i live in new orleans and i have driven in new york houston and L.Angeles,
and atlanta definitely has the craziest drivers ..3 years ago me and the
wife and some friends were caught in a blinding thunderstorm..we slowed down
to about 50 and could hardly see and we had cars suvs etc. they must have
been doing 80..we also counted 6 wrecks after the rain slacked off..new
orleans is still bad.its all them damn crackheads in the city limits..
>From: Jim Gifford <jim@giffords.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>Subject: Re: DML: 4.7 vs 5.9
>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:18:12 -0400
>
>On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 07:24:44AM -0700, Shawn Bowen wrote:
> > Cool, flaming done from my side;-)... Thought I might add that living
>in
> > Atlanta literally people will either run you over, run you off the road,
>or
> > shoot you if are in their way (This isn't totally a joke). Now, I can't
>say
> > this justifies the speed, but when I've got a ditzy house wife on my ass
>in
> > an Excursion burning down the old Alpharetta Audubon (Georgia 400) at
>90+
> > miles an hour popping Xanax yelling at the kids and talking on the phone
> > (her not me;-)), and then I've got another SUV wielding MILF in the lane
> > next to me there is little choice as to what to do;-). Then there is
>ALWAYS
> > some punk in a rice burner that will draft inches off my bumper and
>weave in
> > and out of traffic. I feel its my duty to flat out smoke him the next
>open
> > stretch with no traffic, that really burns them up. My 4x4 CC smoking
>them
> > so bad I almost loose site. I'm bored this morning so heres a few
>numbers
> > for yall:
>
>You tell the truth, although I believe you're being a bit conservative
>here... I don't even want to talk about 285, especially near 400
>or at spaghetti junction. I'm trying as hard as I can to move far
>far away from this mess. :)
>
>Just yesterday, I saw a Yukon go flying by (about 90 or 95mph) a
>Porsche Boxster that was doing 45 in the lane beside them (the
>Porsche had a donut spare on his car). It is quite ridiculous
>around here.
>
>I've driven in LA and DC, and I can honestly say that Atlanta wins
>the "worst driving" certificate. :(
>
>If you need more evidence, check out The Atlanta Roadway Digest at
>http://www.tardsite.com/ .
>
>And to be a little on topic... I get 16mpg consistently (15 to 17),
>whether I keep my foot out of it (hey, it can happen) or keep the
>pedal to the metal. However, I suspect my oil burning contributes
>greatly to this.
>
>jim "stuck in atlanta traffic" gifford
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