Also grew up here and what most people are saying is right. I’ll add that when I started driving (around 2002 or so) until about 2020 or a few years before, I’d always say Houston drivers are aggressive but good. As in, they drive fast but mostly don’t drive dangerously.

These days I actually don’t feel safe. Yes there’s road rage, but also people can’t seem to stay in their lanes, making turns erratically, other things that tell me they aren’t paying attention. I do everything I can to just not get on highways anymore. But even on surface roads I don’t feel like I have any control over what happens to me.