<p>Hello guys,
I wonder if there is any driving school near TAMU which can help me get a driving license? I hear that transportation is difficult in College Station and want to get a car once I come there to study.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, there are some driving schools in the area. But actually, if you live on/near one of the bus routes, getting to and from campus is easy enough (you can find all the bus routes at transport.tamu.edu). Buses run pretty much all the time, in a large radius of the campus, even down into Bryan. There are also a few park and ride locations if you don’t live on a bus route. I would NOT want to be a new driver in College Station, at least not anywhere close to campus anyway. Way too many drivers, clogging not enough lanes to accomodate all the traffic. Remember, College Station is a fairly small town, with a college population of about 50,000 students. Lots of anxious college kids trying to get around those crowded streets, which equals lots of inexperienced drivers. So, IF you feel you have to get a car, I would highly suggest learning BEFORE you come to College Station, if at all possible.</p>
<p>i agree totally with aggiemom2011… College Station is very scary to drive in - and I’ve been driving for over 30 years. So many young drivers, so much congestion.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for the advice,
Actually I am not driving around campus because my apartment is gonna be next to TAMU ^^ (I’m gonna biking instead). The reason I want to get a car is to travel to other cities of Texas or other states during breaks. I have lived two years in Washington, and it was my bad mistake not to take the license there :(</p>
<p>I disagree with college station being a bad place to drive. The biggest determinant of your likelihood of getting in a wreck is how much time you spend driving. College station is so small that nowhere you go will take you more than 10 minutes. And because its small, you’ll never be lost and trying to switch over 3 lanes at the last minute or looking at your GPS instead of the road.</p>
<p>Yeah, there’s some inexperienced drivers, but I think its a better place to drive than Dallas is.</p>
<p>College Station is small with nearly 50,000 college students. It is a horrible place to drive, very congested and horrible traffic light patterns.</p>
<p>well 98% of the time I would be driving a really short distance either to campus to go to class or the gym or whatever (the drive was about 1.5 miles) or the store which was about 2.5 miles. I’d take that over driving for 30 minutes on I-35 any day of the week.</p>
<p>Yeah, there were a couple times I’d drive out to a frat party in snook at night on a poorly lit road and be worried that others were possibly driving drunk, but that was pretty rare.</p>
<p>The reason I bring it up is, I don’t think not having a car in college station is a good idea. Its a rural area, and the public transit isn’t that great. If he can afford it, I’d bring a car. The buses run very limited routes on the weekends, at night, on dead days, etc. I’ve had to walk/bike places long distances there before and its not fun nor is it particular safe. If he were in a big city like austin or something I’d agree a car isnt worth the hassle and the buses are a good option, but not in college station.</p>
<p>The whole point we are trying to make is that to a new, inexperienced driver, it might be a little overwhelming driving in even a smallish town with that much traffic. My daughter’s dorm room at Callaway House looked out over the intersection of George Bush and Olsen Drive (I think that’s the name of the street.) I can’t tell you how many accidents she saw as she sat and studied. I’m talking about the kind where the ambulances came and they had to get people out of their cars, not just your average fender benders. She learned to drive in a large city, and still hates to drive in CS. I do agree that having a car to get around in is desirable, but good driving instruction and lots of practice, maybe on some of the lesser used roads around would be a necessity.</p>