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Offline John Nettles

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Re: Most dangerous roads
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2024, 11:11:36 pm »
There were very attractive women from Russia.
I got a chuckle how this is part of the "Most Dangerous Roads" thread  :D

Offline mattdwyerva

Re: Most dangerous roads
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2024, 10:48:06 am »
I did not like sections of US 56 in Kansas that had no shoulders.  Commercial truckers we're cautious and gave us room, but cattle trucks were inches away - very hard to hold a line when cross wind from the right.

US101 in Oregon was not as bad as I was told, except lots of bridges (and one tunnel) with little to no shoulder, all on curvy sections.   This was weekdays, and I'm told weekends are far worse on 101.

Rt 9 North of Hartsel CO was bad.  191 South of Old Faithful was scary in the afternoon, especially on descents. 

In all cases, volume of traffic is big part of the equation.  If we rode "off" hours (eg, very early on weekends), no big deal usually. 

I don't think we rode any of these in the rain, and going west bound avoided sun in the eyes of drivers, so it could have been worse.