Atlantans Driven Crazy!
Overheard on WABE… Instructions on what to do if your car skids! Hilarious! They actually felt it necessary to tell tell people to take their foot of the accelerator and NOT put on the brake! Hello? Anyone else take Driver’s Ed?
Oh… wait, we’re in Atlanta! This is the city where too many people think that passing on the right is just fine and that turn signals are completely optional.
Atlanta is also the city where the number of the road seems to be the speed limit too. Briarcliff? That’s route 33. I-85? Pretty obvious. People on the city’s one toll way really do seem at least to want to travel 400 miles an hour.
Okay, so with the possible winter weather coming, be smart. Warn your boss that you might be a little late tomorrow and take it slow. Slow, relaxed, and easy. That’s the key.
January 17th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I have always said that there are multiple issues with driving in winter weather in Atlanta.
#1 - this is ice, not snow…or maybe it’s snow that has melted and then frozen over so that it looks like snow, but is actually ice. Either way, you can’t really drive on it safely no matter what you do.
#2 - related to #1, lots of SUV drivers who think they can drive the same speed (90+) in all conditions. Note to SUV drivers: If you have no traction, four wheel drive will not help you. At all.
#3 The mix of drivers who are too confident and drivers who are not confident enough is dangerous. Mix someone who wants to go 90 and someone who wants to go 25…add ice and you have a recipe for rush hour disaster a la mode.
January 17th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Rush hour with ice cream sounds quite lovely. I’m just glad I live within walking distance of a MARTA station.
January 20th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
You must not be from around here.You are dealing with 2nd or 3rd generations of drivers who haven’t taken drivers ed, and then go on to “teach” their own children their bad habits. Also many other people from other parts of the country who think they can drive in it, but don’t realize how inadeqate Atlanta’s 3 snowplows are. Along with the suv people who think they can still go 90 and the natives who think you can’t go over 10 on the highway. It’s a very good idea to just stay home and enjoy a snow day when we get the bad weather.