The Justice Department recently sued Volkswagen over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the US, potentially exposing the company to billions in fines for clean-air violations. The complaint against the German automaker, filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in US District Court in Detroit, alleges the company illegally installed software [...]
More than 1300 people have died on Georgia's roads this year. And 25% of those deaths were the result of drunken driving! Governor Nathan Deal warned listeners to a Public Service Announcement that aired statewide on television and radio throughout the holiday season, "Watch Your Speed," "Put down Your Phone," "Don't Drive If You've [...]
Automakers used the Thanksgiving holiday deal-making to keep U.S. sales up on their unprecedented home run in November, which was aided by the stronger economy, and the cheaper fuel prices to really encourage truck buyers back into the game. Throughout the industry sales have exceeded 18 million sales rate for a record third straight month, [...]
The plans for the proposed multi-use bridge over Interstate 285 to connect the Galleria complex with the new Atlanta Braves Stadium is being met with praise and caution. Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairman, Tim Lee's decision last month to delay the go-ahead on the project, will allow the group that owns the Cobb Galleria, [...]
General Motors has agreed to pay $900 million to avoid criminal prosecution over the deadly ignition-switch scandal. As this deal was struck it brought harsh criticism down on the Justice Department for not bringing criminal charges against the individual employees involved. The switches, which are known to slip out of the run position and cut [...]
What's up with all the new Traffic Circles in Georgia? 15 years ago these circles, commonly known as roundabouts, were only popular in large European cities like Paris, or in Washington, DC, which was, in fact, designed as a smaller version of Versailles in France by Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Some streets in the Nation's Capital [...]
Clayton County accident report states that on September 12, 2015, Driver 2 was stopped at the light, in the SB lanes on SR 314 at E Pleasant Hill Road when Vehicle 1 ran into the back of Vehicle 2, pushing Vehicle 2 into the middle of the intersection. Driver 1 stated that as he approached Vehicle 2, changing lanes, she assumed that Driver 2 [...]
Atlanta has been called The Little Big Apple and is also known as the Crossroads of the South. And for this Labor Day all roads lead right smack into our city. The Holiday, which actually starts before the weekend, for some travelers arrived on Wednesday or Thursday. And throughout the weekend our fair city is [...]
As temperatures soar during the end of the summer motorists are becoming as hot under the collar, as they are in on the roadway, as delays on the connector and I-285 continue to have big trouble spots. We've watched as 4 lanes of Downtown Connector in both directions shut down between Capitol Avenue and the [...]
Marietta has a new project in East Cobb that is expected to begin this fall and is also expected to cause a myriad of traffic delays for the area for the next two years. The project, an almost $42 million, 54" water main replacement, will span for miles and will replace segments of a 50-year-old [...]
