Bizarre! Sleeping Driver (or drugged out?) Wakes Up, Crashes Into Cars In Traffic – All Caught on Camera

October 21, 2013 at 6:45 pm

via WSB-TV

A sleeping driver was caught on camera slumped over asleep in his pickup truck causing a traffic jam on a busy Atlanta highway when he suddenly woke up, then crashed his truck into several vehicles before fleeing the scene. Yeah.. And it was all caught on camera by a local reporter. Click here to read more.

Here is AP report on the incident:

And here is the video from WSB-TV which shows a bit more of this bizarre mayhem..

So, this is how Justin Bieber’s dancers kill time at airports after a flight cancellation

December 14, 2012 at 6:56 pm

Though it looks like a set-up, it doesn’t hurt to have something fun shared on a Friday.  Spotted this video posted by Nicholas deMoura, show how the dancers who perform with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber killing time at the Atlanta airport after their flight got cancelled .. Why don’t these things happen when I’m at an airport? I only get to see those tight lipped TSA staff staring at me all the time..

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Georgia transportation plan a power shift over funds

February 24, 2009 at 12:19 am

(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

At Thursday’s state Transportation Board meeting, everyone at the Department of Transportation offices in Midtown knew the biggest issue was not on the agenda: They were facing the greatest threat to their power in almost a half century.

Four hours later at his Capitol office, Gov. Sonny Perdue held a news conference. The governor announced legislation to upend Georgia’s transportation administration. The key provision of the bill — which would become the Transforming Transportation Investment Act if it is passed — is a new authority with an 11-member board appointed by the governor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House. It would take the power to choose road projects from the 13-member Transportation Board chosen by the General Assembly.

Supporters of the plan say it is needed reform for a long-dysfunctional system that lacks public accountability. Critics were quick to charge that it unwisely concentrates power in the executive branch.

“This places transportation completely in the political arena rather than in the hands of an independently elected board,” said David Doss, a board member and former board chairman.

Click here to read the entire article.