Man said he was ‘devastated’ after hitting cement prongs along I-285 causing $2,000 in damage 

obey the law

@@BoopSnoothuh

@@BoopSnoot Emergency vehicles are ALLOWED to drive out of their lane. There is no warning that there are dangerous protrusions in the roadbed, if I was that BMW owner, I'd be suing because it just as well could have caught his car's undercarriage and thrown him into other vehicles possibly causing fatalities. Emergency vehicles going around stopped vehicles to get to an accident hits one and people die because of it, GDOT is going to be sued for 10s of millions. Someone sideswipes you, shoves you over or an animal runs across the road or a person runs across the road or there is junk in the road because someone's load fell out, you swerve and you hit a "prong" But your car is different and it yanks the wheel over making you swerve into 4 other cars and 3 people die and several go to the hospital. Yeah, those are hazards that need removed NOW, not after GDOT "looks into it", NOW!

@@TheJunkymagi obey the law

​@@BoopSnoot are those the only three words you learned in school?

It's Georgia, do you really expect any better?

@@brianleeper5737 It's atlanta , so no I don't really expect a whole lot and most of that is bad .

​@@brianleeper5737truth

@@brianleeper5737 It's not better in other places.

Look at the design... they're specifically made and oriented to cause tire and wheel damage. They aren't there on accident or as a construction leftover. They're there to keep drivers out. The roads dept just isn't admitting it . However, they're a danger because there's no warning.

They're treating us as if we're idiots. I really hate being aware and seeing stupid intersection control lights at the very worst possible timing so that you might as well go less than half the speed limit to make the next green light JUST in time.

@@robertruge2916 Judging from the comments here defending these deadly objects, many of us ARE idiots.

Agree…and that’s most people today

A Union worker left it there.

@@robertruge2916 To be fair, most people are idiots.

could at least painted it florescent orange

It's not made to destroy the car, but stop it before it gets destroyed hitting the corner of the guardrail. The reason it's called a gore is because nothing but death or great harm awaits you there. You haven't asked the good questions yet! Why was he fuddling with his gps? Why didn't he pick an appropriate place to pull over safely, like the exit ramp he just passed? How fast would he have had to be going when he left the lane of travel and entered the gore to do such damage? His devastation seems a direct result of his poor judgment behind the wheel

​@@ec5423that, I like

@@SLOCLMBR The metal prongs was there to hold construction signs, it was left behind and never taken out like it should have been. And as I said before, there can be emergency reasons someone might enter the gore area. This is negligence by the road crew and it is long past time for them to get the metal prongs out.

@@SLOCLMBRthat’s not true. It was named after VP Gore’s father who was instrumental in getting the highway system developed.

The Cameraman never dies.

maybe they landed a drone there, got the shot, then flew away ???

Drones... Lol nah idk

​@@eroomekim1179gmta lol

Huh? It's 2024 ....you don't think the station can afford a $99 drone😅

I've become numb to it. As a matter of fact, when some agency or other does their job, _that_ shocks me.

Is this inhank johnson's 4th district ? That would go a long way toward explaining this .

It's called communism

😂 and what does it have to do with this idiot making an illegal lane change in the gore.....

Hey we're not responsible, it's not located on a public highway.

Yes. The State approved motorcycle training course teaches riders to have a planned avenue of escape. Then DOT intentionly builds potentially fatal obstacles into one of the taught avenues of escape.

Tell it. 285 is scary enough on a bike (licensed rider 40 years), always has been. This sort of crap eliminates escape avenues (like the grates that parallel the direction of travel on the connector, more nightmare fuel) and just don't make any sense.

As a motorcycle rider, if you stay in your lane, then you have nothing to worry about…

@@dante9192 What if you have to pull over for an emergency and ride over those prongs because they are not visible? Do you think we live in a world that accidents don’t happen and nothing happens to people who stay on their lanes? Stop being condescending, it’s time to quit acting like an intelligent snob with your redundant remarks. You’re not in high school anymore. Unless you are, then that would explain why.

@dante9192 you gonna "stay in your lane" when a big rig merges on you?

obey the law

@@BoopSnoot You mean like not putting dangerous objects in the road!

​@BoopSnoot so you think emergency vehicles should be destroyed when they try to go around traffic jams? I bet if you were in the back of an ambulance, you'd be begging them to do so

​@BoopSnoot This has nothing to do with that. You could need to veer for an emergency to avoid an accident. This is very dangerous!

​@@BoopSnoot shhhhhhh, get a better sock

Atlanta city counsel says " Hold my beer ".

Play Stupid 🎮 games and you win Stupid 🎁💣prizes😮

@@RalphSmith-cj5heI get being a troll and being edgy BUT imagine if that was your mom who had a emergency and had to pull over because someone cut her off and hit one of those things and swerved back into traffic and got killed because she hit one of those things? I know everyone’s mad edgy now but you need places to pull over quickly in a emergency.

Wow if you do that in germany on the Autobahn you go to jail even without a accident

@@marcbeebee6969 and No 🚙 speed limits

Is that supposed to be a witty comment?

It's a southern thing for sure 😅

😂😂😂😂😂

But, dude did. Hit that. And, got problems.

Go cry some more 😢

Bs. If you’ve been forced off the road on more than one occasion you are doing something wrong 🤷‍♂️🫵🤡

@@smyers820gm Correct. If it happens once, then bad things sometimes happen, but bad things can't happen twice. That's impossible.

They do the math and until the cost of not doing something outweighs the repair costs nothing will be done... We had to wait for like 6 people to die for our new traffic light 😅

@@angiepangie989 It's called coffin engineering. I have a battery powered disc cutter if they need one.

​@@angiepangie989Even if they were going by that rule, I can't imagine a world in which the cost of doing nothing is less than doing something in this case. Those objects in the road could easily cause a tire blowout and lead to someone's death as tire blowouts frequently do. If the city is held liable for this level of negligence in court they could loss alot of money. On the other hand it doesn't look like it would take much time or cost to cut off that exposed metal in the road. Not doing something is just plain dumb even if looking from only a financial cost

5 min fix with an angle grinder

It means "we are going to wait until someone dies and the family sues us for millions of dollars." No worries for them. No one gets fired. Taxpayers will pay it.

Aye you you gonna stop real quick though so there's that

​@@thekidfromcleveland3944. Yes that's litterally what the water barrels are for. This is designed to be a CRASH SAFE ZONE. To SAVE LIVES. But since cash for klunkers we've an deliberate hostile infrastructure

No one seems to remember - THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CRASH-SAFE ZONES TO ABSORB IMPACTS AND SAVE LIVES.

Engineering failure

Two small holes would not hold up a sign for very long.

​@Cameraflyer- two two foot deep holes would hold up any poles easily. Look at those things theyre tube steel they coulda put them flush with the road but didnt probably because they dug the hole 3 inches too shallow and were like 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

@@98f5 no it wouldn’t. There would be no way to secure the sign in the holes. A good gust of wind would pick it up and pull it out of the holes. You obviously know nothing about engineering.

Those sign mounts are sticking up like that as they're designed to break-away if someone hits the sign to minimize damage and also make it easier to replace the sign should it be knocked off the mounts... Which is all fine & dandy when the sign is actually mounted to the mounting brackets. Removing the sign but leaving the mounts was lazy

Good post. Slight correction though: City taxpayers will have to pay the damages.

Depends how the judge feels. If he's got friends with the city I don't see that happening.

They will blame the driver.

@@jimchoate6912 as they should.

@@timg2973 No they shouldn't, but suing won't get anyone anywhere because gummint. You think it's funny if someone accidentally hits one of those and is injured or killed?

Major lawsuit.

It would be the drivers fault for not staying in their lane. I do think it should be removed but when driving you have to be in your lane, so the only one at fault would be the driver.

Thank you! All the holier-than-thou keyboard warriors explaining that it’s not a legal lane as if we don’t know that. They need to get off their high horse because I’ve had to swerve numerous times due to objects or vehicles losing control in front of me. I would hate to have those things waiting for me in those situations.

Katko v Briny 1971

😂it's also illegal to go in the gore zone so....

@@no-one-qd1li it’s illegal to break into a house but you can’t set a trap

​@@no-one-qd1liTHESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CRASH-SAFE ZONES TO ABSORB IMPACTS AND SAVE LIVES. Gee what happens when a truck cuts off a bike and they Dump into THE CRASH-SAFE ZONE only to smash their head on this thing.?? Who's going to take care of his kids, are you??

​@@no-one-qd1li also. It's not ILLEGAL. It's an ordinance violation - NOT.A.CRIME. just like g failure to signal. NOT A CRIME - NOT ILLEGAL. Simplly an ordinance infraction.

It is, most assuredly, awful engineering.

I believe they are there on purpose, just look at the way they are shaped, points on them pointed at oncoming traffic.

​@@radolfkalis4041. Will ppln not wake up to the War on cars? Since cash for klunkers. It was NEVER ABOUT WASHING THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS

They were construction sign post bass mounts!

Just commented that. Ridiculous!

Imagine a motorcyclist dumped their bike, and slid towards those?

@@VancouverCanucksRockimagine driving a fvkng car 🤷‍♂️😂😂😂😂😂😂

Yup ready to roll off into traffic 🤣 that road needs shut down and a walking visual inspection needs done asap or someone might get seriously hurt next from incompetent construction crew.... Wow Scary stuff out there....

If these wear temporary during construction, they now need to be removed

Wow, good eye, I think you are right

There's also a spare prong sitting on the barrier, right around 2:30. Oh, no, I see, that's the base of the pole or something.

Good eyes. I saw that too,,

And the government wouldn't give two shits. Or even one.

​@@RT-qd8yl not even a half or quarter of one

Almost !ost my ex-husband to a chunk of metal under a freeway overpass. He thought it was just a patch of dark asphalt until he hit it. His dad was following and watched his youngest son go off his bike at 70 mph. Broken collarbone. His helmet saved him, as well as the spare helmet strapped to the side that kept the weight of the bike off his leg when it went over and slid about 50'. I think it shook his dad up more than it shook him up.

a couple of us are discussing that one...

A lawsuit for you driving on an illegal spot?

​@joesmith3590 you can't be serious. Next time you have to make an emergency maneuver, you be careful not to enter any illegal spots. Good luck.

@@joesmith3590 Probably in the minds of the perpetually obtuse.

@@gusgiesel so that makes the city liable? If you run off the road is the city liable for not paving the side?

Held liable for what? The guy in a bmw cutting in line? Crossing solid white line intentionally?

​@@burntsky64😂 people are stupid they dont know the gore zone is illegal to enerter and these are the idiots you and I have to drive next too. Imagine doing something illegal and expecting the state to pay for it

​@@burntsky64THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CRASH-SAFE ZONES TO ABSORB IMPACTS AND SAVE LIVES. Gee what happens when a truck cuts off a bike and they Dump into THE CRASH-SAFE ZONE only to smash their head on this thing.?? Who's going to take care of his kids. Are you mr smarty pants?

@@glytchd This is not a safe zone as you put it. its a divider for the off ramp. I'd imagine the same thing could happen anywhere a motorcycle is laid down at freeway speeds. Those kids you're trying to make me feel guilty of may have well been crushed by that truck because I don't care. Motorcycles are deathtraps. So I refer you to my statement of, it was his choice to ride that motorcycle just like it was the driver that maneuvered his vehicle into a no drive zone.

Policy put in place by anti-car nuts who drink the commie-cult kool-aid. Just like cash for klunkers

😂 it's illegal to enerter the gore zone. Total waist of time to sue

​@no-one-qd1li Booby traps are illegal, too.

If you think that is 'in the middle of the road' you shouldn't be driving.

​@@Kevin.g0319 tell me you've never driven on a highway before without telling me. Gee what happens when a truck cuts off a bike and they dunno into THE CRASH-SAFE ZONE only to smash their head on this thing. What then Mr smarty pants?

​@@no-one-qd1li .Gee what happens when a truck cuts off a bike and they dunno into THE CRASH-SAFE ZONE only to smash their head on this thing. What then Mr smarty pants?

This is the point. It's a deliberate attack on our infrastructure THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CRASH-SAFE ZONES TO ABSORB IMPACTS AND SAVE LIVES.

Exactly

Or... He was on his phone and swerved a bit 🤷‍♀️

Probably so, but those things still shouldn’t be on a roadway.

@@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866 they aren't anywhere that you are supposed to be driving.

Bad drivers never miss their exit.

People can and do get forced out of lane. Nonetheless, even a distracted driver who crosses should not run the risk of hitting those. A motorcyclist would likely get killed if not on impact then being thrown under a truck. Believe me, I dislike the motorcycle boys weaving in and around like idiots but I really don’t want to witness the mess if they hit one of these.

Culpable homicide if death is caused. Proud to be STUPID!

Like Mario cart

you gonna u-turn on the highway? LOL

Tell me you've never driven without telling me. I guess you've never been run off the road cuz of an accident before and ended up bailing into the CRASH SAFE ZONE

THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CRASH-SAFE ZONES TO ABSORB IMPACTS AND SAVE LIVES. Actually i belive the City is ultimately resonating for checking if road conditions are clear. But they poetically just have them sign a form so yeah The issue is that we have to sue. There should be a way we can bring these things up in a legally binding way without having to spend tons of money and prove direct harm to us indivisible rather than HARM TO THE EXPOSURE AS A WHOLE. Gee they wanna play these games about systemic issues welp. I see a deliberate systemic attack on infrastructure. Look at how many barricades are billed wrong and impale cars.

No they won't. They're not in any lane and they're not on the shoulder either. They're in a NO CAR ZONE in a "gore". There is zero reason for a car to ever be there. If a car is there, that means they're not paying attention and literally just left the roadway.

@@vrdog9660 you ain’t thinking too clearly here. Ever watch a tractor trailer have a blowout? Watch it swerve, impacting other vehicles? Now imagine a truck ends up hitting those things, and as a consequence its trailer swings out into the highway and slams a car into an overpass. Doesn’t matter whether the trucker should have been there or not. What would matter is that the things projecting up out of the road are obvious safety hazards that should have been removed.

@@Gk2003m So if these were giant Light Poles would you blame the poles for existing? Stay in the lanes. If you can't, then pull over to the shoulder that's provided on both sides of the road.

solid white lines durrrhurrrrrr

@@vrdog9660 Giant light poles are a lot more visible than those little tire poppers. BTW, if you swerve to miss crap in the road, which there always is crap in the road, and your car is low to the ground, it's going to grab your undercarriage and either stop you instantly, or, more likely, throw you into another lane and possibly kill someone or, at the very least, cause severe injuries. Heck, even if you don't hit any other cars, you'll be thrown nose first into a concrete wall.

More like a union worker saying " not my job "

THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CRASH-SAFE ZONES TO ABSORB IMPACTS AND SAVE LIVES. Gee what happens when a truck cuts off a bike and they Dump into THE CRASH-SAFE ZONE only to smash their head on this thing.?? Who's going to take care of his kids. Are you nr smart pants? I've driven cross country and seen plenty of situations where this could occur. Move back to the Soviet Union boomer. I for one am sick of the Reds taking over and deliberatly destroying our right to free travel. Cash for klunkers was an obvious scam you see now. Enjoy your soviet 2.0 mr. Democrat

Yeah I've actually seen ppl panic in heavy traffic and pull over into that zone cuz they were so scared about being taken to jail etc. Which is insane we shouldn't have such fear bred into us

Bad argument. If these were lightpoles would you complain about you hitting them? They're in a "No Car Zone". This isn't the shoulder, it's off the road. If you're there, you already messed up.

@@vrdog9660 Even worse argument. These aren't "off the road", they are in the middle of the road but in gore, which is declared to be off the road.

@@CC-xu2yz The Gore is NOT A ROAD. That means OFF THE ROAD. Try Law School before talking to me.

@@vrdog9660 If a motorcycle hits that booby trap , the rider's going to fly over the handlebars and sustain serious injuries,and the bike will slide into the roadway likely causing a wreck. That's what you want? Oh, I suppose your argument is "well, he had it coming to him for driving in there, he he he."

yup dangerous drivers

@@BoopSnoot ... made even more dangerous by those things placed where there should be nothing

I live in Vegas too. You’re for it until some idiot doesn’t look when changing lanes you have to swerve and might hit these. Nevada does recognize phantom vehicles, meaning if the other car does swerve you off the road, and they don’t make contact, you can file against their insurance but good luck getting a license plate number along with having a dashcam to witness everything. You wont be able to chase them down after hitting these. It will be trouble than it’s worth as a claims adjuster.

hank johnson ?

not even to pull over, if you cant make it to the next shoulder, rip elbozo, get broken down in the middle of active lanes and get blamed for intentionally pulling over in the middle of the lane