Police hunting RV in Atlanta Area

Atlee wrote:
... I like to leave more than 1 car length between me and the vehicle in front.....

I like to leave room for an 18 wheeler plus breathing room. That tactic paid off big for both me and an 18 wheeler on one trip. I saw brake lights way ahead just as a VW bug in the first lane cut in front of the 18 wheeler in the second lane so I slowed more, flashed the lights and the 18 wheeler moved in front of me. He thanked me. He would have made a mess of the VW bug if he had no place to go.

This is the truth. We, with 3 other RV were making our way in to the Marshalling Yards at the Georgia Dome this past Labor Day weekend. We were driving in from Norcross for the CFA Kickoff game.

No matter the speed, if a mere car length and a quarter developed, a car was going to fill it. It's amazing how little concern those folks give for the stopping distance of a truck pulling a trailer.

I kept falling further behind because I like to leave more than 1 car length between me and the vehicle in front.

down home wrote:
I don't know one way or the other on the wreck.
However in Atlanta we have had numerous close calls of people cutting us off in the MH. We've had them come from the right lane over to the lane left of us while we were riding the brakes. No one will let you have space to slip into the lane you need. They ride right on the side of you and the corners despite braking or accelerating to get hopefully in position to change lanes. There have been several that resent you being on their road? They fly in front of you and stand on the brakes.

If the RV driver had simply pulled over he would not be in the trouble he is. Not a difficult concept to understand.

wannavolunteerFT wrote:
I do not know whether the charges against the driver will hold up or not, but I imagine they are initially charging worst possible and then can reduce or drop later as story becomes clearer.

That's modern-day prosecution in a nutshell.
Throw the book at someone, to scare them into pleading guilty to a lessor charge so trial can be avoided.

Atlanta traffic will not hold a light to the traffic and the drivers north of LA at the 210, 5, and 14 intersection. That is the worst I have ever expierenced (other than Hong Kong).

I don't know one way or the other on the wreck.
However in Atlanta we have had numerous close calls of people cutting us off in the MH. We've had them come from the right lane over to the lane left of us while we were riding the brakes. No one will let you have space to slip into the lane you need. They ride right on the side of you and the corners despite braking or accelerating to get hopefully in position to change lanes. There have been several that resent you being on their road? They fly in front of you and stand on the brakes.

AprilWhine wrote:

hitchup wrote:
A Prius owner not wearing a seatbelt, I'm not surprised he was killed.

Why do you think the person riding in the passenger seat is the owner? I would assume it belonged to the driver.

That's what I get for assuming they were married heading back to FL. She, the nameless driver lived and he (the one with a name) passenger died.

Sure glad you all like to pick on everyone for reading something into an article. :E

Wreck Saturday, guy surrendered Tuesday, wonder why? Perhaps skipping out on revelant drug and alcohol testing. Just a guess.

I do not know whether the charges against the driver will hold up or not, but I imagine they are initially charging worst possible and then can reduce or drop later as story becomes clearer.

For those that are not familiar with the area, this is a VERY heavily traveled section of I75. It is one of the last exits before you reach I285 (the Atlanta bypass) and is scary crazy even if you know where you are going. Both the Prius and the RV were not from the area, so were likely searching for the correct lane. I know in the Atlanta area, there are lots of folks that switch lanes constantly, so there may have been more involved in causing the accident than just those two. I will say that in 2 years of living and daily driving in the area near that intersection, my DD had 4 accidents, and only one was she actually charged. She had only had 2 accidents (and 1 at fault) in the previous 10 years of city driving in other cities. I think that exit is one of the most frequent sites of crashes in the area.

How many of us are surprised time and again that other drivers will hang in your blind spots for miles oblivious to the danger that they put themselves in. I drove truck professionally back in the 70's and saw lots of "things". My DW years ago drove my parents Class C a few times, however I do not believe she has the skills to drive our 20K+ pickup and 5th wheel. She tends to over react to situations on the road, which is not good when towing.

We had a case a few years ago of a 5th wheel heading South in the hammer lane on I-5 in Washington traveling above the towing speed limit and was unable to stop when traffic backed up. He crossed over to the North bond lanes and killed two or three people in a vehicle going the other direction. About 18 months later they gave him a 450 dollar fine for failure to control his vehicle or something similar to that.

Again, lets hear the whole story of this one!

Chris