I have driven on both sides of Atlanta and find the worst stoooopid drivers on the south side. Actually, I figured it out one day. There's ole billy bob in his pickem-up truck, he's goin about 15 to 20 mph slower than the rest of the traffic on the freeway. Everyone is fighting to go around him. Then of course you have smartazz, he's the one that paralells ole billy bob, just so he can control traffic. Then you have the 20 car length space guy in the fast lane. Of course he's the one if front of you. You watch as folks from the right lane dive into the left lane in front of him, he just slows to put that dam 20 car lengths in again, then that fills up and he slows again---in an endless cycle. Of course you try to go around him on the right when there is a break after 10 miles, and what does he do? Speeds up, just to make sure you can't get in front of him.
Then you have the OH SHYT! drivers who see someone tap their brakes and they must panic brake for 3 seconds, then speed back up--just to do it again.
Then you have the "Oh, I'm in a car, and wait, I'm at a traffic light....and by golly, the light is green!" people.
Then you have the, "hey, look at my XXX car/truck/rediculously huge suv, I don't have to care if you want to get somewhere, I'm in front and I'm special" people.
But back to billy bob and his pick-em up truck.....
He leaves to go to work at what we would call 30 minutes too early. He does that so he can take his time and not get all stressed out.
You mix him with speed racers and people puttin on make-up, yakin on their cell phones, arguing with kids/spouce, rifling through their briefs, and you get some terrible traffic.
I loved the folks in Charlotte, NC in the rain. They would go to a side street of a main street and wait till there was a 3 car gap and try to cross 6 lanes, wheels spinnin at the max velocity, watching cars go spining and broadside past them, oblivious to the jackass stunt they just did.
On the northside of Atlanta when coming south into Atlanta for work in the wee hours like I do, you have the "I'm going 70, that is faster than the speed limit, if you don't like it, go around my right" people. Even though the majority of folks in the left most lane of 6 lanes are going 80. I've learned to keep right when I see those clogs coming up ahead because there is no one there, they are all in the left lane going their "special" speed.
I think they need to have camcorders in every car and play the worst of the worst every day on the news. Then have the cops visit them at their door and give them tickets for impeding traffic flow, or playing with whatever when they are supposed to be driving.
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Oh, I had to add, I noticed that the tail gaters tend to stay back a bit more from me since I put on my hitch and have a nice shiney stainless ball mount and ball.
