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A Survival Guide To Interstate 380

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The holidays are just around the corner and that means students will be leaving Denton soon. That means you only really have two primary routes to choose from to leave town, I35 or 380. Both are honestly unappealing options but for different reasons.Today I'm going to provide some tips and tricks to make the journey on 380 and help keep your sanity intact.

1) Avoid stopping behind trucks

If there's only one thing you take away from this article, this is probably the most important one. Nothing is more frustrating than being stuck behind a semi at a red light and waiting for them to try and accelerate. It's not their fault, they have a lot of weight to move but man does it suck to be trapped behind them at a light. Avoid this fate at all costs if you can.

2) Get your favorite playlists Read

Driving on 380 is a good way to simulate what it would be like to drive through molasses. Everyone drives like they're in a school zone, semi-trucks are everywhere and lights are just as frequent. Basically you're going to do a lot of waiting so you might as well enjoy the slog and jam out to some of your favorite tunes.

3) Try to avoid driving during 4p.m-6p.m.

Driving on 380 during rush hour (or rather hours) is not very fun and I highly recommend driving before or after those times if you can. Chances are you will be packed in like sardines and best case scenario is everyone can get up to speed limit. Don't forget the trucks though, and you're bound to hit 75% of the lights on 380 and if it's really heavy traffic, like say during or before a holiday, you're for one mind numbing ride.

4) Stay in the left lane

Trust me, you'll want to stick to left lane 95% of the time.

5) Pray construction doesn't ruin everything

This isn't so much advice as it is what you'll find yourself doing if you've ever driven on 380 before, particularly with the recent construction within Denton itself. Construction can make or break your trip and nothing is worse than trying to crawl rush hour traffic while being down to one lane because of lane closures.

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