Dallas, TX Driving Tips
The one best piece of advice I could offer to anybody who has never been in Dallas traffic or any major city with traffic problems is to know where you're going! In this day and age of the smartphone and google maps you can always know which lane to be in. Road interchanges come up fast, freeways sp
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lit all of the sudden, and if you are not familiar with where these are going to occur then you can end up going a long way out of your way to get back around to where you need to be. Plus, it's safer to be in the lane you need instead of having to cut over at the last minute. People drive fast and they drive crazy when they're driving in a city they are familiar with.
Favorite Driving Memory
Some of my favorite memories from driving around the Dallas area include driving around the lake. There is White Rock Lake in Dallas and when I was a younger guy we used to pile in my friend's car and go drive or cruise around there. Back in the early days there were huge crowds of young people hang
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ing out and it was so much fun to drive around the loop and see all of those people and friends out there having a good time. I still drive my car out to the lake occasionally but sadly the crowds are gone and it's mostly bike riders now.
Favorite Road
The North Dallas Tollway
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First of all it's a very direct route from North Dallas to downtown. You can usually get on there and fly like the wind. On good days you can get in a fast flow of traffic and be downtown in a flash. When you drive through the area near 635 the road has some cool twists and turns, a lot of people ge
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t scared through here and slow down but I've driven through there so many times I don't need to slow down at all. The only downside to going this way is you have to pay and that can be a bummer when traffic is moving slow.
Dallas, TX Driving Tips
Try to avoid rush hours as much as possible. I was able to reduce my commute from 1.5 hours each way to around 45 minutes each way simply by coming in to work later and staying later. Also, make an effort to know which surface streets move fast. Some of them are almost as fast as the highways becaus
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e the stoplights are all timed right.
Favorite Driving Memory
My favorite memory from driving in Dallas is the first time I drove on the high five, which is an interchange between two major highways. I am from a small town in a rural area and had never been exposed to complicated interchanges. When I first saw it, it looked very futuristic and foreign. When I
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successfully drove on it, I felt very accomplished.
Favorite Road
Coit
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When you are trying to commute home, both major highways coming out of Dallas to the Northern suburbs are very crowed. Taking a surface street like Coit allows you to miss all that traffic. As a bonus, there are many stores and restaurants along the way, so if you need to swing by a grocery store, b
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ank, or ATM on the way home, you don't have to make a detour.
Dallas, TX Driving Tips
You really want to know your road names. Sometimes there are smaller roads that run parallel to the main road, which end up being a better option even if the speed limit is slower. You'll often find hidden neighborhoods full of interesting sights or cool little boutiques and restaurants.
Favorite Driving Memory
There was a time when I was first in the city and learning roads and street names, etc., and I was caught in serious traffic. It wasn't standstill traffic, but definitely slow moving and crowded. I was happy to have my little car with its V6 engine and small coupe style because I was able to conveni
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ently dodge cars and switch lanes in an instant and not get caught behind slower traffic.
Favorite Road
Mockingbird Lane
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It's a nice drive of stop-and-go traffic with many pretty buildings and sights to see. There are several lanes and nicer cars in the area.
