JACKAL0PE

Yesterday I was coming around Atlanta's infamous I-285. I was in the far left lane (4 lanes going northbound. One car (a Taurus) was right beside me on the right.

Suddenly from over on the far right about 100 yards ahead, a Toyota 4-Runner came flying directly across all four lanes; clearly out of control. The Toyota hit the concrete barrier in the center at an angle and bounced off and headed directly toward me and the car beside me.

The Taurus slammed on brakes. If I tried to do it too, I wouldn't be able to get behind him fast enough to dodge behind him, so I threw it down to 2nd and punched it as hard as I could AT the 4-Runner. My baby had enough go to get in front of the Taurus and cross three lanes to the right to avoid the 4-Runner. The Toyota hit the Taurus head-on, half in their lane, half in the lane where I used to be. If I'd been in anything slower than my Corvette, I'd either have been trapped in the lane or hit when I tried to cross in front of the Taurus. Only something as powerful as a Corvette had the horsepower to pull something like that. As it was, I only missed both cars by inches (or so it seemed at the time).

Fortunately, both drivers were braking when they hit and probably were only going around 35 mph each. They were both hurt badly, but not life-threatening. Both cars looked pretty well totaled to me.

Thank you Lord for looking out for me and thanks GM for building a Corvette.

batsallover

Glad your okay. Shows that HP is not a bad thing.

MRJB

Wow - Glad you are o.k. - It was pretty remarkable to think about your reaction time to think about flooring it to get out of that situation.

jrose7004

Wow! Glad it worked out in your favor!

peter pan

Wow what a story and glad you are ok

JACKAL0PE

Didn't really think, just hit the brakes for a second, saw the Taurus staying beside me and floored it. All I could think of was get around this SOB in a hurry.

JACKAL0PE

No amount of planning will ever replace dumb luck.

Torpedo

i commute from the westside to the northside of 285 everyday... most of the time on my bike. its scary just how bad the drivers in atlanta are.

congrats in avoiding a potentially very bad accident.

jacks996

Gotta love HP

JACKAL0PE

Then this will really scare you. It was almost at the South Cobb exit.

Torpedo

go right by there everday. guess it was a good thing i was out of town this week!

i go from 20 to P.I.

JACKAL0PE

Well, the good thing then is that you're a veteran of Atlanta traffic. That means almost nothing will surprise you.

damilleniumboy

glad you are ok, but you also have to look at the handling capabilities of the car and not just hp.

JACKAL0PE

Probably have a very good point. I didn't even think about how hard it had to cut to pull that off. The traction control and electronic wizards probably had a lot to do with it too. I'd love to think I'm that good, but I'm not that foolish. I found out a long time ago that I'm never going to be good enough to make this car really work.

Junkman2008

speedsk899

Good reaction!!! Glad you and the car are ok!!!

Patches

Glad you're safe and uninjured. Don't miss the mean streets of Atlanta although I do miss the city. Louisville/So. Indiana is a sleepy small town traffic-wise in comparison. When folks here complain about what little traffic there is, I just shake my head and smile. They have NO idea . . .

Vetteman Jack

Good that you escaped any damage and injury. Sometimes it does pay to have HP on tap.

blacksedan87

Glad we're hearing about this first hand instead of reading about it from someone else......

You were very fortunate to have the right reaction at the right time.

Corvette-Chris

Glad to hear you and your car are ok !!!

I was thanking God i was in a corvette the otehr night when I had to swirve badly to miss a family of possums in the middle of a busy 4 lane rd. If I would have been in anything but the Vette, it would have flipped several times.