There are more MCCD officers on the GA roads now than ever before, so I think you may be more likely to be looked at than in the past; but still not that high of odds you will be. You have business 'ITP' so you will be fine if you are asked.
Coming north on 85 you should be (mostly, unless a wreck) OK with traffic until you get to the junction of 75 & 85 on the southside of town. Comments about a holiday are true, too. If you want to tell the world where you are headed, many of us have experience in town and will give you the benefit of our knowledge.
Happy New Year...in Atlanta!
Downtown Atlanta.
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Scorcher21, Dec 29, 2012.
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i am from atl live in savannah now but being a holiday traffic will be light. tune your radio to 95.5 fm they update traffic every 6 minutes. you should be fine. like the other guy said stay in the right lane and go 5 under.
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always get there early, even if you have to park around the corner
you got bills that have your delivery, no problem
as a sidenote, i dont usually drive thru the middle, i take 285 to the nearest exit to where i have to go, but sometimes you just have to drive down the middle
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Believe this or not, You can go thru Atlanta with no problem during Rush Hour, unless there's a wreak.. No Trucks or very few.. I use to have a dedicated run From Nashville, To Atlanta, I would deliver to the ford plant five day's a week and would get there around 1630 E/T every day. just in time for the mess. I would go thru and keep distance between me and the car's and keep on Moving.. if you notice the next time your in a backup. Truck driver's will drive close to the ones ahead, and when everything stops they have to get deep in the Gearbox and start all over. If they had distance they could just keep on moving.. Yes I drive trucks and been at it for along time..
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again appreciate the responses. feel a little more confident now lol. got an earlier del at six so i shouldn't have any traffic issues. This seems to be a downtown week for me. Downtown Cleveland Downtown Atlanta, next is Downtown Detroit. Oh well better than sitting. Stay safe out there drivers and thanks for the help.
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You should be there by now!
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there are no longer any sighns sayin u can not go thru the middle of atlanta anymore i run thru there all the time never been stopped.. look next time u are down there they took all the sighns down sayin not commercail trucks thru the middle..
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When did they do that, I was there about a week or so ago, and They were there, ... Thanks for the heads up.. I'll have to check next time I'm down there..
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Lol. I run through there 2 times a day and never noticed the signs were gone.
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oh the signs are there
you'll get away with it 99 times out of 100 going thru the middle but believe me. When not if they catch you...your fine will have 4 digits before the decimal point....I have lived south side atlanta since 1974 I do know what I am talking about...all you have to do is run into the one officer who is having a bad morning and he will BUSSSSTTTT that azzzzzzzzzz
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