Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 128
Conflict Ground Conflict; Critical
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure; Human Factors; Airport
On this flight we had to heavily brake for two different tugs that drove out right in front of us on the vehicle road; and four others cut us off close enough that we had to stop and wait for them to clear the aircraft. One of the heavy brake situations; the tug driver ran a stop sign and did not look before he was directly in front of us. This seems to be happening much more regularly in Atlanta recently; I have had multiple instances in the past several weeks. Tug drivers not driving safely and not giving way to aircraft
CRJ-200 Captain reported hazardous tug operations resulted in taking evasive action