Attention Atlanta-Area Opponauts!

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 12/09/2014 at 12:17 • Filed to: None

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Ever since Afroduck's lap around Manhattan, I've been curious as to how fast one could complete a loop of I-285. So, one of these days, I plan on doing a lap of it at the flow of traffic just to see what the proper time would be. I'm thinking that it might be good to go around noon or 1:00 on a work day, just so there can be minimal traffic while still not being completely deserted. Is anyone interested in making a meet/cruise out of it? (Obviously I wouldn't make it during a work day if any of you work five days a week. We'd probably do Sunday morning or evening.)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rainbow 12/09/2014 at 12:32

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I dunno. It's long enough to make a drive out of, but I don't know how fun it would be at the speed of traffic, even if the speed of traffic around that time is a little upward of 75. It's pretty hard to predict when idiocy will strike, too. Still, benchmarking the time wouldn't hurt as an objective.

-I'm least familiar with the far southwest of 285, myself. I've mostly ended up on the sectors north of 20 while there, on both sides.

Textured Soy Protein > Rainbow 12/09/2014 at 12:32

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Just make sure not to film the attempt and put it on youtube. Don't want to end up as a fugitive in Canada.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Textured Soy Protein 12/09/2014 at 12:42

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He said "at the flow of traffic". That means not as amazing as the AfroDuck approach, but it would generate a "good time" benchmark in the process, and such a benchmark would be useful if anybody *was* trying to AfroDuck it... though they probably shouldn't.

Textured Soy Protein > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/09/2014 at 12:43

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Reading comprehension > me

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Rainbow 12/09/2014 at 15:06

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I'm putting the over/under at 2.5 days to complete, because: Atlanta traffic

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Rainbow 12/09/2014 at 15:14

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"At the flow of traffic"

You realize, as an ATL Opponaut, this is an incredibly flexible phrase.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/09/2014 at 15:15

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The speed of traffic on 285 on the West Wall south of I-20 is 80+.

#IDriveToTheAirportForWorkYouKnow

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 12/09/2014 at 15:16

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It's the Stretch Armstrong of speed descriptions, wearing a Falcons hat.

Rainbow > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 12/09/2014 at 16:49

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Well duh. If I had to take a guess, 285 averages between 75 and 85 excluding rush hour. I'd just do what everyone else is doing at the time.

Rainbow > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/09/2014 at 16:52

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Yeah, I've only been down to the southwest corner once before and it's weird over there. Not really dangerous or confusing, but... weird. I don't know why.