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It's generally NOT a good idea to use the entrance turn lane as a PARKING SPOT to pick up your kids... much less allow the rear of your car to stick out into the southbound traffic lane of New Macland during rush hour.  DUH.. you wanna kill your kids??  (We see this a lot).

And what do we have here?  No.. can it be??  Someone running the red light at Richard Sailors and Highway 278??  Nooooooooooooo it's impossible!  (rolling eyes).   We could probably devote an entire SITE to the number of people who do this every day.  Helllooooooo Cobb County!  Red Light Cameraaaaaaaa!

For the Legislatures who are trying to put a stop to red light cams - you need to take your heads out of your asses and hang out at the Richard Sailors/278 intersection for a day.  This guy like SO MANY, thinks the pretty red light is a holiday decoration.  He brakes just in time to avoid slamming into 278 traffic just taking off, and he STILL ran the light as soon as he got a break in the traffic.

Exit behind Wachovia is as we've said before, "Right Turn only", indicated by the large right only arrow on the ground, and the exit curving to the right.   This guy well - he's above that.  As do about 20% of the people who leave this center, he makes an illegal left turn out of there against heavy traffic, causing at least one person to hit the brakes.  If the local police were to simply have an officer parked here all day long they'd probably make enough on tickets to pay for a new park or something.

Darn - blurry!  Oh well.  This was a 40-something Middle-Eastern male who parked in the "No Parking" area of the Publix shopping center, blocking outgoing traffic, so he could go and ship a package.  Inside the store which has signs that say "no cell phone use in store", he was of course, using his cell phone, having a meeting, and laying out the contents of his briefcase on their counter to have that cell phone meeting, all while others waited in line.  Some people I do believe LIVE to be rude.  He wins the crown for the year.

Well.. "Galoski" here needs to learn a couple of things, but the idea is that on dark, cloudy days where it is raining heavily, it is generally NOT a good idea to drive around over the speed limit, in a dark car, with your lights OFF.  We watched this person tailgate, speed, etc etc in a downpour with no lights.  Their turn signal is what's on here - they break all the other rules but use a turn signal??  SIGH.

Can you guess what we have here?  Why yes... a red light runner on Richard Sailors and 278!   

For the record, for each one of these we actually post, there are maybe 8-10 we see but don't capture with the camera, or don't post simply due to space reasons on the site.  DOT - either just take the lights down, or put a camera up please!  Who's gotta die first before something is done?

Yep - a red light runner at Richard Sailors and 278.  Only this one almost paid for it with her LIFE.  Note that she started to run the light with heavy traffic on 278 coming Westbound.  She almost ran smack into a tractor trailer doing about 65mph, too!  She slammed on her breaks, and narrowly missed being a statistic.   NO turn  means NO TURN people!

This was submitted to us from a viewer of this site.

Ok, let's toss political correctness aside for a moment.  Two black males are seen driving through the Publix parking lot at a high rate of speed (like 45-50 *IN* the parking lot).  They go up and down several of the parking lanes, as though "looking around" for something other than a parking spot.  They exit onto New Macland, then come back, then drive around the parking lot some more.  They then park their car in the lot that is next to but not in the Wachovia Bank lot.  One male exits and walks into the bank, loooking around back and forth numerous times as though nervous.  The passenger stays in the car and slides wayyyy down so his face can't be seen.  GEEZ!

The person who submitted this said they did inform police of this suspicious activity, though we never received a followup from them as to if these guys were up to anything or not.  Moral of story... 1)  don't drive through parking lots at 45mph!!! and 2)  When entering banks, don't look around like you're about to try crap.  Gawd.

Another delivery truck that thinks the "No turn on red" sign at Richard Sailors and Hwy. 278 is just there as decoration.  He ran the light anyway.  And yes, we let his company know.

D.O.T........ we need a red light camera hereeeeeeeeeee

One of MANY drivers each and every day who illegally make a left turn from a right-turn-only lane, behind Wachovia Bank in the Publix Shopping center at New Macland.  The lane has a LARGE right-only arrow painted on it, and it curves to the right to steer people to the right as well.  What do about 25% of the people exiting this center do?  They make LEFT turns.  

This exit was designed this way for a reason.  There is heavy traffic from various sources flowing over this spot, and during rush hours, it's VERY dangerous as it is - adding illegal lefts to it only increases the dangers.  People people people... stop acting like you were born in Alabama and obey the law.

Just as speeders represent a danger on our roads, also do those who drive too SLOWLY.  Here is an older couple who were in a 45mph speed zone... drive 20 miles per hour!  Now if you're on a multi-lane road, fine, do the senile old fart routine if you want - but on two lane roads, you cause people to try to pass you, creating dangers on the road.  If you can't maintain the speed limit, it's time to hand over those keys to the kiddies and get a ride.  Sorry, sounds cruel, but 94 year olds on the roads are just as dangerous as a bunch of 16 year old drivers.

And our monthly reminder... when the signs say "No parking, fire lane" in front of the businesses - it means.. can you guess?  NO PARKING.  This is yet another person who thinks that their dirty laundry makes them except, so they park in the posted fire lane to drop off their dirty duds - all the while during a busy rush hour, while cars coming and going in and out of the center have to weave around their parked car, creating a danger to them and pedestrians.  Way to go selfish butt-wad!

Parents, please KNOW what your kids are doing in the family cars.   This teen was driving close to 20mph OVER the speed limit on Richard Sailor's Parkway - and didn't look like he was paying much attention to the road, either.  Paulding tags.

Yes, it's a PINK dump truck.  They work in the Powder Springs Industrial Park.  Hey guy - try not to run wayyyyy over the speed limit, as well as following cars too closely in these things !!

5/16/06

Well dammit, we need a better camera so we stop missing these tags.  

Ok, so we're at Shipp Road waiting to turn onto Old Lost Mountain, and this chick speeds by in her SUV, getting right up to the rear of a school bus before slowing down.  Female, late 30s early 40s (?), short blond hair and glasses, talking on a cell phone, while exceeding the speed limit, AND, following too closely behind a school bus, too!  Wow - poster child for, "How to do everything you're not supposed to do while driving".

In this shot, the bus veered off to make a left while she continued, but our guess is that at one point going down Old Lost Mountain, she was within 12 inches of the back of the bus (all while making sure she stayed on her cell call, mind you).

5/9/06

Too far to get a tag number, darn it. But this is an example of one of MANY idiots we see each and every day who run the red light at the right turn lanes of Richard Sailors and Highway 278.  When will Cobb DOT get some brains and put in a red light camera at that intersection?  They'll make a   F O R T U N E  $$  writing tickets.  Note to idiots --- "No turn on red" means.. guess what?  NO TURN ON RED.

5/01/06

Wow - with semi truckers like THIS on the roads in Atlanta, it's no wonder there are accidents involving trucks every day.  This guy was on Richard Sailors Parkway, running up on the sidewalk once.  He turns onto Highway 278 going North, nearly running off the road twice, and crossing the center line of his lane once as well.  We followed him into the Powder Springs Industrial Park, where he once again nearly ran off the road.  Black male mid-30s.  And yes, we did call Old Dominion and report him (they were thankful).

9/30/05

Ok, we know it seems like we're picking on blond women and we SWEAR we're not trying to... BUT...   You know the shopping center exit behind Wachovia at Publix?  The one that is RIGHT TURN ONLY, that you know, turns to the RIGHT and has a RIGHT arrow painted on the ground to let you know it's a RIGHT TURN ONLY?   30-40 something blond female apparently thought the arrow was a Christmas decoration - like so many others, makes an illegal turn LEFT out of this exit, against quite heavy traffic, then continues down Richard Sailors onto Old Lost Mountain.    The right hand turn only is there for a SAFETY reason, Maliboo Barbie - please learn the difference from right and left.    Oh how we would LOVE to see the Powder Springs police set up a permanent officer just to write tickets at this one exit - they'd make a fortune !!

9/22/05

Ahhhh.. here we go - one of our favorites.  Forty-ish blond woman loads up the groceries, looks around carefully to make sure no one can see her, then leaves her Publix buggy right in the middle of parking spots on a slope where they can damage other cars.  WONDERFUL example of considerate human behavior.   Hey lady - note that your butt (not pictured here) would not be so incredibly large if you took the time to walk those few extra steps to return the buggy to the return area or the front door of the store!  Also note that after you sped away with your doughnuts, the buggy scooted down to a car only a few feet away and bumped into the guy's car door.  We were happily going to provide him with her license number from this photo, but he sped away before we could get to him.  Lucky gal!

Update:  10/06:  We got an email from selfish big-butt lady.  She actually tried to pin off her behavior on her having kids.  Wanna see "Jennifer" put her foot in her mouth (and the replies?).  Read up on it  HERE  on our message board.

Is there some LAW that says people who drive Jeeps have to drive like buttholes??

Usual redneck NASCAR wannabe - speeding, zigzagging through the cars, and tailgating at high speeds.  One woman in front of him kept tapping on her breaks to give him the "hint", but instead he just got to about 2 inches behind her and acted like she was keeping him from a date.   DUH!  Drive like this bubba, and you won't get dates.

Wow, for the first time in my life I was tempted to just slowly drive forward and push someone's car out of the way!  This women (black female, mid-30s) drove up into the drive-thru window at a local bank.  She looked in her rearview mirror and SAW that there was a line of cars behind her waiting.  She starts to write something.. write some more... looks in her front compartment... writes some more... looks up again, smirks, writes some more.... Oh my god, she sat there at the "tube" for NINE MINUTES writing stuff with a whole row of people behind her waiting !!!  

Most of us were trapped due to so many cars surrounding us and could go no where.  Lady, and you know who you are... better knock that HUGE chip off your shoulder and learn how to respect others, cause you win the golden bit...er... "witch" award for the YEAR on this site.

To her parents - YOU FAILED.

A GREAT example of parents teaching their kids the wrong lessons.  "Dad" (caucasian male, balding with "comb over", seen on right), puts his daughter in the back seat and straps her in.  Instead of putting his Publix shopping cart away in the cart area which was only steps away, he stops, looks around in each direction to make sure no one can see him do what he's about to do... then eases the cart to the side of his car and leaves it there.  This way not only can he block a parking spot on a busy day, but he can also put a dent or scratch on other cars around it if it starts to roll.  WAY TO GO, DADDY !!!  

Let's hope the kid grows up with a better sense of personal responsibility than pops has (or better yet, let's hope HIS car needs a $500 paint job because of a rolling cart some day... you know.. "do unto others" and all that).  

Ford Explorer, green, tag#  280 W**.  Didn't even slow down long enough to see the "NO LEFT" sign, and zipped right on out making a left, anyway.  Well, they're stupid and unsafe cars anyway, so might as well be driven by an idiot driver.  

A greenish Honda, maybe?  We didn't get the make of the car, as we were too focused on the driver.  Middle aged guy driving this one with dealer tags, tag#  UL 2303*.  Boy, bet the dealer would LOVE to know this one was breaking a law while driving the car.