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Lubbock Streets Continue to Mirror a Real-Life Mario Kart Track, Minus the Fun

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:17:57 +0000

Welcome back to another edition of “Will I Survive My Commute?”, the favorite daily game show of everyone living in the Hub City. This week, our local asphalt warriors really outdid themselves, proving once again that if you have the audacity to walk, ride, or even park your car anywhere near a main thoroughfare, you’re [...]

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Big Brother Meets the Sooner State: TxDOT and Oklahoma Team Up to Track Your Drive

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:10:40 +0000

In a stunning display of cross-border cooperation that absolutely nobody asked for, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) have officially signed a real-time data-sharing agreement. Because if there is one thing Texans traditionally love, it’s giving Oklahoma total visibility into our business. The agencies are hailing this as [...]

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Great News, Lubbock: TxDOT is Rebuilding the Slide Road Bridge, and They Promise It Won’t Help Traffic At All

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:16:04 +0000

Dust off your favorite steering-wheel-gripping curse words, because the Texas Department of Transportation has announced that the South Loop 289 bridge over Slide Road has officially reached the end of its natural life. Just like that bag of spinach rotting in your crisper drawer, this structural masterpiece is expired, and TxDOT is inviting the public [...]

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Yoakum County Reminder: Stop Signs and Seatbelts Are Apparently Just Polite Suggestions

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:51:59 +0000

Another day, another catastrophic reminder that West Texas drivers treat basic traffic laws like software terms of service agreements—completely unread and ignored as quickly as possible. This time, the grand stage for vehicular incompetence was the intersection of State Highway 214 and FM 213 in Yoakum County, where the regional pastime of truck-on-truck violence once [...]

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FM 1585 Claims More Victims Because Who Needs Safe Infrastructure When We Have Another Car Wash To Build?

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:34:11 +0000

Welcome back to another edition of “Surviving the Lubbock Asphalt Lottery.” On Thursday morning, the infamous intersection of FM 1585 and CR 1100 reminded us yet again why driving west of the city limits requires a current will and testament. Around 11:30 a.m., a standard passenger vehicle collided head-on with a work truck, instantly killing [...]

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Mother Nature Spits on US 84, Semi-Truck Responds with Fatal Gymnastics

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:47:19 +0000

Welcome to West Texas, where a mere suggestion of rain instantly transforms our highways into a high-stakes demolition derby. On Saturday morning, a 54-year-old truck driver from Socorro found out exactly what happens when you mix a wet U.S. Highway 84, an 18-wheeler, and absolute defiance of basic vehicle safety features. According to DPS, the [...]

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Hub City Navy: Driver Tries to Ford a River on Cesar Chavez Drive, Triggers Actual Dive Team Rescue

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:43:59 +0000

It’s early June, which means Lubbock has received its annual allotment of atmospheric moisture—a whopping 1.72 inches for the week, pushing our monumental year-to-date total to a staggering 5.64 inches. And, right on cue, because the sight of liquid falling from the sky completely short-circuits the collective local driving psychology, someone immediately tried to use [...]

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Driven to Destitution: We’re Swimming in Permian Basin Oil, So Why is Filling Up the Tank Costing Us a Kidney?

lubbock-sucks — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:09:30 +0000

Welcome to West Texas, where a casual 90-mile daily commute is considered a “beautiful drive” rather than a cry for help. Take Philip Turner, a local Lubbock paramedic who drives all the way to Snyder to save lives for Scurry County EMS. He’s racking up to 360 miles a week just to get to work, [...]

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Mission Accomplished: Lubbock’s Genius Strategy to Ensure Our Roads Still Flood Anyway

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:31:25 +0000

Great news, Lubbockites! City Hall has been working tirelessly on “years of planning” to fix our notorious infrastructure, and they want you to know they’ve completed several major projects to move rainwater more efficiently. They’ve successfully connected a bunch of playa lakes in South Lubbock and linked the Medical District to the Canyon Lakes system. [...]

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Lubbock Garbage Truck Flips Directly in Front of ‘Crash Champions’ Because of Course It Did

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:18:07 +0000

On Monday morning around 10:30 a.m., a City of Lubbock garbage truck apparently decided it was tired of standing up and rolled completely over onto its side near the westbound South Loop 289 and Slide Road access ramp. One person was hauled off to the hospital with serious, but thankfully non-life-threatening injuries. Because if there [...]

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Indiana Avenue Commute Turns Into a High-Stakes Demolition Derby Because Merging is Hard

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:48:43 +0000

Ah, Indiana Avenue at 5:30 p.m.—a dystopian hellscape of loop traffic spillover and drivers who treat turn signals like an admission of weakness. Yesterday evening, 39-year-old Casey Nickelson decided to turn this daily commuter nightmare into a full-blown reality TV episode because someone had the absolute audacity to try and merge into his lane near [...]

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Great News, Commuters: Broadway Is Getting Torn Up For Two Years (And It’s Already Over Budget!)

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:23:38 +0000

Lubbock has finally decided to solve our city’s most pressing crisis: having a street with actual historical character. This summer, the city is officially moving forward with its plan to rip up the historic brick on Broadway between Avenues Q and E. Because why enjoy a unique, bumpy piece of local heritage when you can [...]

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Another Shocking Twist: Lubbock Drivers Still Undefeated by Slight Road Curves

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:28:38 +0000

Tuesday evening around 6:30 p.m.—right when normal people are winding down or heading to dinner—the intersection of 55th Drive and Salem Avenue turned into the latest backdrop for Lubbock’s favorite extreme sport: ignoring physics. According to the Lubbock Police Department, 23-year-old Isaiah Wilson was flying west down 55th Drive at a “high rate of speed” [...]

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Keeping Four Wheels on the Asphalt Remains an Impossible Dream for Lubbock Drivers

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:22:17 +0000

Lubbock is entirely flat, meticulously built on a grid, and blessed with roads wider than some airport runways. Yet, asking our local residents to navigate from point A to point B without a major collision is apparently like asking them to solve advanced quantum physics. This week, our local tarmac stunt-coords proved once again that [...]

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Global Oil Crisis Threatens Lubbock Budget, City Fights Back with Revolutionary “Buy Gas When We Need It” Strategy

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:11:43 +0000

Well, folks, the geopolitical dominoes are falling, and right at the end of the line is our beloved Hub City, getting kicked directly in the wallet. Thanks to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran choking off the Strait of Hormuz, gas prices across Texas have surged from an adorable $2.55 back in February to a soul-crushing [...]

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Lubbock Police Officer Reminds Us That Driving Here is a Full-Contact Sport

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:58:47 +0000

Ah, Monday afternoon in the Hub City. The sun is shining, the dust is blowing, and our local law enforcement is out there making sure the streets remain a chaotic free-for-all. Just after 1:30 p.m. yesterday, a Lubbock Police Department officer decided to liven things up at the intersection of 19th Street and Frankford Avenue [...]

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Lubbock Criminal Mastermind Pioneers New Escape Tactic: Running Himself Over

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:47:21 +0000

Just when you think the Hub City has peaked in terms of local driving talent, a Monday morning commute reminds us that the bar can always go lower. Around 4:30 a.m. today, Lubbock Police attempted a routine traffic stop near 28th Street and Avenue P. Instead of pulling over like a functioning member of society, [...]

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Lubbock Teen Completes 19th Street Demo Derby Before Getting A Learner’s Permit

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:44:01 +0000

Sunday afternoons in Lubbock are usually reserved for post-church traffic jams or staring blankly at the dust blowing across the Loop. But yesterday, one enterprising 14-year-old decided to spice things up by taking a stolen sedan for a casual joyride around 34th Street and University Avenue. When Lubbock Police spotted him at 2:13 p.m. and [...]

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Lubbock Infrastructure Strikes Again: Pedestrian Learns the Hard Way That Walking is a High-Stakes Gamble

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:41:15 +0000

Around 9:11 p.m. on Saturday night, the intersection of Princeton Street and North Quaker Avenue transformed into the latest arena for Lubbock’s ongoing, unspoken war against anyone who dares to travel on two feet. According to the Lubbock Police Department, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and promptly pronounced dead at the scene by [...]

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Lubbock Justice: Blast Through a Red Light, Kill a Family, and Get Five Years of ‘Pretty Please Don’t Do It Again’

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:29:02 +0000

Welcome back to Hub City, where the speed limits are purely vibe-based, stoplights are decorative, and the local justice system operates on a sliding scale of how much your family name matters. Our latest example of Lubbock excellence features 35-year-old Jordan Merchant—Principal and President of Construction at 7B Development—who just walked out of the 140th [...]

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University Avenue Speed Run Ends With an Unscheduled Apartment Remodel

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:23:15 +0000

Ah, 3:30 a.m. in the Hub City. A time for peace, quiet, and apparently, treating University Avenue like the final lap of the Daytona 500. Early Thursday morning, 35-year-old Joseph Vasquez decided that the red light at 50th and University was merely a polite suggestion, blasting north at a high rate of speed. In a [...]

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19th Street: Where Even Finishing Your Yard Work is a Death Sentence

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:35:48 +0000

Welcome to the Hub City, where the only thing more dangerous than the dust storms is trying to exist on a Saturday morning. Our latest “Only in Lubbock” tragedy features 69-year-old Charles Hargrove, who made the fatal mistake of thinking he could safely navigate 19th Street at 7:45 a.m. According to the folks in blue, [...]

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The Frankford 500: Four Genius Minds Meet a Light Pole at 114th Street

lubbock-sucks — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:44:20 +0000

Nothing says “Saturday night in the Hub City” like thinking you can outpace the law on a street that is basically one long, flat line to nowhere. Around 12:20 a.m., some local visionary decided that “reckless driving” near 82nd and Frankford wasn’t a prestigious enough charge. When an officer tried to pull them over, the [...]

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LPD Motorcycle Officers Turn ‘No’ Into ‘Go,’ Successfully Total Bikes After Ignoring Orders

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:11:45 +0000

Our latest local hero, 22-year-old Charles Sykes, decided the West Loop was his personal Autobahn on Wednesday afternoon. When a motorcycle officer tried to pull him over for speeding—a crime usually ignored by everyone else on the Loop doing 85 in a RAM 1500—Sykes did what any rational Lubbockite with outstanding warrants does: he turned [...]

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The Lubbock Commute: A Delightful Mix of Top Gun Fantasies and Total Invisibility

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:16:27 +0000

Leave it to the Hub City to turn a simple Sunday afternoon drive into a high-stakes episode of COPS: Sky Police. Our local heroes at the LPD teamed up with DPS to launch a “proactive operation,” which is law-enforcement speak for “we used our helicopter to watch you people behave like idiots from a safe [...]

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Lubbock’s Weekend Demolition Derby: Because Who Needs Stop Signs or Physics Anyway?

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:16:32 +0000

Welcome back to another edition of Lubbock Sucks, the only place that tracks our city’s transition from “Hub City” to “High-Speed Collision Capital of the South Plains.” This past weekend, Lubbock drivers decided that staying between the lines was far too mainstream, opting instead for a city-wide game of bumper cars with actual human lives. [...]

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One Chase, Two Wrecks: Lubbock Still Found a Way

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:17:54 +0000

Late Saturday night around 10:47 p.m., an LPD officer attempted to stop a reportedly stolen vehicle near 34th Street and Boston Avenue. The driver declined the invitation, kicked off a pursuit, and headed west—because of course they did. The fleeing suspect eventually crashed into another vehicle near 34th Street and Quaker Avenue, leaving the suspect [...]

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