New I-285 Page And Road News

I-285 Major Interchange Images Page

Dear reader, I have just taken the I-285 major interchange images I had captured from Google Earth and compiled them on a new webpage. Please click here to see them.

In other Georgia road news this week...

Red-Light Camera Ban Proposed

In this year's session of the Georgia General Assembly, there is a proposal (House Bill 77) to ban the red-light cameras. Please click here to read the bill from the Georgia House of Representatives.

To read more about it and how these cameras have been "cash cows" for those local governments currently utilizing them, please click here for the article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

State Transportation Officials Want Tolls

Could there be more tolls in our future? If Georgia DOT officials have their way, then the answer is, "Yes." Please click here for the article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

GA 400 Toll Violators Offered Reduced Fines

In an effort to collect from GA 400 toll violators, the State Road and Tollway Authority is offering a limited period of fine reduction to those who "jumped the toll" before January 1st. Please click here for the article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Southside Steve's Driving Tips

On Atlanta country music station Eagle 106.7 FM's morning show, Southside Steve (formerly of 96 Rock) has been doing a "1000-part series" of his own brand of driving tips.

Some of those have included what type of coffee to drink for all-night trips (really nasty "leaded" stuff), how guys can handle their wives or girlfriends to make them keep from having to take too many "potty breaks" (co-host Dallas McCade was ready to kill him over it), and the stupid drivers he calls T.O.O.Ls. (Totally Out Of Line).

Speaking of T.O.O.Ls, I encountered yesterday morning who was driving really, really slow in the left lane of Clairmont Road between I-85 and Buford Highway. I'm no driving expert (just a "roadgeek"), but IIRC, the left lane is for passing, not "putt-putting"!!

His background music for his segment is Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55" (another one of my "roadgeek jukebox" songs) and you can usually hear this particular segment between 6:20 and 6:30 AM weekdays.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading and please come back again.