Whats worse than a bad curve

[Randy Swart]

What's worse than a 90 degree curve at the bottom of a hill with riprap and a concrete wall for anyone who can't make it?

How about that same curve with a sign pole planted next to the trail at the very point where you are most likely to go off.

I really did not imagine that the County could find a way to make Paraplegic's Curve worse!

Randy



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[Peter Stokely]

Is that the Custis Trail under 66?  

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[Randy Swart]

The same. We once called it Dead Man's Curve, but Rich Viola pointed out that nobody had actually _died_ there so we renamed it Paraplegic's Curve because one rider was injured so badly there that he became paraplegic. It is beyond understanding why it is still one of the most dangerous places in Arlington's trail network decades later, and has actually been made worse.

Randy

At 11/5/2025, Peter Stokely wrote:
>Is that the Custis Trail under 66? Â
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>“Bikes add to a love of place. They enhance your capacity to love where you are.†Â

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>John Hickenlooper Former Governor of Colorado
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>On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM Randy Swart <<mailto:ra...@helmets.org>ra...@helmets.org> wrote:
>What's worse than a 90 degree curve at the bottom of a hill with riprap and a concrete wall for anyone who can't make it?
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>How about that same curve with a sign pole planted next to the trail at the very point where you are most likely to go off.
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>I really did not imagine that the County could find a way to make Paraplegic's Curve worse!
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>Randy
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