On Friday I am on 285 headed south just passing the 75 North ramp behind a Toyota Tundra. I am cruising along in my 740il at a safe distance going about 70 mph. Up ahead on the road ahead of the Tundra I see some road debris as we are going around the curve. The truck ahead of me doesnt make an adjustment to miss the debris, yeah it just looked like a plastic bag.

So she goes over it and immediately her back right tire blows out kicking the back of the truck out to the right into the next lane as she went straight into the concrete median blowing the front left tire on impact... caving the whole front end of the truck in. Hit the brakes and come to a stop before her truck comes to a stop. I put my hazards on get out and walk up to the truck to see if she is okay, truck as come to rest covering the whole fast lane. I get there and the airbag didnt deploy , lady is shaking bad. I called 911 etc. I turn around and about get run over by a jackass passing on the shoulder to the left of the car and truck... couldnt freaking just get over! I was pissed and about wet my pants feeling the wind of the car passing me.

I have only been in Atlanta 2 years and this shocked the crap out of me? Is this what is expected around atlanta?

I have only been in Atlanta 2 years and this shocked the crap out of me? Is this what is expected around atlanta?

Yes. When you stop to assist someone, you are putting your own life at risk.

Seems about right, although there are many like you who are considerate and do the right thing. Glad you're okay!

Dude get used to it. You need to constantly be defensive driving here. Honestly, the worst drivers on the planet are right here in your back yard. You are right they just don't care, their destination is more important. You gotta be careful out there man.

This is why I drive a big strong, SAFE BMW. I really do feel safer in my BMW than in any other car, especially driving in Atlanta.

I guess that is a very valid statement that I put myself at risk by getting out of the car, but I was sitting there thinking if that were me and was unable to freaking reach my phone or talk and needed an ambulance, would hope someone would make sure of it rather than assume one of the hundreds of people that will pass will call emergency personnel. Eitherway, it was just freaky watching it happen right in front of me.

Learnt woo things - my car is heavy but will stop in a hurry, and in atlanta, having something like onstar etc can be invaluable! Make that 3 things, dont get out or your ass might get run over, should just call it in! Sad but possibly true!

That's why you don't stop and help anyone. I would of kept on driving.

Go find the thread about the demise of G.P.'s E36. She was stopped at a red light, and hit from behind by a vacuous soccer-mommy who was approaching the intersection while - I sh!t you not - turned around backwards in her seat feeding a snack to a squaling brat. :pissed

Meanwhile, as I was on the way home yesterday, I spotted a decrepit old crone with handicapped plates who apprently thought that sporting a wheelchair logo means she has a god-given right to make a left turn into oncoming traffic without so much as a glance in our direction. Had I not slammed on the brakes, her front bumper would have gone right into my door. And when I hit my horn, boy, did she ever look surprised to see a car there all of a sudden! :eyecrazy


Welcome to Atlanta. :shifty



That said, it was very good of you to help. Risky, but still good.

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On Friday I am on 285 headed south just passing the 75 North ramp behind a Toyota Tundra. I am cruising along in my 740il at a safe distance going about 70 mph. Up ahead on the road ahead of the Tundra I see some road debris as we are going around the curve. The truck ahead of me doesnt make an adjustment to miss the debris, yeah it just looked like a plastic bag.

So she goes over it and immediately her back right tire blows out kicking the back of the truck out to the right into the next lane as she went straight into the concrete median blowing the front left tire on impact... caving the whole front end of the truck in. Hit the brakes and come to a stop before her truck comes to a stop. I put my hazards on get out and walk up to the truck to see if she is okay, truck as come to rest covering the whole fast lane. I get there and the airbag didnt deploy , lady is shaking bad. I called 911 etc. I turn around and about get run over by a jackass passing on the shoulder to the left of the car and truck... couldnt freaking just get over! I was pissed and about wet my pants feeling the wind of the car passing me.

I have only been in Atlanta 2 years and this shocked the crap out of me? Is this what is expected around atlanta?

The other thing to remember is that sometimes coming around a corner you won't have enough time to slow down or get into the proper lane. The guy might have had to make a last second decision to hit the emergency lane to avoid hitting the car.

I wasn't there..so I have no clue though..

Welcome to Atlanta where tha playas play. We roll by car accidents like everryday.

The other thing to remember is that sometimes coming around a corner you won't have enough time to slow down or get into the proper lane. The guy might have had to make a last second decision to hit the emergency lane to avoid hitting the car.

I wasn't there..so I have no clue though..

Especially if he was on the phone texting his agent about his ballin new contract...

This is why I can't wait to get back to Mississippi. No traffic just slow speed limits and slower drivers.

The other thing to remember is that sometimes coming around a corner you won't have enough time to slow down or get into the proper lane. The guy might have had to make a last second decision to hit the emergency lane to avoid hitting the car.

I wasn't there..so I have no clue though..

Good point, in this particular case.. I stopped a clear 20 yards behind her and he wasnt the immediate care behind me, the cars that were immediately behind me slowed down came to a stop and changed lanes, he want around people that were stopped!

Was crazy though! But that day it seemed like people can't handle a bit of rain because in my driving that day I saw 6 different wrecks, but only 1 right there in front of me! At that point I took my ass home and stayed there!!

Welcome to Atlanta where 90% of all drivers on the road are from somewhere other than here. The problem with the drivers here are that you combine driving styles from all 50 states, European drivers and too damn many drivers from 3rd world countries. Add all that up and you have one shitty place to drive your car.

Point of this is, it's not the locals who can't drive, it's all the damn carpetbaggers. :)

Welcome to Atlanta where 90% of all drivers on the road are from somewhere other than here. The problem with the drivers here are that you combine driving styles from all 50 states, European drivers and too damn many drivers from 3rd world countries. Add all that up and you have one shitty place to drive your car.

Point of this is, it's not the locals who can't drive, it's all the damn carpetbaggers. :)

Or maybe you natives need to get in touch with the rest of the world and learn how to drive. But I guess it wasn't that long ago that Georgia actually got paved roads. I guess you guys are still used to pulling over and helping people fix their wagon wheels, and loaning them a team of oxen. :D

Or maybe you natives need to get in touch with the rest of the world and learn how to drive. But I guess it wasn't that long ago that Georgia actually got paved roads. I guess you guys are still used to pulling over and helping people fix their wagon wheels, and loaning them a team of oxen. :D

We aren't the ones running people over. Then again we were raised to help people on the side of the road if the needed help. I routinely stop & help people especially women & the elderly. I could be I'm just a nice guy or it could be I'm hoping to meet one of the elderly's hot daughters or a hot MILF and get a nice "reward". ;) :rofl

We aren't the ones running people over. Then again we were raised to help people on the side of the road if the needed help. I routinely stop & help people especially women & the elderly. I could be I'm just a nice guy or it could be I'm hoping to meet one of the elderly's hot daughters or a hot MILF and get a nice "reward". ;) :rofl

:lol

I tried helping people out on the side of the road but I had to stop. After getting maced a couple of times. I guess a black male scares the crap of old white ladies on the side of the road at night.

I tried helping people out on the side of the road but I had to stop. After getting maced a couple of times. I guess a black male scares the crap of old white ladies on the side of the road at night.

Everything scares old white ladies at night.

Everything scares old white ladies at night.

True, but Lee is the whitest black man I know.

True, but Lee is the whitest black man I know.

Bryan Gumble, Wayne Brady, & Bill Clinton

dunno how it is in GA, but in CA, if you dial 911 on a cell phone, you get highway patrol.

I call in accidents as soon as I see 'em. Oftentimes, it seems like the folks that get in an accident on the freeway are too stunned to do it themselves.

Cell open, 911, describe the location, hang up, and back to my business.

Bryant Gumble, Wayne Brady, & Bill Clinton

I have never personally met them.

Roffles on the B.C. reference though! :rofl

True, but Lee is the whitest black man I know.

:lol :lol he stole my title...he can glady keep it ;)

dunno how it is in GA, but in CA, if you dial 911 on a cell phone, you get highway patrol.

I call in accidents as soon as I see 'em. Oftentimes, it seems like the folks that get in an accident on the freeway are too stunned to do it themselves.

Cell open, 911, describe the location, hang up, and back to my business.

I think its *hp here in GA, but someone else needs to verify.

Never stop, b/c you put yourself in danger. That is what they have the HERO units for, they will help out the people who are broken down or have wrecks.

Watch out for the Toyota Camry's and minivans of any make, they are sure to cause a wreck!

I think its *hp here in GA, but someone else needs to verify.

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Never stop, b/c you put yourself in danger. That is what they have the HERO units for, they will help out the people who are broken down or have wrecks.

Watch out for the Toyota Camry's and minivans of any make, they are sure to cause a wreck!

Watchout for anything driven by old asian females or just females in general ;) , although there are more than a few exceptions to this especially here on this board. I have seen more female drivers either just merge into a lane because they want to be there or turn their turn signal on and expect everyone to move out of their way and let them in.

Just because you turn your turn signal on doesn't give you the right to just move into the next lane. There has to be room for you to adequately fit into the space without cutting someone off and causing a wreck.

Watchout for anything driven by old asian females or just females in general ;) , although there are more than a few exceptions to this especially here on this board. I have seen more female drivers either just merge into a lane because they want to be there or turn their turn signal on and expect everyone to move out of their way and let them in.

Just because you turn your turn signal on doesn't give you the right to just move into the next lane. There has to be room for you to adequately fit into the space without cutting someone off and causing a wreck.

No driving a SUV gives you the right.

No driving a SUV gives you the right.

Damn right, my SUV is bigger than your car. :D

Damn right, my SUV is bigger than your car. :D

That is the only thing that you have that is bigger. :D Except your gun, and dog. OK so 3 things bigger :D

camry's are bad...but tan camry's are the worst.

That is the only thing that you have that is bigger. :D Except your gun, and dog. OK so 3 things bigger :D

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The new game on my way to work is to see how many people will try and wedge their car in front of me. Today I counted 3. I do not move and blare my horn. I had one guy that started his merge and he was right next to me.. I think the thinking is that "oh he has a BMW he will move out of my way" My thought is "go ahead and hit me I need a new paint job"

The new game on my way to work is to see how many people will try and wedge their car in front of me. Today I counted 3. I do not move and blare my horn. I had one guy that started his merge and he was right next to me.. I think the thinking is that "oh he has a BMW he will move out of my way" My thought is "go ahead and hit me I need a new paint job"

:rofl

Maybe I need to do that with the Expedition. Although the last time someone hit me in a merge the cops called it a draw and no one was ticketed and my own insurance had to pay for the damage to my E36 Vert. Now this was in Doraville where the cops shoot you for not wearing your seatbelt.

The new game on my way to work is to see how many people will try and wedge their car in front of me. Today I counted 3. I do not move and blare my horn. I had one guy that started his merge and he was right next to me.. I think the thinking is that "oh he has a BMW he will move out of my way" My thought is "go ahead and hit me I need a new paint job"

Or he thought you looked like a B!%ch. :stickoutt

:rofl @ Lee

:cool

Welcome to Atlanta where tha playas play. We roll by car accidents like everryday.

FTW!! :lol

That's why you don't stop and help anyone. I would of kept on driving.

I'm going to have to disagree with this. Yes you put your life at risk and that is why you stay against the wall.

Some people just do not care how they drive. That woman could have been hit by another vehicle. Backinblack did the right thing. That woman could have died because people kept driving by or would have been hit by another vehicle.

Whatever though.

I'm going to have to disagree with this. Yes you put your life at risk and that is why you stay against the wall.

Some people just do not care how they drive. That woman could have been hit by another vehicle. Backinblack did the right thing. That woman could have died because people kept driving by or would have been hit by another vehicle.

Whatever though.

Yea, I am sure your wife and kid would totally understand when you get killed on 285 by another car just so you could of helped a total stranger instead of sticking around and raising your son and providing for your family. Deep down your wife won't mind since you did the right thing to help a poor ole' woman on the road. Yea that's how I want to go out. Sorry but no stranger stranded on the side of the road is worth it.

Welcome to Atlanta where tha playas play. We roll by car accidents like everryday.


QFT and funny, you get the gold star. :alright

crazy stuff... wide spectrum of responses here but I guess that is how it goes though. Personalities vary so much. Dean had a valid point, but at the same time, what if it were the wife of someone I knew etc. But at the same time yeah, that would totally suck to go out that way. But like they say, when its your time to go, its time to go.

The whole thing could have been avoided if people were taught how to drive properly and control their cars in cases like this (instead of just learning how to stop at the big red octagonal sign at the age of 16).

The whole thing could have been avoided if people were taught how to drive properly and control their cars in cases like this (instead of just learning how to stop at the big red octagonal sign at the age of 16).

I think people should be more careful with their ladders, couches, bike handle bars (which I hit in my Avalon) and everything else I see on our littered highways.


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I think I have more trouble on the road with inattentive drivers than anything else. Next is stupid/bad drivers. Asian (esp women) in tan camry's are the #1 problem. Had one today (asian, female, tan camry) blow past a school bus with its stop sign out on Dean rd.... she stared in her rear view mirror after she went past I guess trying to figure out either why it was stopped or why the stop signs were out and red lights flashing... she did this long enough to drift into my lane and nearly hit me head on. (luckly I anticipated... no, expected the stupid and was already in gear with the revs up ready to dive onto the shoulder and out of her way.) I'm getting more and more tempted to let them hit me. Hard impacts like that tend to hurt though, even in proper seats and harnesses.

Stupid driving like that is partly a function of stupid, but probably could be easily weeded out by better driver training and testing. (the idea being that the extra special people who can't learn from the training won't pass the test.) All it would require is that the drivers test actually test ones ability to drive. (gosh, what a concept.)

A lot of the accidents I see (and watch) are easily preventable. I can usually call what noob mistake they're going to make before they do it too. Lift or brake mid corner leading to a tank slapper is the best to watch. Car control should be part of the requirements for a drivers license. I don't understand why the insurance companies haven't jumped on this as a way to save them billions of dollars, or why states instead think it's a purely "speed" related thing.

Stupid driving like that is partly a function of stupid, but probably could be easily weeded out by better driver training and testing. (the idea being that the extra special people who can't learn from the training won't pass the test.) All it would require is that the drivers test actually test ones ability to drive. (gosh, what a concept.)
Because then there would be lawsuits over "discrimination," and how the test was biased against whatever subset of humanity happened to have failed that week.

Same reason some schools are doing away with valedictorians at graduation. :shifty

Car control should be part of the requirements for a drivers license. I don't understand why the insurance companies haven't jumped on this as a way to save them billions of dollars
While they would likely agree (and have, with the recent initiative for teenaged drivers in GA), the simple explanation is that insurance companies can't mandate public policy through legislation.

Now, in theory, discounts to their customers for proper training should spur the public to seek out such training. But for that to work, you'd need a majority of active, intelligent consumers in the marketplace. Lotsa luck with that. :rolleyes

...or why states instead think it's a purely "speed" related thing.
Speeding is easier to define, document, and - most importantly - make money from. It's much harder to catch or interpret habitual bad driving.

So, in the simplest of all priority lists, they go where the money is. :az

Letting people hit you FTW.