Regardless of anyone’s experience level, however, only one small mistake, one distraction, or one bad judgment can unearth a whole world of hurt.

One overarching moral here is indisputable: our lives are precious and are very delicate in traffic.

This mountain-climb was for hobby or semi-pro racers from all over Germany, many of whom only race a few times a year.

GPS devices and geographical awareness can really aid drivers, but the turn-by-turn directions can keep drivers from really grabbing ahold of where they are.

A months-long lane reduction in the area has just concluded, bringing I-285 back to four or five lanes each way between Roswell Road (Exit 25) and Ashford Dunwoody (Exit 29). But various other tweaks sometimes file the lanes down to three again (near Roswell Road). And, unrelated to this monster rebuild, GDOT crews will block the left lane each way between Roswell Road and Riverside Drive (Exit 24) for a two-month stretch, beginning Monday night, August 28.

The law states that when emergency lights are working a scene, drivers should slow to below the speed limit or move over one lane. These measures greatly reduce the chances of a responder or stranded driver getting hit.

Three lessons in this series also apply to actual driving and are worth remembering before our next forays into Atlanta traffic.

Crashes freak out the people in them even more so than the angered drivers delayed by them.

North Georgia is more prone to this ugly phenomena, because more chickens get killed in the Peach State than anywhere else in the world.

“I think the biggest thing is that the number of distracted driving-related fatalities in Georgia has gone down,” Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Communications Director Robert Hydrick told 95.5 WSB.

Vehicles have only gotten safer each year. But fatalities have risen in Georgia, despite safer cars and the state having a stricter hands-free law in place since 2018

What should drivers do when they see a stray animal, particularly a dog, that is in danger in traffic?

I-75 has been dark at night for most of the stretch between Kennesaw and Marietta. This span has seen several deadly crashes in the middle of the night and some have involved pedestrians or people standing outside of their stopped vehicles.