Drivers in Midtown/Downtown flagrantly breaking laws (Atlanta: homes, club)

[ThreeSides]

Originally Posted by Zanarkand A East

Idiots are running red lights all over town, and someone is going to get killed. The police aren't doing a damn thing about it.

How prevalent is honking in Midtown and or Downtown? I'm referring to honking immediately, when the light turns green. When I hear honking, the light has already turned yellow. Then, one or two cars proceed through a red light. Perhaps those vehicles may have been able to safely proceed if the first person hadn't wasted time sitting there.

This is what I see. Of course, I'm not referring to Midtown or Downtown.

[Esteban5]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

Not to mention coming into the city to purchase drugs, solicit prostitutes and buy X-rated videos from stores on Cheshire Bridge Road! That kind of stuff needs to stay in Alpharetta.

I take you have not been on the seedy side of Milton

[Atlwarrior]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

What is it with drivers completely disregarding a lot of the laws that you don't see drivers break in other areas of the metro.

In Midtown I daily see people who will just stop there car on the road wherever and throw on their flashers as if that makes it okay to stop in the middle of the road.

Then there are the people who will make left or right turns on one-ways from the middle lanes completely ignoring all the people they are cutting off in the lanes they cross over.

Blocking the crosswalks, and refusing to stop at the crosswalks that have flashers... I often have to force myself into the crosswalk to get cars to stop.

I've even seen asshats go the wrong way down a one-way on purpose, over by the LA Fitness on Spring St. because they are too lazy to drive into the parking deck the proper way and I guess they think, "oh its only 50-100ft. who cares?"

I never see stuff like this in suburbs and what-not. I wonder why people get like this when they are driving in the urban areas.

People stopping in the middle of the road with flashers are likely Uber and Lyft drivers. Remedy is for users to request rides like not on Peachtree and have a car waiting should be a no brainier. My thing is allowing a left turn on Peachtree during the evening rush and causing huge backups.

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

What is it with drivers completely disregarding a lot of the laws that you don't see drivers break in other areas of the metro.

In Midtown I daily see people who will just stop there car on the road wherever and throw on their flashers as if that makes it okay to stop in the middle of the road.

Then there are the people who will make left or right turns on one-ways from the middle lanes completely ignoring all the people they are cutting off in the lanes they cross over.

Blocking the crosswalks, and refusing to stop at the crosswalks that have flashers... I often have to force myself into the crosswalk to get cars to stop.

I've even seen asshats go the wrong way down a one-way on purpose, over by the LA Fitness on Spring St. because they are too lazy to drive into the parking deck the proper way and I guess they think, "oh its only 50-100ft. who cares?"

I never see stuff like this in suburbs and what-not. I wonder why people get like this when they are driving in the urban areas.

I was just driving downtown this weekend and this very thing happened to us, the wife was pissed, but I was on chill mode. It comes with the territory. Coming down baker street toward Marietta and this Fed Ex driver just stops in the middle of the road goes into the Hilton with no package, the misses is reaching over blowing the horn...im like chill look behind us. Cars are backed up all the way to Olympic Park to the Coke Museum lol...the driver comes out eating a sandwich. I just bust out laughing, just it was so uncalled for. I tried to explain to my woman there is not many places to park so drivers will pull those kinda of stunts. Always expect anything in both Downtown and Midtown when it comes to driving. I had this guy total loss my 2006 Lexus back in 09 on the corner of Forsyth and Brotherton, he hit me in the back going like 50 miles per hour! He was trying to find the Greyhound station to pick up a relative...dude lived in Morrow...REALLY?? Thank God I was turning when he hit me. Suburban minded drivers have no clue how to drive in urban settings. Its different rules. Lots of stop and go. I normally use Marta, but was dropping of a friend to Hooters for work. So I was gonna be in and out and WAM!!! TOTAL LOSS of a car I almost had paid off. People cant drive in the burbs and they cant drive in the city.

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

Blocking the crosswalks, and refusing to stop at the crosswalks that have flashers... I often have to force myself into the crosswalk to get cars to stop.

I've even seen asshats go the wrong way down a one-way on purpose, over by the LA Fitness on Spring St. because they are too lazy to drive into the parking deck the proper way and I guess they think, "oh its only 50-100ft. who cares?"

I never see stuff like this in suburbs and what-not. I wonder why people get like this when they are driving in the urban areas.

Its every man for himself in the city. Most people dont live in the city and they hate the rules. The crosswalks are annoying so you have to walk behind the car on the crosswalk to avoid on coming traffic. They drive bad in the burbs too, its just less rules and more space. People are used to turning whenever they want and where ever they want. So one ways annoy them especially if they dont know the city. I see it all the time people naturally hate pedestrians and they hate cyclists. They dont under the urban streets are for slowly getting aroumd people, but many behave like the people are in the wrong.

[AtlAl]

This reminds me of a new stunt I saw the other day: I'm sitting at one of the typical red lights that seemingly has 200 cars backed up waiting their turn to finally get through the intersection. I'm wayyyy back in the "still several light cycles to go before I make it" zone, and I notice a car about 30 feet or so behind me just sitting still in the center turn lane (one of those lanes that serves as a left/right turn lane and then becomes a left-turn-only lane as it gets closer to the intersection). This car doesn't have a turn signal on...it's just sitting there and sitting there long enough for me to start wondering what the guy is up to. When the light turns green, he suddenly takes off like a rocket and heads straight for the intersection (the turn lane he's in is now wide open since all the left-turning cars proceeded on the left turn arrow just before the green light)...then just before he reaches the intersection he slides into one of the inevitable gaps that opens up between the proceeding cars. Basically, he cut in line big time and saved himself several minutes of wait time (but it was still a jerk move and not a wise gamble by any means).

[alco89]

Originally Posted by BlackPeach2

Suburban minded drivers have no clue how to drive in urban settings. Its different rules. Lots of stop and go. I normally use Marta, but was dropping of a friend to Hooters for work. So I was gonna be in and out and WAM!!! TOTAL LOSS of a car I almost had paid off. People cant drive in the burbs and they cant drive in the city.

Originally Posted by BlackPeach2

Its every man for himself in the city. Most people dont live in the city and they hate the rules. The crosswalks are annoying so you have to walk behind the car on the crosswalk to avoid on coming traffic. They drive bad in the burbs too, its just less rules and more space. People are used to turning whenever they want and where ever they want. So one ways annoy them especially if they dont know the city. I see it all the time people naturally hate pedestrians and they hate cyclists. They dont under the urban streets are for slowly getting aroumd people, but many behave like the people are in the wrong.

Couldn't agree with you more.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by BlackPeach2

Its every man for himself in the city. Most people dont live in the city and they hate the rules. The crosswalks are annoying so you have to walk behind the car on the crosswalk to avoid on coming traffic. They drive bad in the burbs too, its just less rules and more space. People are used to turning whenever they want and where ever they want. So one ways annoy them especially if they dont know the city. I see it all the time people naturally hate pedestrians and they hate cyclists. They dont under the urban streets are for slowly getting aroumd people, but many behave like the people are in the wrong.

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[Gulch]

Originally Posted by BlackPeach2

Its every man for himself in the city. Most people dont live in the city and they hate the rules. The crosswalks are annoying so you have to walk behind the car on the crosswalk to avoid on coming traffic. They drive bad in the burbs too, its just less rules and more space. People are used to turning whenever they want and where ever they want. So one ways annoy them especially if they dont know the city. I see it all the time people naturally hate pedestrians and they hate cyclists. They dont under the urban streets are for slowly getting aroumd people, but many behave like the people are in the wrong.

+ infinity.

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Those drivers are most likely commuters, from the suburbs and since they don't live in Atlanta they simply do not care about those that call Downtown and Midtown home.

Cqholt is correct these people are behind the wheel saying things like

"why is this stupid trolley in my way?"

"why is every other street a ONE WAY?"

"why is this cyclist in the road? they need to be on the sidewalk where the people are WALKING!"

"why cant I turn here??"

They want to race through the core like how they race though the burbs.

The City is a whole different beast.