oh and the link for that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_17
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > re highway 17: > > SR 17's combination of narrow shoulders, dense traffic, sharp turns, > blind curves, wandering fauna such as deer and mountain lions, and > sudden changes in traffic speeds have led to driving conditions that > result in a number of accidents and fatalities, leading to the > reputation of Highway 17 as one of the most dangerous highways in the > state. In the winter months, because Highway 17 crosses a high > precipitation area in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the roadway can become > slippery from rain, snow or ice, especially at the summit itself. > > Some sections of 17 are so dangerous that they have been nicknamed. > The first long sweeping turn North of Summit Road with its sharp angle > and steep entering downhill slope is called "The Valley Surprise" for > the fact that so many strike the median shortly after having entered > the Santa Clara Valley. The most infamous is called "Big Moody Curve". > This curve is named after Big Moody Creek below, slightly greater than > a 180 degree turn, and bracketed by additional 90 degree turns. The > inside surfaces of the median barriers in both of these turns are > normally chipped up and black with tire rubber. > --snip-- > Route 17 in Santa Cruz County is named after California Highway Patrol > Lieutenant Michael Walker. Walker was setting flares to direct traffic > around an auto accident on News Years Eve 2005 when he was struck and > killed[6]. Partly in response to this accident near the Glenwood Road > intersection, Caltrans began work in 2008 to widen the shoulder to > eight feet[7]. > > The cost of improving the treacherous expressway segment to modern > freeway standards has been estimated to be at least $200 million. > > ====== > > I say: smoke em if you got em, especially if it improves this kind of stuff > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> really? California is a very strange place. >> >> Yes it is. In good ways and in bad ways. >> >> -Cameron >> >> ... >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318759 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
