Did anyone move to Houston and have a fear of driving on the large wide highways? How did you overcome it?

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They aren’t bad, just remember not to go the speed limit. People who don’t speed cause issues.

Biggest trick for me was to understand what lane I needed to be in well ahead of time (when I-10 is 8 lines wide, which of those exit to 610, for example) so I didn’t have to do a lot of last minute lane changes.

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Now days it’s painted on the lanes themselves. Very helpful.

I took the long ways for a looongggg time because I had this fear. The more I drove in the area but off the highways, the more comfortable I got with driver styles here. Entering the highway was easier after that.

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I try to avoid them, and mostly drive on the feder next to them , or take a non-highway route

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I didn’t have a fear- but I wasn’t good at it (coming from Abilene). After a few years, I knew the roads well enough that now I’m just as aggressive on the roads as everyone else

Also keep in mind that some highway exits connect to other highways on the left hand side as opposed to the right. Very important to read the signs early in your travels.

I have been having that fear of driving on highways so I just take the regular non-highway route to reach to my destinations. I have fear cuz I am a new driver here in this country and will probably start driving soon on highways once I am used to driving on non highway roads.

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