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Award a good driver for their good deed Award
flag or warn a bad driver of their bad action Flag
notify a driver of a physical danger or hazard with their vehicle Hazard
send a flirtacious message to a driver you liked Wink

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Award Flag Wink Hazard

To "Award" a driver, is to say thanks to a driver for showing courtesy and thoughtfulness.

To "Flag" a driver, is to warn a driver of his/her rude and/or careless behavior that you have witnessed.

To "Wink" at a driver, is to send a flirtacious message to a driver you've encountered.

To "Hazard" a driver is to warn them of a physical hazard that their vehicle exhibits.


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Latest Wires for United States : Georgia
  • This vehicle was traveling SB on Northern when she ran clear through the 4-way stop at Rockbridge. Then, two seconds later, a Dekalb County cop car came over the hill through the same intersection. Not sure if the ditz was caught because I turned onto EB Rockbridge.
    688-WGM
    Decatur
    September 2 2010
  • I get a call from my dad about 10:25pm on Saturday August 22. At first, I thought he was about to tell me he ran out of gas and needed a lift to the gas station. Nope, this is much worse. He had just been rear-ended on the highway.

I get to the scene on I-20 WB just after Wesley Chapel, where I see my dad's Jeep, a red Chevrolet sedan, and a black Mercedes. The front of the Benz is TOAST, the Jeep has suffered damage to the rear, and the Chevy is unscathed. My dad explains to me that while driving with his hazards on in the far right lane because of car trouble (about 45 mph), the moronic lady in the Benz comes out of nowhere and smacks him in the rear. The Chevy is driven by a lady with a small girl and dog in the car, and pulled over because she was a witness to the crash and stated that the lady in the Benz almost ran her off the road. Upon further conversation, a friend who had come with me to the scene stated the female Chevy driver was told by the Benz owner that she (the Benz owner) admitted to being "stoned." She was also very apologetic to me because I had "told her a few things" because my dad was in a much serious car crash when I was 9 years old (11 years ago). She then wrote her contact and insurance information on a blank check and instructed my dad to start the process of repairing (or possibly replacing) his Jeep. Some items were taken out of the vehicle and she then got into a black 2-door Ford Explorer with an African American male with a football player-ish build, but not before Dekalb County Police responded to my 911 call.

The Chevy driver also handed over her info to my dad and insisted he call her if needed and drove off. An officer arrived a short time later and took the information for the Benz driver. Not two minutes after looking at it did he tell my dad the phone number written was bogus. Not only that, but when the officer found out I called the cops, he commended me for doing so...because the lady who rear-ended my father was a wanted person.

Your days of dodging the cops are numbered, missy.
    BGR-7695
    Decatur
    August 23 2010
  • I first noticed this automobile traveling in the passing lane on I-285 NB between the Glenwood and Covington exits, much slower than traffic to the right. A Ford pickup was driving behind this car and I anticipated the driver wanted to get past this buffoon, so I slowed and allowed the Ford into my lane to make the right-side pass. When I passed the Benz, I see the idiot behind the tinted windows with his phone charging and it glued to his right ear. I honk the horn and shake my head; about 2 minutes later when I move over to exit at Memorial, the genius rockets past at a much higher speed than previously observed. Guess his brain cells successfully transfered the message.
    HU4469
    Decatur
    August 23 2010
  • I was traveling behind this Walmart semi I-20 EB between the Almon and US 278 exits. The driver was maintaining the speed limit of 65, in the far right lane, and was keeping his distance from vehicles in front. Said driver even did a good job of avoiding some asshole in an Oldsmobile that darted out in front of him to change lanes to pass a slow-moving box truck in the right lane. Truck continued EB past exit 90. Once again, GOOD JOB!
    233-7ET
    Covington
    August 23 2010
  • This Dodge--driven by a rather large gentleman--was heading WB on I-20 around the Lee St/West End exit. Just over the hill from Lee is the Joseph E Lowery exit, where the far right lane is committed to exiting traffic only. I am continuing WB on I-20 and I see the left wheels of this vehicle move toward my lane, so I honk the horn. Turns out this guy has a blown left rear taillamp, into which his turn signal is integrated. I pass and glance over to see him mouthing something at me; in my rearview, when he finally gets over, I see that he does indeed have on his turn signal.

Needless to say, he knew his bulb was blown because the signal was blinking rapidly. Maybe if he stopped eating and spent $5 on a new bulb, he wouldn't get honked at.
    479-XSC
    Atlanta
    August 23 2010
  • This vehicle was driving EB on I-20 between the Panola and Evans Mill exits, blocking the left lane and forcing several right-side passes. When I glance over at her and give her "the look," she gives me the facial expression of a startled mouse.
    BKG-3847
    Dekalb County
    August 23 2010
  • This Ford with at least two Hispanic male passengers inside was speeding, weaving in and out of traffic, and tailgating while on I-285 EB yesterday evening. I first noticed the vehicle around the Flat Shoals exit, where I had moved from the right lane into the one next to it to allow merging traffic onto the highway. As soon as I canceled my signal and my car was fully in the lane, I see the idiots closing in on my bumper. The vehicle was so close to me only the windshield in my rearview was visible. They eventually swerved around me when a gap opened up; of course, the driver got the finger from me. The vehicle then merged onto I-20 EB.

Continued driving like this will only lead to serious injuries and/or fatalities.
    BIX-2290
    Dekalb County
    August 20 2010
  • I was traveling about 1 1/2 car lengths behind a sedan in the left lane SB on Panola when this impatient moroness in her old Pontiac Firebird or Trans Am pushed her way into my lane between the Volvo in front of me and myself. I laid on the horn as she came over, she jerks back into her lane, but decides to go for it anyway, all because she didn't want to be behind the vehicle in front of her that was going the speed limit. She stuck her hand out the window, but I don't think it was her middle finger she giving me. When she moved back right around Snapfinger Woods, she yelled something out the window as I passed. In return, I said, "Learn to drive, bitch." What a way to start off my morning commute.
    546-AXT
    Lithonia
    August 18 2010
  • Giving people the finger while driving because she wanted to get in front when there was no possible way. Severely breaking so we could meet up with her on the highway. Swerving off the road. No hands on Wheel... Used BOTH HANDS TO FLICK PEOPLE OFF. Drunk Driving?  Getting off the exits of targets.
    BLL8987
    CLARKSTON
    August 17 2010
  • While traveling NB on I-285 around the DL Hollowell exit, I had the displeasure of having a giant Ford bus (well, Excursion, I apologize) push his vehicle in front of me without a signal. He appeared to be driving faster than the rest of traffic, but for some odd reason, started slowing down. I eventually pass, but after traffic crosses the Chattahoochee River into neighboring Cobb County, I see him poking along in the left lane. Then between the river and the South Cobb Drive exit, he floors it past traffic and makes yet another unsignaled lane change to catch the exit. Buffoonery in its Atlanta driver form.
    267-JEL
    Atlanta, then Cobb County
    August 17 2010
  • So I'm in the left lane NB on Fulton Industrial somewhere between Cascade and Bakers Ferry, passing semis and poor saps that have been caught behind them in the right lane. Fulton Industrial is lined with warehouses which explains the over-presence of 18 wheelers. Anyway, as I'm passing, this moron in a Chevy Uplander suddenly throws on his signal and jumps directly into my path, causing me to brake hard, give him the horn, and some highbeams to ice the cake. When he moves back right and I pass, I glance over to see a gentleman who doesn't even look like he can afford the payments on the very minivan he's driving.
    BGT-7904
    Atlanta
    August 17 2010
  • Coming over a hill WB on Venetian, a Toyota Highlander with a middle-aged couple inside pulls out in front of me from Cascade Elementary's parking lot. No problem, wasn't even gonna flag them. Then we got to the intersection with Poole, where there exists a stop sign for drivers bearing left onto Poole; it doesn't apply to traffic bearing right to stay on Venetian. This asscranial cavity brings his washing machine to a STOP and it's not until I lean on the horn that he wakes up and STAYS ON VENETIAN.
    DDF-7074
    ATLANTA
    August 17 2010

  • Latest Blogs for United States : Georgia

    A Real "MENSCH"   Monday, April 26, 2010

    Gotta love a "man" who requires a middle-aged woman to back back into traffic on a busy road so that he can snag the parking spot he drove past. Not content with trying to force the lady back onto busy Clairmont Road during rush hour traffic, this prince of a guy then backs up to her bumper and then demands that she go around him, assuming she can manage without taking out the side of his car. Be on the lookout, Decatur, for this lonely man in a white Toyota who is so desperate for company that he has to endanger folks and act like a prick to get any recognition. He sure picked the right license plate, "MENSCH."

    gapeach 

      Wednesday, August 12, 2009

     I had this tool follow me on my bumper on Roswell Road, so I brake checked him.  We are then at the light on northridge, I'm going straight through, he's in the lane to turn left.  A few minutes later down Roswell Road, he is on my bumper again, I brake check him again, he finally goes around and then gives me the finger.  So he must have a lot of time in his day to then decide to follow me, psycho....... 

    Avg Jane 

    Zippy, the wonder twit.   Friday, May 08, 2009

     I was driving toward Rincon (GA) on Highway 21 after exiting I-95.  About 3 miles down the road, I am driving exactly 64 (I know this because my cruise control was set) in the left lane of this 55 MPH 4-lane stretch of road and was approaching a pickup truck in the right lane.  I look in the rear view and notice a green pickup flying in our direction and I thought rather smugly, "He's going to have to slow down because I will be neck and neck with this other truck by the time he catches up with us."

    Well, my smugness was extinguished as this jerk flies up and - with barely more than a car's length between me and the slower truck - veers into my lane nearly hitting me.  I don't even think his foot ever touched his brake pedal!  To which I lay on the horn and flip him off, then take off after him.  At one point, I look at my speedometer and realize I'm going over 85 and slow down to about 70 and change to the right lane (no one was near me at that time) to have THREE more cars pass me on the left.  Why do they even bother posting speed limits when nobody obeys them except me, it seems.  But yeah, the moment *I* go flying down the road like that, *I* would end up getting pulled over.  But of course there were NO police patrolling that area at the moment no matter how much I prayed there would be one around the next curve in the road.  And there hardly ever seem to be.

    c52bf04b-743a-487d-bf6d-a279e281aac3 

    ignorant driver   Friday, December 12, 2008

    I parked in front of my bank in Decatur, GA. When I got out to walk across the parking lot, this lady in a dodge came speeding up and practically ran me over! She did'nt even blink and parked right in front of the building next to the bank. She acted as if nothing happened. I was fired up! She could have run into somebody with her carelessness! I kept looking at her to see if she would say anything. She got out of her car and went directly into the business without any acknowledgement of what just occurred. My guess is she had no idea what she could have caused! Georgia has some of the worst drivers in the country! If this was 10 years ago, I would have went off and kicked her ASS!  Her license plate is #AZP 2340.

    rapprg 

    ahk3550   Friday, August 15, 2008

    This charming fellow wanted to be in my lane on 400 south. My lane was a row of cars, evenly spaced, with me at the end, then a 200 foot gap. He thought that his grey Charger deserved to be in front of me...so he just started merging into my front bumper. Suddenly, as is prone to happen on the highway, the cars in front of me slowed down. He swerved back into his lane, hit his brakes, then used his turn signal to cut off the guy in front of me. At the exit, he started flicking me off, and screaming. Then, he got OUT of his car, and started shouting that I had almost caused and accident. My favorite part was that, during this whole thing, he never bothered to put down his blackberry.

    luckytaco 

    indignant parking spot thievery   Friday, July 18, 2008

     As I was waiting for a parking spot with my son this girl and her two friends took my spot.  After I beeped at her she pointed to another spot and said park there.  Another car pulled in as she said this.  She then asked me if I was going to "ruin my life over it" ... never admitting she took a spot I was waiting for.  Two other people looked at me in amazement and another guy shouted an obscenity at her and he wasn't even involved.  She was very rude and just walked off.  Even the woman that parked in the second spot apologized and offered to move but I told her it wasn't necessary.

    She was in a Honda Civic electric blue with a UF tag plate number UF1334.

    atlkid 

    Cocksucker   Sunday, July 06, 2008

     If I ever catch this driver while I'm in my personal vehicle I will beat the living shit out of him in front of his family. This cocksucker was driving 90 mph with his kid hanging out the window on I-20 through Lexington County in South Carolina heading towards Georgia on July 6th, 2008.

    anakinljones 

    Giveaways   Friday, June 27, 2008

    From my experience, these characteristics are warning signs to me that I will probably be dealing with a bad driver:

    -A middle aged female of any race, especially if she is driving either a compact car or a truck.
    -A 4Runner with a sorority sticker on the back.
    -Any man in a minivan.
    -Anyone with a christian fish symbol or some other Jesus paraphenalia.  Especially on Sunday afternoons.
    -Someone driving any luxury SUV.
    -A handicap license plate; somehow handicapped has come to me to mean "handicapped driver"
    -Bleached blonde hair, sunglasses, cell phone. Nuff said.
    -A South Carolina license plate.
    -Anyone over the age of 60 in wraparound sunglasses.

    sunshine224 

    Reckless Driver - GA License plate WI52QF   Friday, October 19, 2007

     I had the right of way to proceed to the turning lane on my left hand side, when a car came speeding up, going approx. 50 mi in the turning lane. I immedately beeped my horn because if I had proceeded to the left turning lane, he would have crashed into the back of my van, creating a very bad accident w/me and drivers in front of me.

    However, when I beeped my horn, he quickly drove in front of me and gave me the finger! What nerve

    dabdel 

    FOTOG   Thursday, October 04, 2007

    GA License Plate (Vanity):  FOTOG
    Vehicle Description:  Blue Jeep Cherokee (dark blue)

    Mr. FOTOG GA is one of those classic idiots on the Atlanta roadways who drives as if he's auditioning for a cameo in the next "Fast-n-Furious" movie.  He's passing in no-passing lanes to get by those who are going too slow for him (even though traffic is moving at a pace that is already well above the legal limit);  he's honking at those in front of him awaiting oncoming traffic to make their left turn (even when it's clear they can't turn yet because of uncoming traffic!).  Just the typical arrogant, entitled, selfish, inconsiderate, and foolish Atlanta driver.  It seems we are the land of plenty when it comes to those.




    KBoogie77 

    GA TAG: GL96J1   Tuesday, August 14, 2007

    Blonde woman in a white fairly new white Honda Accord could have caused a major accident today.

    Heading north on I-75 right before the off ramp for the N. 120 loop.  I was in the far right lane (the exit lane) and when I noticed her, she was cutting over from her lane 2 lanes away with no turn signal.  She cut over to my lane so fast I had to hit the break and swirve, while I was holding down the horn.  This woman just pushed her way in as I had my hand on the horn.. she didn't turn her head to look and didn't try to get back into the lane she should have been in before cutting over to the exit lane. 

    Where I come from, you are suppose to switch lanes, 1 lane at a time.  You're also suppose to use turn signals to alert drivers that you're heading in their direction.  And, it's a very considerate thing to get back in the lane you SHOULD be in when someone is honking.  Honking is a WARNING SOUND. GET IT... THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THEM!

    Please Please PLEASE visit your local TAG office for a booklet on the rules of the road. You need some refreshing!

    maylight 

    Dangerous Female Driver   Wednesday, June 27, 2007

    Date of Event:  Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    GA License Plate:  8485 AJY

    Fulton County, GA registration

    Infraction:  Middle aged butt ugly female driver of 95-99 white Chevrolet Lumina failed to yield while entering GA 400 entrance ramp from Holcomb Bridge Road and ran the right-of-way driver against the curb.  Driver exceeded entrance ramp speed, crossed the gore, cutting off cars ahead of her entering GA 400, and then crossed three lanes of traffic without a signal and traveling at an excessive rate of speed began tailgating the car ahead of her.  She continued southbound in an aggressive manner to nearby automobiles to at least the I-285 interchange.

    Erratic driving behaviour led observers to believe she was either intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance since nobody in their right mind would intentionally drive in such a reckless, dangerous, and illegal manner.  Did I mention she is fat and butt ugly?

     

     

    safety 1 

    Driving 55 in Atlanta   Monday, April 30, 2007

     Would like to see everyone drive 55. See video below.

    http://atlanta.metblogs.com/archives/2006/02/driving_55_on_t.phtml

     

    drivingisnotrocketscience 

    GA400 Toll   Thursday, April 12, 2007

     

    I travel GA 400 frequently and often will notice the same people stay in the far left lane until the last possible moment when approaching the toll booth. They then move over several lanes so they can pay the toll.

     

    Why can’t these people learn? Either stay to the right or fill out an application for a cruise card. It’s not that complicated.

     

     

    techie 

    Harassment   Tuesday, April 10, 2007

    White Honda Civic, license plate number AAY 1616.  Has a sticker on left part of bumper we are at war. About to change lanes on me and I honked to let him know I was here.  He proceeded to try and run me off the road twice.  Police were notified and a report filed.

    hgswift 

     

     

     


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