[fred cook]

Over the years I have had lots of "close calls" but nothing like this one! Back when I was learning to drive, my dad taught me to watch what traffic was doing 15-20 cars ahead. That bit of wisdom has saved my bacon many times! Way back in 1968 I was driving a Triumph Spitfire north on I75, just north of the connector (where I75 and I85 run together for a few miles). I was in the middle lane (3 lanes north back then!) and a guy in a Ford Fairlane station wagon was in the left lane next to me. I noticed that he kept looking down at a map and then up at traffic. I decided that was bad juju and moved over to the right lane. Just then, the car ahead flashed it's brake lights, the guy in the Ford panicked and nailed his brakes causing his car to hit the concrete divider and then bounce off into the space I had just vacated! If I had gotten a full on sideswipe in that Triumph, it would have put me in orbit! I guess the bottom line is that I don't mind having to drive thru Atlanta on the interstate, but I sure do relax once I get across the Chattahoochee River bridge!