DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — I have covered Atlanta traffic for 21 years and should rarely be surprised at the outrageous things drivers do. But the desperation and narcissism of some people was on full display recently. And there was no excuse for it.

On Tuesday, August 5th, a nasty wreck on I-20 EB before or west of Chapel Hill Road (Exit 36) in Douglasville had backed traffic up for several miles. The freeway had just reopened, when photojournalist Stephen Boissy and I decided to enter I-20 EB via Post Road (Exit 30). Our objective was to measure the time we took to drive through the backups and report that to our viewers in the traffic reports we do for 11Alive with Rachel Cox-Rosen each morning.

As we prepared to turn left onto the one-way entrance ramp, Boissy noticed vehicles pointed

See Full Page