Posted on 02/20/2020 11:37:47 AM PST by vespa300
Two people were killed when a car went off Highway 1 and over a cliff in Big Sur on Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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“Hey, Thelma, let me drive!”
NO MORE GORGEOUS DRIVE....SCARY UT BEAUTIFUL.
Drove it from Los Angeles to San Jose.
Beautiful, but you have to drive carefully at all times.
Yeah, and make sure you got a full tank of gas. For miles and miles there’s nothing but mountains on one side and the ocean on the other.
I’ve driven that road many times, mostly taking friends and customers touring California. The area around Big Sur is one of my favorite spots in the world. its not at all “dangerous” - unless one is driving dangerously.
Just typical common sense, and adapting one’s driving to the road and visibility conditions is enough.
My son and I drove it about 6 years ago in his Alfa Romeo - what a beautiful road!
Most beautiful scenery in the USA, but gotta keep your eyes on the road.
And being on the inside helps a lot with your safety. It is even scarier north of San Francisco. My husband and I stayed at a beautiful ‘motel’ north of SF for my birthday one year. Driving back down the coast (he was driving, not I) I had to close my eyes I was so frightened.
Gravity wins another round.
I think the answer lies in “rental” and “Camaro.”
AMEN !Z d the trip from San Francisco up Mt TAMALPAIS is MORE AWESOME.
Man, you haven’t been on many roads out west (especially mountain) if you think that’s scary. Very mild, IMO.
Well that link crashed my hard drive.
Nothing one bit scary unless car or truck on inside crossed over the line (like passing in no passing zone) took out car on cliff (water) side.
Scarier road: Independent Pass in Colorado!
Yes, the driver can’t really enjoy the ride as much. He’s got to concentrate or it’s all over but the hymn singing.
I’ve ridden my sport motorcycles from end to end of that road many times. Sometimes sedately, sometimes absolutely hauling ass. It is not dangerous at all, if you just slow the heck down.
There are lots of great pullouts that allow sightseeing, stretching and letting other motorists pass by if you feel like poking along. Slower speeds allow you to take in the some of the great world God has given us.
I grew up in Southwestern Missouri. Many times I rode the highway south in northern Arkansas to the Siloam Springs area.
The road part of the way down that way is very windy in part.
One time I found the Mount Wilson (Southern California, Angeles Crest) road gate open to Rincon over above Pasaden / Azusa. I drove across that road. It was about ten miles as I recall.
It was a dirt road, and at times I was probably five to ten feet from a 500-1000 foot drop. Now that was scary.
When I drove Highway 1 all the way down the California coastline, it didn’t seem all that dangerous to me.
Ping.
Try the Million Dollar Highway from Durango to Ouray CO. Hair raising with my 150 and travel trailer in the rain. Never again. I had to stop at every lay by to calm my heart.
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