Update on the woke winner who collided with the Road Ranger a few weeks ago
I spent almost 2 hours with a retired sheriff we’ve retained as a consultant to document things about the collision, the road conditions, and the road itself. While we were doing it, I got to smiling/thinking about a bunch of you guys who describe living on two lane roads with no shoulder and such, with no intersections as far as you can see.
The collision was about 1-1/2 miles from my suburban subdivision home. The intersection was on the northbound service road for Peachtree industrial Boulevard at the intersection of Jimmy Carter Blvd. PIB is 17 lanes wide where I was hit (yes,
SEVENTEEN!!!). But I don’t want to make my situation sound bigger than it is, the center lanes are elevated, and the service road at that point is only five lanes wide. I was in the far right lane going straight with the right of way making a right turn. She collided with me from the lane to the left of me because she had the right to make the right turn before me, apparently instilled at birth.
I can’t go into any detail and post it here because we’re already two lawyers deep, several doctors, and now this sheriff, and that’s just on my side and this thing is probably going to jury trial because now I’m looking at surgery on my knee. But I thought you country boys would get a kick out of the “crossroads.“
Atlanta has grown a lot since I arrived. In 1970, PIB was one lane on each side, and that intersection was a four-way traffic light, but the northbound leg of the intersection was blocked with illuminated barricades since it changed to a dirt road at that point in the intersection. You could only go left or right. I arrived nine years later when the Metro area was turning 1 million people. The metro area is now creeping up on 7 million people. I came down to work and Herman Lay’s flagship Frito Lay chip plant about three or 4 miles south of that intersection, but at that time I lived in Stone Mountain to the east.
Don’t think I’m just blue skiing and blow harding about the tiny size of that intersection. It’s in the county plans right now to add to it to make it more serviceable to the neighborhood and rush-hour travel (seriously).
I couldn't imagine the stench! I definitely agree that there are some items that are the standard, and anything else/less is not worth the cost savings. Just wanted to note the excellent use of the angle of the stairs and the wide light vs. a simple bulb, and I love how you managed to do the room with recovered items. Nice, man! 
