August 7, 2006
Summer Drivers
We live in an area that has a lot of recreational options. Mt. Baker is the place where snowboarding was essentially invented. We have a lot of river running of various types. A few miles away is a County Park with a lake (stocked for fishing), 100 campsites and some rental cabins. Add to that the high cost of rural property in Western British Columbia, Canada, there are several camping time-shares and resorts that cater to our good neighbors to the north (even if they speak funny, eh?) All this adds up to is a higher than normal volume of vehicular traffic on our roads during peak vacation times -- often with some spectacular results... As far as we know, nobody was hurt. This happened today:
Now that has to be a blow to one's ego... Nice clear warm day, smooth stretch of road. There were some curves coming up though as evidenced by the next photo.
I don't know if they just fell asleep or were distracted. I would hate to think of the speeds involved if they were unable to take that part of the road as it gets very winding and very wooded very fast, only a hundred yards further on... On the other end of the spectrum are those people who like to take their time, just enjoying the scenery and driving ten or fifteen miles under the posted limit of 50MPH and ignoring the string of locals behind them who would really like to drive faster than 35MPH. There are few opportunities for passing on some of our roads so people generally drive at a good clip and keep traffic moving. Even the logging trucks. Posted by DaveH at August 7, 2006 4:32 PMHere is the long-shot -- notice the gradual drift off the road. No skid marks, nothing.
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