlayned 2 ай бұрын
There was a mission built in Corpus, as was San Antonio (St. Anthony) and other places in the south part of Texas. It was settled by Spanish missionaries before the people from America came in 1820 or so. Texas was actually founded as a nation in 1836.
@danielheartsill4269
@danielheartsill4269 2 ай бұрын
I don't know the population of Germany but Texas has 29 million and growing daily. So we need big highways. Almost every families have at least two cars. A car and a pickup truck.
@umat6991
@umat6991 2 ай бұрын
We have all four seasons in Texas: 1. Summer 2. Super Summer 3. Mosquito 4. Construction And Mosquito and Construction Seasons last all year long. 😄
@chriswampler1
@chriswampler1 2 ай бұрын
I always say the Gulf South has 2 seasons. Summer and Almost Summer.
@pranc236
@pranc236 2 ай бұрын
I say winter is 2 weeks long in texas, it is broken up 2-3 days at a time over 2.5 months. Super summer is the worst.
@PersonOfGratitude
@PersonOfGratitude 2 ай бұрын
@@pranc236 Agreed Super summer sucks
@alanslicegarcia5066
@alanslicegarcia5066 2 ай бұрын
Aaa... you forgot the "One mandatory week of cold."
@christyann1201
@christyann1201 2 ай бұрын
Arizona is stuck on super summer
@bobwallace9814
@bobwallace9814 2 ай бұрын
Living in Arlington for decades, Ive had the experience of all of these roads daily. The speed at which traffic flows outside of cities on freeways may say 85 but in actuality it flows at 100 to 120.
@TimberWolf762
@TimberWolf762 2 ай бұрын
Realistically, if the speed limit is 65 and you're doing 85, keep in the right lanes because there are people going 110, 120 and more. Drive I-45 on the north side of Houston if you need an example.
@VolcanixAquatix
@VolcanixAquatix 2 ай бұрын
Everyone in houston be driving like they runnin from godzilla lol😂
@kevingray8616
@kevingray8616 2 ай бұрын
@@VolcanixAquatix There are those and the ones swerving around, driving slow, and on their GD cell phones. At least I can anticipate the ones going fast.
@chefssaltybawlz
@chefssaltybawlz 2 ай бұрын
Oh pleasssssseeee lmfao. Since when is 45 north moving faster than like 35 mph? You must not be from Houston 😂😂😂😂
@SaddleLight
@SaddleLight 2 ай бұрын
Speed limits are more like “guidelines”than “limits”
@TimberWolf762
@TimberWolf762 2 ай бұрын
@@chefssaltybawlz And you must never have driven 45 outside of Beltway 8. Try it some afternoon.
@robmerrell1745
@robmerrell1745 2 ай бұрын
I really miss driving on the autobahn. It was the first time in my life that I can up behind a cop at 140 mph, flashed my lights to tell him to get the hell out of my way, and he did.
@celtic13666
@celtic13666 2 ай бұрын
Germany may have higher posted speed limits because I'd imagine they're roadways are better maintained, their driving test is probably harder, and people actually pay attention while driving. But then again a lot of Americans don't follow the posted limits because there are artificially low. Love your videos, keep it up!
@christinacosty7013
@christinacosty7013 2 ай бұрын
I moved from the east coast to Texas and yes the roads here are terrible we had great roads back home and if there was a pothole and your car got damaged or a flat tire the city paid for it so they made sure that the roads were maintained 100% I've never seen such bad roads they have here in San Antonio
@ignacioverboten9382
@ignacioverboten9382 2 ай бұрын
1. There are places in rural US where it's possible to get a limited driver's license as young as 14. Most places have some form of license available by 16. It's my understanding that 18 is generally the minimum license age in much of Europe. This is less impactful to freedom of movement due to higher population density that fosters more and better operated layers of public transit. The personal driving tests in the US mostly (in a federal republic, just about everything varies from state to state unless made consistent by interstate compacts or federal level meddling) are a multiple choice written test that takes 20-30 minutes, an eye exam, and then a learning period of escorted practical training (learner's permit), then a practical driver's test with a state observer, after that a proper license is issued, possible restrictions based on age if under 18. Other weird restrictions may exist, varying from state to state up to age 21. Overall, much less rigorous than most of EU.
@jamesmarciel5237
@jamesmarciel5237 2 ай бұрын
Germany has an advisory speed limit for portions of the Autobahn which is 130 kmph, which is about 81 mph.
@evilprozac79
@evilprozac79 2 ай бұрын
I imagine it's also a matter of driver density. We don't want people driving 130mph on our freeways, with as busy as some of them can be.
@arianna1676
@arianna1676 2 ай бұрын
I’m not gonna lie, I live in Texas and when I first learned how to drive it was scary getting on the highway and they intimidated me. I’m 33 now and I hate driving in other states. I don’t know how to exist in other states that aren’t like this 😂
@lotusasche4183
@lotusasche4183 2 ай бұрын
As a fellow Texan, a "Loop" is more or less a roadway that surrounds a town/city etc... it does NOT have to be completely closed. It more or less serves as a bypass from the thorough fairs that go straight through. I in fact work in a small city that has a "Loop" that is not complete, it starts on and ends on the same Interstate corridor but it also merges with a FM. What completes the "Loop" is that the loop ends up touching the same road twice. Thus it carries weight as a "Loop". TexDOT considers it as is.
@colejohnson5026
@colejohnson5026 2 ай бұрын
14:40 Houston roads tend to be asphalt pavement. Meaning, lots of concrete. The roads in other parts of the state MIGHT be made of some unholy tar and gravel compound. That's not super common tho.
@madelineg2515
@madelineg2515 2 ай бұрын
Not from Texas but am from the South--- 1:10 it's not legal but yes, you often see people driving like the lane markings are optional. Also, about speed limits: the average kph speed limit is 96-112, or 60-70 mph, but speeding is no question the most common thing people are ticketed or arrested over. I've been tailed in South Carolina multiple times while going up to 90 mph
@awelshphoto
@awelshphoto 2 ай бұрын
The posted speed limit may be 70 MPH, but most of the day- 7am to 10pm every day of the week (in cities) you can't even go that fast for more than a minute or two, due to the constant, heavy traffic.
@DrunkenSmurf
@DrunkenSmurf 2 ай бұрын
Corpus Christi was a city when Texas was still part of Mexico. It kept the name through Texas becoming its own independent nation, and when it became a state. Most Texas highways are concrete, not asphault.
@ruckusbeblack
@ruckusbeblack 2 ай бұрын
False. Corpus wasn’t incorporated until Texas was part of the U.S. and served as an army camp for U.S. forces in 1845
@darklightmagus1222
@darklightmagus1222 2 ай бұрын
Reasons speed limits are NOT faster than 60 mph on average: - There is A LOT of road to maintain to keep safe for faster travel compared to a lot of countries. Texas is BIG. Basically cost, time, and safety. - Many places have highways that prevent wildlife from crossing them. There are long highway segments in Texas that do not. Hitting a deer at even 60 mph (assuming you fail to hit the brakes) is fatal. - There are segments of highways with larger amounts of traffic congestion. Travelling faster would cause more fatal car crashes than there are now.
@tuaca-lw1xb
@tuaca-lw1xb 2 ай бұрын
As a native Texan, and as someone who lives in the Austin area where toll road 130 is located (85 MPH), I will try to explain why, in my opinion, our fastest speed limit is 85 MPH. One of the reasons is that the frontage roads are set up to allow people to access the businesses along the side of our freeways/highways, but also to allow people to enter and exit the main highway. Because these entry/exit ramps are usually set to be around 1 mile between them when outside of the urban areas, and much closer within heavily populated areas, this has the potential to create disruption to the flow of traffic. Also, if what I have been told regarding driver education in Germany (2 years of training) versus what is required in the USA (typically around 6 - 8 weeks), I really don't want people driving faster than 85 MPH.
@cjmhall
@cjmhall 2 ай бұрын
Plus everyone does 15-20mph or more over the posted speed limit in TX. Speed limits in Europe are much more strictly enforced.
@angelelizabeth7471
@angelelizabeth7471 2 ай бұрын
Yes, they have much more education. It's not treated like a right, but a privilege. Example, people stay to the right unless they are passing, and it's enforced. And the Autobahn has cameras too, you get a ticket and a bill in mail a few weeks later for speeding with a picture of your car and the speed you were traveling.
@kevingray8616
@kevingray8616 2 ай бұрын
There is a video of a guy here on KZbin. I think it is an American living in Germany. He says the higher speed in Germany is great, but not nearly as relaxing as America. He talks about the stress of driving at those higher speeds. In America, we usually just kick back, drink our beverages, and enjoy the scenery of our wide open spaces that other countries don't have.
@madisonhasson8981
@madisonhasson8981 2 ай бұрын
As a Texan that frequently drives across vast stretches of nothing in West Texas...limiting speeds to only 85 mph is quite dangerous. Driver fatigue and boredom is incredibly dangerous and forcing someone to spend an extra hour in mind numbingly baren landscapes only increases their chances of dozing off and having a collision. Falling asleep and having a collision at 65 mph is deadlier than driving 120 mph and staying awake and alert the whole time.
@kaymillerfromTX
@kaymillerfromTX 2 ай бұрын
Nobody takes that part of 130 lmao. It’s not worth paying the toll to be set outside of San Antonio.
@alisong826
@alisong826 2 ай бұрын
Lolol! I’ve live in Texas for nearly my entire life and never realized “Corpus Christi’s was body of Christ 😂😂😂😂😂 it’s just meant “small beach town with semi decent beaches for the Gulf
@vaanfluff
@vaanfluff 2 ай бұрын
lol. The Latin language likes to sneak up on us sometimes. I need to watch more Supernatural.
@FlyOverZone
@FlyOverZone 2 ай бұрын
The road surface is a substance called "asphalt concrete." It's 5% asphalt, 95% crushed rock, gravel, Stone, sand, slag, and rock dust.
@marcuspotter8589
@marcuspotter8589 2 ай бұрын
From Dallas to El Paso Texas is Half the distance to Los Angeles we have lots of distance to cover
@lefty3141591
@lefty3141591 2 ай бұрын
In the 1980s the federal maximum was 55mph. This was massively unpopular but was done in the name of fuel efficiency.
@ginnyjollykidd
@ginnyjollykidd 2 ай бұрын
1976-1980
@rreif5934
@rreif5934 2 ай бұрын
@@ginnyjollykidd 55 maximum from 1974 till 1987, then 65 max. 1987. It was FINALLY repealed in 1995. There were a few western states that started to ignore it in the 80's. This wasn't actually an enforcable federal law but if the states ignored it they were stripped of federal highway funding.
@madisonhasson8981
@madisonhasson8981 2 ай бұрын
When they raised the speed limits traffic fatalities and accidents actually decreased.
@SuperDarkness25
@SuperDarkness25 2 ай бұрын
The streets here have a different color because, especially here in texas, the material is made with the excessive temperatures in mind, the mixture lessens the amount of cracking due to heat compared to other mixtures
@ali3n_ash
@ali3n_ash 2 ай бұрын
"85 mph is so slow." MAKE THIS MAN OUR GOVERNOR.
@Dahstin5311
@Dahstin5311 2 ай бұрын
Naah. I'd rather have a chance at life, thanks.
@cozz124
@cozz124 2 ай бұрын
LEGALIZE DRINKING AND DRIVING 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
@williethomas9953
@williethomas9953 2 ай бұрын
Frontage roads are partner boulevards that run alongside a freeway. This allows easier access to the freeway via the frontage road. It also allows roads that don't get a ramp to the freeway to continue alongside the highway until you do get to an exit. You will find a lot of development along these frontage roads.
@mike865
@mike865 2 ай бұрын
Frontage Roads are basically access roads to the freeway. They're short streets that intersect with the freeway for you to get and off the freeway much quicker.
@JustMe-dc6ks
@JustMe-dc6ks 2 ай бұрын
They’re basically streets parallel to the highways with access to both the highway and the surface streets.
@markstolarski9525
@markstolarski9525 2 ай бұрын
I'm a native Texas, age 63, and saw some inaccuracies. "Texits" -- These are not as common as the video makes them seem. I don't doubt that there some in other parts of Texas, but I have only seen them in the Houston area, mostly along the Katy Freeway (I-10 on the west side of Houston) and that area is heavily populated by people that moved to Texas from other states and countries. So, my suspicion is that the other drivers brought that with them, but I can't prove that. Katy Freeway -- I drive this freeway at least 5 days per week. At no point is it 26 lanes. Many people incorrectly include the frontage road when they do the lane count. The frontage roads are NOT part of the highway; they are parallel that provide access to the highway. At most, the Katy Freeway is 16 lanes with 10 lanes on the two frontage roads. Loops -- A "loop" isn't necessarily a loop, but rather a bypass. In some areas they are called "bypass", but I suspect the bypasses called loops were inaccurately named by someone sitting in an office. As far as the road color -- those roads are made of concrete. Concrete can support more weight than asphalt (which is a darker color) and lasts longer. Historically, concrete WAS more expensive, but asphalt has increased in price so there is not as much of a difference. A key thing to consider when making concrete roads is that concrete expands in hot weather, so there will be gaps between slabs filled with a compressible substance.
@LiamGrayson10
@LiamGrayson10 2 ай бұрын
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@SusanHamilton80
@SusanHamilton80 2 ай бұрын
I began investing in stocks and Def earlier this year, and it is the best choice l've ever made. My portfolio is rounding up to almost a million and I have realized that when a stock makes it to the news, chances are you're quite late to the party, the idea is to get in early on blue chips before it becomes public. There are lots of life changing opportunities in the market, and maximize it.
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@foralluser6525 2 ай бұрын
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@OwenWilson910 2 ай бұрын
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@Robert160-n5d 2 ай бұрын
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@Schiffmiller-i9z 2 ай бұрын
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@talisman13
@talisman13 2 ай бұрын
Green Oaks BLVD in Arlington (DFW) is a great example of a ring road. Its max speed limit is 45mph but in a huge (400kplus population) that one road can take you around the entire city.
@BTinSF
@BTinSF 2 ай бұрын
"Why Corpus Christi?" This is a Spanish thing. Spanish town and city names have all sorts of religious references. The original name of Los Angeles is El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula, which translates to "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the River Porciúncula". The interstate highways are mostly concrete. Sometimes, when repaving is required, asphalt is applied over the concrete.
@RexKarrs
@RexKarrs 2 ай бұрын
Not Spanish, Latin.
@BTinSF
@BTinSF 2 ай бұрын
@@RexKarrs Corpus Christi is Latin but it derives from the Hispanic tradition of naming towns with religious references and most of the names are actually Spanish such as Los Angeles. Corpus Christi is an unusual exception. Quo usque tandem patientia mea? 😉
@RexKarrs
@RexKarrs 2 ай бұрын
@@BTinSF Depends on the traffic on I-37 ;)
@RexKarrs
@RexKarrs 2 ай бұрын
@@BTinSF pendent ex negotiationis in I-XXXVII ; )
@OrondeBranch
@OrondeBranch 2 ай бұрын
Texas turnarounds are similar to the “Michigan Left”. We have ours on most roads though and not just Frontage Roads(which we call Service Drives).
@vilap18
@vilap18 2 ай бұрын
I was born in Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi is one of many, many cities with Spanish names in Texas.
@kaymillerfromTX
@kaymillerfromTX 2 ай бұрын
Latin
@EpicToadRage
@EpicToadRage 2 ай бұрын
Speed limits are more like "suggestions". I've seen people in Houston going over 100, IN the city, on a highway with a 65mph limit.
@kennwashi4093
@kennwashi4093 2 ай бұрын
Most roads/highways in the U.S. use either asphalt or concrete, both have pros and cons. Asphalt is dark, whereas concrete is white, and the sun's radiation affects both differently. The dark asphalt absorbs the heat/radiation of the sun and affects its internal structure, causing more road damage, and leading to frequent repairs. The white concrete reflects the heat/radiation, causing less structural damage/repair to the roads but the surface temperature is significantly higher, resulting in more automobile tire fatigue. Per year, asphalt would be costlier to consumers when repairing city, state, and government roads, as the repair cost comes from the taxpayers. Not only U.S. citizens, but people visiting the U.S. also help pay for road repair, this is done through car rentals, bussing, and other forms of road transportation. This is why you see light-colored roads here in the U.S. rather than dark ones.
@RayRayP2001
@RayRayP2001 2 ай бұрын
I have to say you are wrong Concrete roads are not hotter than asphalt at all, you say asphalt is dark and absorbs heat (thermal breakdown)and concrete reflects it, (less thermal breakdown) but concrete is hotter that is absolutely false(less heat absorption). If asphalt absorbs more heat being darker then it would be hotter which it is and concrete would be cooler being a lighter color and reflecting suns rays. go sit a white car vs black car and see which one is unbearable before you kick that A/C on and see which one takes longer to cool. might wanna fix that to say concrete is cooler and the hardness is what causes more tire fatigue vs soft Asphalt.
@kennwashi4093
@kennwashi4093 2 ай бұрын
@@RayRayP2001 I thank you, and respect, your reply. But if you re-read my comment, I was stating how concrete's surface is hotter due to the reflection of the Sun's rays. In addition to the color of a car's paint job, it's not about how fast the A/C can cool the vehicle's interior but how fast the interior can heat up due to the color of the paint. I may be wrong but I believe a white car's interior would heat up faster due to the white paint, body shape/size of the vehicle, and more importantly, the windshield. The windshield plays a huge role in this because it magnifies the ray's heat temperature. Again, I may be wrong but this is what I believe. ;)
@suzanneterrey4499
@suzanneterrey4499 2 ай бұрын
Chris, calm down about the speed limit. We don't watch what the limit is much, we just go as fast as we want. Driving through Ft. Worth, most are driving at least 80 mph. and more. Especially out in West Texas. You may think that it's more fun to drive here, but we think that it takes forever to get from one side of the State to the other so we just want to drive fast. Remember, it takes 2 days to drive across the state from Louisiana to New Mexico and you can fit 2 Germanies into Texas. I drove on the Autobahn back in the 1980's and had a blast. It was great fun to drive that fast.
@yuppers1
@yuppers1 2 ай бұрын
Wait but this is 85 alongside tractor trailers. Does the autobahnen allow tractor trailers on it? 85 feels fast enough next to a big semi
@coletrickle-km7cl
@coletrickle-km7cl 2 ай бұрын
Yes the autobahn lets 18 wheelers on it. There limited to 55 mph. But heavy trucks have rules to follow on the autobahn: They have to Stay in the far right hand lane for the most part. They can't drive on the autobahn on sundays or on summer/national holidays. Most of the big fleet larger 18 wheelers trucking company's in the usa have there trucks governed to 55 to 70mph. So they can't go any faster cause you can weigh up to 80,000 pounds.
@ignacioverboten9382
@ignacioverboten9382 2 ай бұрын
Oh right, the governors and GPS. Those are likely DOT or insurance requirements, but the signed statute speed limit would be technically the limit on all traffic from an enforcement perspective.
@4thelonghaul
@4thelonghaul 2 ай бұрын
​@@coletrickle-km7clcompanies govern their trucks, owner operators don't, mine will do 103.
@sleepydragonzarinthal3533
@sleepydragonzarinthal3533 2 ай бұрын
a lot of what we call loops in smaller towns are more like bypasses to keep traffic lower in the town by letting passers-through go around, avoiding in-town stop lights, and reducing accidents in the town from people who are impatiently trying to get through. this way, the town is happy, the commuters are happy, everyone wins, but it does mean overall more taxes for more roads, but it also cuts down on pushing around small town businesses to widen roads through their main streets
@emilmlodnicki3835
@emilmlodnicki3835 2 ай бұрын
Additional... speaking as a Texan.. we are the worst drivers, as a whole. But everyone claims they are the best driver on the road. Not when every morning and afternoon there are accidents in the exact same spots, day after day! Houston is MAD MAX territory. DFW area is also insane driving.
@madisonhasson8981
@madisonhasson8981 2 ай бұрын
Have you ever driven in Utah or California? How many of the people in those accidents are transplants, not native Texans? Also...if the accidents keep happening at the same geographic location... Then it's time to blame the traffic engineers instead of the drivers.
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer
@AliciaTheTroonSlayer 2 ай бұрын
Nobody claims we’re the best drivers…. Lmao. And secondly, most people driving here aren’t even FROM here
@amayasasaki2848
@amayasasaki2848 2 ай бұрын
In Oregon, most roads have a speed limit of 55 mph (~88 kph). Once in a great while, there will be one that has 65 mph (~104.6 kph) for a brief time.
@pnuhn1
@pnuhn1 2 ай бұрын
89-85 speed limits make sense. To go faster you’ll need a better road surface like the autobahn has. American roads are not built up to that standard. But if I remember correctly , Montana has no speed limits on a few of their interstate roads..
@davidterry6155
@davidterry6155 2 ай бұрын
They changed Montana’s from no limit then it went to 75 and then went up to 80.
@landontesar3070
@landontesar3070 2 ай бұрын
Frontage roads are not a highway, but a side road that runs by the highway and has access to the highway, development along the outside of the frontage road, as well as cross streets. Very handy, multi-purpose situation, and can be that the freeway is tolled but the frontage roads are not.
@emiliagolden4441
@emiliagolden4441 2 ай бұрын
I live I the Houston/Galveston area, once you leave Houston city limit the speed limit goes up to 75. Inside the max it 60. It seems slow but when you have literally thousands of cars o the same road you can only go about 80 max safely, and if the cops don't get ya . And Houston cops ain't playing
@RayRayP2001
@RayRayP2001 2 ай бұрын
What you talkin bout, Houston Cops don't do nothing, drive by and be doing 20 over and they still sitting. South of Houston I45 is 55MPH speed limit due to construction always going on. Houston to Galveston is 55MPH and people be driving 75 all day. I drive it all the time working for the state.
@emiliagolden4441
@emiliagolden4441 2 ай бұрын
@@RayRayP2001 it's actually 60 mph south of Houston. I know I live down here.
@RayRayP2001
@RayRayP2001 2 ай бұрын
@@emiliagolden4441 your right some is 60 on I45 just south of Houston till you hit league city then drops to 55. I drive it quite often when taking prisoners to UTMB hospital for TDCJ in Galveston. They have it literally painted on the road.
@1012Mrjesse
@1012Mrjesse 2 ай бұрын
14:41 the high heat from the constant sun exposure “bleaches” the asphalt. It always starts pitch black, but give it a year or two and it turns grey. Same in Arizona, Nevada, etc.
@waltermaples3998
@waltermaples3998 2 ай бұрын
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@briankuhn_
@briankuhn_ 2 ай бұрын
Praying for you and anyone else in the path of the hurricane ❤
@waltermaples3998
@waltermaples3998 2 ай бұрын
@@briankuhn_ Thank You My Friend. 🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
@tonydeleon5029
@tonydeleon5029 2 ай бұрын
😂😂 I know German speed limits are much higher, but yes, the speed limit I experienced was 60mph in NYC, and in most towns, it's posted at 40 mph/64kph. Being from Texas, I found that so slowwww. I have been a professional bus driver in Houston Texas, and I drive on those 26 lanes in my bus and in my Kia EV-9. Try merging from the center High Occupancy Vehicle lane to exit. BTW don't be surprised if you see a cowboy riding his horse in the grass or along the feeder lanes. The interstates are made of concrete due to the heat from the Texas Sun.
@debbyplank2189
@debbyplank2189 2 ай бұрын
Imagine the speed limit you're speaking of on 26 lanes, that's why we have 65. To continue keeping our blood inside our bodies. (lol)
@kevingray8616
@kevingray8616 2 ай бұрын
I live in Katy. A few weeks ago I commuted the Katy Freeway (I-10) for only two days to downtown Houston for a convention. Holy crap. Traffic for 30 miles. Well over two hours. One way.
@debbyplank2189
@debbyplank2189 2 ай бұрын
@@kevingray8616 I live by the Woodlands, yes indeed traffic is torturous up here!
@Music2.17.56
@Music2.17.56 2 ай бұрын
All those bridges you were talking about are called mix masters, or at least that’s what they used to call them. And the 80 mph highways are usually in the desert areas. Now, in Houston, they call them Feeders or feeder roads. Strange huh?!
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