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Clay
03-16-2010, 12:34 PM
..or have we witnessed the results of 'the local area' gene reproduction..:>

http://www.wbir.com/video/default.aspx?aid=90522#/Web+Extra%3A+10+News+camera+captures+car+drive+int o+rockslide/71783729001

....or..

http://tiny.cc/wLMFk
tessler
03-16-2010, 01:40 PM
Wow. That's one lucky guy (and dog).

I wonder if the officer was in the process of setting up flares or cones before that hapless driver plowed into that pile...
tbourque
03-16-2010, 02:47 PM
:doh
riderR1150GSAdv
03-16-2010, 09:54 PM
Intentional blindness?? That guy shares the road with us riders...:help :bluduh
Ken F
03-16-2010, 10:38 PM
The camera allowed us (viewers) a very limited view of the road preceding the rockslide. It's pretty easy to sit and "armchair quarterback" from our side of the computer screen, without really being able to see the whole picture.
Who knows, there might have been a good 70 mph sweeper right before.....
Certainly looks like a Darwin Award though! LOL

460
pffog
03-17-2010, 06:27 AM
Intentional blindness?? That guy shares the road with us riders...:help :bluduh


My thoughts exactly !!!! Watch out people, they are out there, texting, eating, reading, shaving, applying make-up, you name it. They do everything but DRIVE!!!
blakduc1
03-17-2010, 09:02 AM
Poor doggie has to ride with him. At least she did not get hurt too bad... :)
dp
riderR1150GSAdv
03-18-2010, 05:56 PM
My thoughts exactly !!!! Watch out people, they are out there, texting, eating, reading, shaving, applying make-up, you name it. They do everything but DRIVE!!!

Sadly so true...:bluduh

That guy is an idiot and too many of these morons "share" the road.....I wish that the US had better drivers-ed than just a block around K-Mart...
RoboRider
03-18-2010, 07:51 PM
The camera allowed us (viewers) a very limited view of the road preceding the rockslide. It's pretty easy to sit and "armchair quarterback" from our side of the computer screen, without really being able to see the whole picture.
Who knows, there might have been a good 70 mph sweeper right before.....
Certainly looks like a Darwin Award though! LOL

460

That section of road is the ENTRANCE to the Dragon. It runs along the lake just past foothills parkway. It is straight as an arrow.

Did you guys notice the MOOBS* on this guy?

*edited at the fine suggestion of rdalland!
pffog
03-18-2010, 08:08 PM
...................

Did you guys notice the boobs on this guy?.......

No, but he would make a good dumb blond!!!
rdalland
03-19-2010, 07:51 AM
Did you guys notice the moobs on this guy?

Fixed...


http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/501130069_gtCVv-M.gif
RTFlyer
03-19-2010, 09:50 AM
Apparently, he saw the camera crew on the side of the road, then was watching them and wondering what they were doing there.:dunno

It didn't take him long to figure it out.
RoboRider
03-19-2010, 12:29 PM
Fixed...


http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/501130069_gtCVv-M.gif

Double fixed!
Clay
03-20-2010, 06:43 AM
The Tenn. Gov. has closed his portion of the 'Dragon' 'till further notice...

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/
Semper_Fi
03-20-2010, 07:44 AM
How do you not see that......:lurk
Clay
03-20-2010, 08:23 AM
How do you not see that......:lurk

'cause from the NC side it was open into the Tenn side..no way for ambulances to respond..which was from the Tenn side...
jforgo
03-20-2010, 04:17 PM
What a dumbs**t!
I hope he has sufficient undercarriage damage to keep his incompetent a** off the road!
hakuTN
03-24-2010, 06:15 PM
Total numbnut! I think the dog has more brains than the blind ninny!

BTW, I was up at the Dragon last weekend (with car) and it was also closed form the TN side 1 mile from Deals Gap resort. Best to call them and find out the latest before venturing there.
BernieEcht
03-31-2010, 05:20 PM
The dog knows better, that is why he sits in the back.
;)
Clay
04-07-2010, 07:00 AM
From the 'Tail of the Dragon' web site..

ROCK SLIDE UPDATE March 29, 2010: The rock slide on US 129 is located between the Dragon and Happy Valley Road/Foothills Parkway. US 129 has been closed at the TN/NC State Line by Tennessee making the Dragon itself inaccessable. TDOT has posted a date of July 31 for reopening, but a bonus will be awarded the clean-up if completed by July 1. We will post the latest information here so keep in touch. The only alternatives are the Cherohala Skyway and US 441 through the Great Smoky Mountains.
tiger1959
05-19-2010, 05:38 PM
Rode my new R1200RT to deals gap last week. You can ride the entire run from the Deals Gap camp ground / store to a new turn around area that has been built for people with cars and RV's that can't read the detour signs on the way up to the Gap. It's great for motorcyclist because of less traffic. I love My new RT.
henzilla
05-19-2010, 06:36 PM
The camera allowed us (viewers) a very limited view of the road preceding the rockslide. It's pretty easy to sit and "armchair quarterback" from our side of the computer screen, without really being able to see the whole picture.
Who knows, there might have been a good 70 mph sweeper right before.....
Certainly looks like a Darwin Award though! LOL

460

If he could do 70 in that Lincoln on the Dragon anywhere near a curve...he's the man!:bow

And getting a ticket for 70 on that 45 posted road...better bring your American Express...especially on the TN side... So I hear:whistle