How every Southern state learned to drive

Those roundabouts will get you every time. Here’s Matt’s take on how Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and every other Southern state got their driver’s license.

[alostrich]

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[hardlyb]

For North Carolina, he forgot the 'pull up within a foot of his bumper, but don't pass him when you get the chance, unless he actually stops'.

[michaelv]

As a Mississippi driver, I feel attacked. Just because the road I take as a shortcut hasn't been repaved since the Carter administration, is infested with suicidal deer and logging trucks driving seventy miles an hour doesn't mean I can't shave five minutes off of our three hour trip.

[frzstat]

The Atlanta Interstate system was designed to confuse and defeat Sherman if he tried to burn Atlanta again. The perimeter (I-285) is really a trap.

[lornae]

You got SC spot on, the potholes don’t end til you get to NC for sure!

[TheKXperience]

As someone who has lived 95% of their life in Texas, I would like to go on record and say that it is patently false to claim that most of us started driving when we were 3.

I'll have you know, most of our parents were a lot more concerned with our safety than to let us behind the wheel at only three years old.

Most parents waited until we were 8 or 9.

[riverstyx]

Texas is scarily accurate. My alcoholic grandpa taught me how to drive his ATV on the dirt roads behind his house when I was 8 years old. My grandma said it would be safer if I drove him around his farm to help him with chores than if he went alone.

[jbrockskill]

Pretty accurate for TX, could’ve had him ask “what’s the speed limit?” And the instructor responds with “just get up to 80 to be safe.”

[southtoe]

For a dude from AL you sure nail the Carolinas every time
And that's what I appreciates about you

[ArvelCrynyd]

As a Georgian, I felt this on a spiritual level. Driving in Atlanta is not for the faint of heart.

[devilkapper]

As a Floridian this is true. I was allowed to hit 3 curbs on my test and didn't need to parallel park. All the really bad drivers get weeded out on I-4

[violinist_stirlingite]

Another part of the Texas driving experience are all the different speeds people go on the highway. If the speed limit is 65, there’s always a guy going 45-55 in the right lane, a guy going 80+ in the left lane, and the lanes in the middle are reserved for anything in between that.

[lonewolf]

Being from Georgia myself this guy hit it on the head because Atlanta takes a special kind of patience

[oigliyj]

As a Texan, this is accurate. My final exam for drivers Ed, the teacher knew I knew how to drive and just had me drive him on some errands for an hour lol

[lesscoRyden]

I remember seeing SCDOT put a post on Facebook asking the residence which roads we wanted them to repave first. So i just circled the entire state on a map and sent that into them.

[ComradePhoenix]

I'm from Louisiana, and what actually happens is that you learn to drive a boat first. Then you learn in a car. And after you pass the road test, you get the daquiri on your way home.

[clencheastwood]

Oh the Virginia one hits hard. I got stationed in VA back in 2010 and my truck was broken into within 8 hours of getting into the state. No joke.

[EmisoraRadioPatio]

In Florida, the first thing my driving instructor said was “Here’s what you’re gonna do. You are doing to turn your car on and put the AC to max.”

[eringemini]

That Florida driving test was almost how I got my license here in Hawaii. I picked up the examiner from the cop shop (a Police Officer), who looked at his watch & said "Its lunchtime, drive me to the the restaurant drive through." I did, & he said; drive me back to the Police Station." When we got there (less than a block round trip), he said "Congratulations" and handed me my license. 😊 100% true story!

[rainemccandless]

Having lived in Tennessee for 4 years, I can not tell you how many accidents I barely avoided by someone changing lanes or pulling out in front of me by not using a turn signal. It’s 100% accurate for TN