> -State Highway 522 -10 miles between Woodinville and Monroe, WA
I damn near hit a peacock while driving down this road. The guy behind me was tailgating me so closely that when my rear brakes locked for a second, sending a puff of smoke his direction, the guy went into a panic four wheel lock and ended up sliding partially off the road, missing me by inches.
How and why the peacock was walking across the highway, I'll never know. :0)
But it definitely is a dangerous stretch of road. It's a two lane road that until recently was fairly narrow. The speed limit is 60, but people routinely do 70+, that is until they come up on someone like me that does maybe 5 over. Then they pretend that our bumpers are tied together with a shoestring. Ugh.
I've driven on the Merrit Parkway several times before. It's not too bad with the exception of that foresaken gridlock bridge that's gotta be 3/4 a mile above the river below it. You go VERY slow on that bridge.
-- ~Mike '95 3.8L V6 2.5" Singular exhaust with a 2 chamber flowmaster custom built ram air induction Cobra OEM leather shifter knob Boycotting excrementive motorcocks
"NoOption5L" <nooptio...@aol.com> wrote in message
I hit a rather large Owl the other night, if it makes you feel any better, and it was with the squad too. No damage, though. For as big as it was, it sure was light-weight.
> > -State Highway 522 -10 miles between Woodinville and Monroe, WA
> I damn near hit a peacock while driving down this road. The guy behind > me was tailgating me so closely that when my rear brakes locked for a > second, sending a puff of smoke his direction, the guy went into a panic > four wheel lock and ended up sliding partially off the road, missing me > by inches.
> How and why the peacock was walking across the highway, I'll never know. > :0)
> But it definitely is a dangerous stretch of road. It's a two lane road > that until recently was fairly narrow. The speed limit is 60, but people > routinely do 70+, that is until they come up on someone like me that > does maybe 5 over. Then they pretend that our bumpers are tied together > with a shoestring. Ugh.
In article <Feo_5.4427$_X4.242...@news-east.usenetserver.com>, "Mike Greene"
<mgre...@hiwaay.net> writes: >NoOption5L <nooptio...@aol.com> wrote in message >news:20001215000546.18498.00000428@nso-mh.aol.com... >> Here's the list: >> -"Blood Alley" - Highway 21 - between Otto and DeSoto, Missouri >> -"The Highway of Death" - Route 138 - between Palmdale and San >>Bernardino,
California
>> - "The Highway To Hell" - Route 431 - between Phenix City and Eufaula, >>Georgia >Actually, 431 is between Phenix City and Eufaula, ALABAMA - not Goergia!!!
Actually, it's spelled Georgia, not Goergia (:-)) ... but yea, you're right. Thanks for the correction.
Patrick
'93 Cobra - Best E.T. 13.44 / Best MPH 103.23
Former original owner - '87 5-liter, 5-speed LX 14.2 @ 98 stock - 13.8 @ 101 lightly modded
Oops, you missed one...TX State Highway 195, the official "Highway of Death" for TX. Per TXDOT it is the deadliest section of highway in TX and it has been for numerous years. Occasionally now (my soccer team & I used to travel it every weekend for soccer games down in Austin) I travel that road. It used to be a farm to market road and it has become a highly traveled road from Fort Hood, Killeen area to where it meets up with I35. A lot of folks from this area use it to get to Austin and points south. It's about 30 miles long and had 12 fatalities last year, the highest ever. The commanding general of Fort Hood put that highway off-limits for his soldiers who use it as a shortcut to I35. There is an alternate route which makes it about 15 miles longer (all highway - 60 & 70mph) which they were told to use instead. A few years ago TXDOT started construction to change it from a 2 lane into a 4 lane road and it should be completed in about 4 or 5 years, at least in this area of the stretch. People will do some stupid sh*t on this road, pass in a no-passing zone and that includes passing others on the right using the shoulder of the road. A lot of times alcohol is involved; people go to Austin to party and then attempt to drive back instead of spending the night there.
And like Patrick said, "be careful out on them thar roads".
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"NoOption5L" <nooptio...@aol.com> wrote in message
NoOption5L wrote: > -Route 17 - a 10-mile patch between Chesapeake and the North Carolina border, > VA
I am all too familiar with this stretch. This particular road could be improved immensely with just a chain saw. Today the only thing that keeps the road open is the constant parade of big rigs that keep the trees pruned back. The good news is that Virginia is finally going to widen the road (at least 20 years too late).
> -"Blood Alley" - Highway 21 - between Otto and DeSoto, Missouri
> -"The Highway of Death" - Route 138 - between Palmdale and San Bernardino, > California
> - "The Highway To Hell" - Route 431 - between Phenix City and Eufaula, Georgia
> - "Suicide Six" - Route 6 - between the Rhode Island border to S. Foster, Rhode > Island
> The following are bad, just not quite as bad.
> -U.S. 93 - between Wickenburg and the Hover Dam, AZ.
<snip>
I've driven that highway 93 from Wickenburg to the dam and I had a close call, my own fault. Luckily for me and the driver of the truck I had to quickly pull in front of to avoid a head on was a better driver that night than me.
Driving in CA for many years I've not driven on two lane roads and done any passing, driving up that road one night trying to make Las Vegas for the night and I got behind a long line of big rigs.
At what I thought was a safe point, I pulled out from behind a long line of big rigs and started to go around and found a car coming towards me much closer than I expected. Misjudged the distance that car was away from me and the amount of time I needed to go around all the trucks.
Had to duck into the the line of trucks and the driver of the truck behind me kept his cool.
Although just about every road in Atlanta is bad, by far the worst intersection is Highway 41 and Windy Hill Road in Marietta (actually, I think its one of the worst in the nation). Too many people run red lights. But I here there installing multiple cameras, so maybe it will be taken off the list. -- _______stangboy68________ Justin Robert Marcinkowski Former Georgia Tech ME & Co-op 1968 Ford Mustang Restorod
"NoOption5L" <nooptio...@aol.com> wrote in message
This roadway goes through the Santa Cruz Mtns..and there is downhill stretch with a cement median barrier that is scarred for about 1/4 mile. Cars regularly bounce off the median causing horrific accidents.
I'll second that one. The decreasing radius turns seem to get everyone. They go into the turns too fast only to find out that the turns get increasingly sharp. Add to that the people who zoom up in the right lane to try to cut in front of you before they have to slow down for the big rig all while entering these turns and talking on a cell phone... man, talk about a pet peeve. Just a plain nasty stretch of road.
Mike
Grover C. McCoury III <gro...@brightlink.com> wrote: : An addition:
: Route 17 between Santa Cruz and San Jose, CA
: This roadway goes through the Santa Cruz Mtns..and there is downhill stretch with a : cement median barrier that is scarred for about 1/4 mile. Cars regularly bounce off : the median causing horrific accidents.
Been down that stretch of road many times. Don't forget the pine trees/debris that end up on the highway after a big windstorm, too. There is a peacock farm around there, I believe.
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:15:31 -0800, "V6stang (Garth Almgren)"
>> -State Highway 522 -10 miles between Woodinville and Monroe, WA
>I damn near hit a peacock while driving down this road. The guy behind >me was tailgating me so closely that when my rear brakes locked for a >second, sending a puff of smoke his direction, the guy went into a panic >four wheel lock and ended up sliding partially off the road, missing me >by inches.
>How and why the peacock was walking across the highway, I'll never know. >:0)
>But it definitely is a dangerous stretch of road. It's a two lane road >that until recently was fairly narrow. The speed limit is 60, but people >routinely do 70+, that is until they come up on someone like me that >does maybe 5 over. Then they pretend that our bumpers are tied together >with a shoestring. Ugh.
> This roadway goes through the Santa Cruz Mtns..and there is downhill stretch with a > cement median barrier that is scarred for about 1/4 mile. Cars regularly bounce off > the median causing horrific accidents.
My hometown of 7,000 makes it onto the newsgroup and it's for this!!!!!
Well, I hope being on the list will encourage the Nebraska DOT to stop using all the cement for Mayor Quimby's pool....(sorry for the vague Simpson's reference).
But kidding aside that 20 mile stretch of road is bad. Nebraska is known for being flat, but that part is hilly...with cliffs!!!!!and water runoff!!!!!and farm animals!!!
It gets extremely foggy in the spring....blizzards in the winter.
Glad I don't live up that way anymore. Graduated and got the h%ll out.
"NoOption5L" <nooptio...@aol.com> wrote in message
U.S 93 around the hoover dam is no joke practically everyone drives the speed limit posted which is about 15 to 20 mph ascending and descending which if you try to push 60 mph in those hairpin curves you are certain of death. U.S 93 from hoover dam to wickenburg AZ has a lot of up hill and down hill so if you travel on this road in the summer when it is 105 to 115 derees make sure you have your coolant topped off or you will surely overheat,and have a cell phone cause their are no service areas as they have on the east coast example I 95.
> Been down that stretch of road many times. Don't forget the pine > trees/debris that end up on the highway after a big windstorm, too. > There is a peacock farm around there, I believe.
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:15:31 -0800, "V6stang (Garth Almgren)" > <V6st...@V6stang.com> wrote:
> >How and why the peacock was walking across the highway, I'll never know. > >:0)
That *would* explain it.
What a doozy of a wind storm we had last night. We had no power till midday today. A lot of debris combined with icy conditions made driving fun today...
Couldn't make coffee, but I could've run my computer for about 10 minutes, thanks to my new UPS. Talk about good timing! :0)
The list could be 100% factually correct. TX State Highway 195 may be the official "Highway of Death" for TX but still not hang with the big boys in other states.
I'm really surprised there aren't more 'killer highways' in TX being that GWB was Gov' for a little while. ;)
First, I don't know who compiled the list or what agency provided the info, so I don't know about its accuracy.
I really wasn't comparing it to any of the other states tho, just TX. The reason I said "missed" is because "U.S. Route 69 - through Hardin County, TX" made the list (but to be honest, I don't know what the toll is there so far this year or its past record). What I do know for a FACT is that the TXDOT (according to the local tv stations and newspapers) this year gave 195 its "TX H.O.D." (deadliest section of highway in TX) label for 1999 and it has for several other years in the past. These stat's are normally compiled on an annual basis (1/1-12/31) here. Now it could be that 69 is ahead with deaths in TX for '00, but since 195's past history has been clearly established, and it is still has the "current official title", and the year 2000 hasn't ended yet, I thought it belonged on the list as another very dangerous stretch of highway for us to be careful on. Better to be aware of it and alive than unaware and maimed or dead.
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"Subic Sailor" <sub...@home.com_nospam> wrote in message
> The list could be 100% factually correct. TX State Highway 195 may be the > official "Highway of Death" for TX but still not hang with the big boys in > other states.
Thanks for ID'ing one source there, Garth. Maybe Patrick can tell us where he got the list from.
If you have seen the list in Reader's Digest, then one would think that the info should be pretty accurate. Since the list specifies sections of roads between point A and point B, I think it's too bad the list didn't give specific numbers. I can provide a number - it's about 1 death for every 2.5 miles of Hwy 195 for 1999. But anyway, if additional info can help save a life, then I'm all for making people aware of it. I, for one, don't want to die quite yet.
Just for the heck of it, I just searched for an RD website and found it. It looks like the list may have been published around Oct since the first response is dated 10/13/00, but I didn't find the article. What is also interesting is the feedback at:
I found #19 particularly interesting, - Anne Linaberger - 04:57pm Oct 28, 2000 EST (19.). I think it goes to show us that there are a lot more deadly/dangerous roads that are out there that didn't make RD's list (like we didn't already know that tho). Let us learn from what RD has provided us and from what other readers (RAMFM & RD feedback) provided (to include "geography" and "what animal crosses the road where") and try to survive this holiday season and the future.
In the meantime, "Happy Holidays" to all.
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