Since you kinda mentioned it.
[QUOTE=SkyWookie;5242719]I'm fortunate to know a couple people still who live in that area, fortunate to know them, unfortunate they live there. That wasn't a filming, that was a shakedown, apparently the guy with the gun to his head has been making a lot of money off dope boys and they were taking some back. FIB is as dangerous as the bluffs or anywhere else in atlanta, don't let ease of driving around and ability to pick up girls fool you. There are a lot of murders that go unreported in that area. I still go, but FIB is just as much about the adventure and thrill of the chase as it is finding a girl. I've had a gun held to my head down there before, I just try not to get stuck at a light or stop sign, that is when they will get you, I know you are thinking you won't roll down the window. They'll just shoot you through the window, unlock the door, push you over, drive you to one of the dumpoff areas for bodies and yes fib has those areas. Then your car goes to the chop shop. At some point a family member reports you missing and that's where it ends, because nobody is going to find your body. This happens more than you imagine on FIB. It's the whole reason wannabe gangsters shoot their rap videos on FIB.[/QUOTE]I have made it a point if I am in one of those areas such as FIB and old Steward Ave and caught by a light, I am hold back from the car in front and have an escape route to the left or down the sidewalk. I had to use it once on Stewart, I was the 3rd car at the light and apparently the other two were having some discussions. The doors flew open, the first person out had a baseball bat and I was up on the sidewalk getting the hell out of there.
Did you leave your car just there?
I'm having trouble following. You were in a car and then just got safely away on foot, leaving your car with the perps in the process?
[QUOTE=SgtLurker;5244100]I have made it a point if I am in one of those areas such as FIB and old Steward Ave and caught by a light, I am hold back from the car in front and have an escape route to the left or down the sidewalk. I had to use it once on Stewart, I was the 3rd car at the light and apparently the other two were having some discussions. The doors flew open, the first person out had a baseball bat and I was up on the sidewalk getting the hell out of there.[/QUOTE]
OK, I should have made it more clear
[QUOTE=SgtLurker;5244100]I have made it a point if I am in one of those areas such as FIB and old Steward Ave and caught by a light, I am hold back from the car in front and have an escape route to the left or down the sidewalk. I had to use it once on Stewart, I was the 3rd car at the light and apparently the other two were having some discussions. The doors flew open, the first person out had a baseball bat and I was up on the sidewalk getting the hell out of there.[/QUOTE]If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk. The reason I keep my car back far enough is so I can drive as quickly as possible in whichever direction is needed. I went up over and down the sidewalk until I passed those folks.