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It's That Time Again

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Old 02-17-2008, 01:50 PM
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Before I get flamed for posting this, I only post these things to drive home to point that it is dangerous out there. No one can assume that the driver meeting you in the turn has his head on straight.

Whenever I see these clips, I get a bad feeling about going on 129.
I want all my S2K friends to return from the dragon in an upright position.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Old 02-17-2008, 02:35 PM
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^ What a loser. Staying in YOUR lane is so much more fun than crossing the yellow line...

And...the "noises" coming from the driver were incredibly lame.

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On a serious note, thanks for posting (and reminding) folks about the double yellow line. It is why we continue to be a respected car club that visits the area.
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I didn't have the patience to watch all that (nor the stomach to listen to the 'eager driver' ). But of the first 1/3rd that I did watch, it made me appreciate that when I'm on 129...and following a '79 Buick Limited with 6 'blue hairs' inside...that they're all sitting in there going, "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" (at 22mph )....
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Well... lets see...

Yes... 1st time on the Dragon I probably drove like that till Mack told me that if I crossed the double yellow... I was going to fast for my driving skills....

But... come on now... in the rain... crossing the double yellow... what were they thinking?
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They need to have some sort of sign saying that crossing the yellow is a no-no.
Stupid drivers like those don't even realize what they're doing.
I just got back from the dragons and I'm glad I didn't see any drivers like that.

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After the first minute, I just fast forward to the end - the Lady making all the noise was running for the ditch to That was funny, but the rest of the film just made me sick - probably the only thing that made this turn out ok was the fact that it was raining - No bike on the road - but really, no common sense at all - "DON"T CROSS THE YELLOW LINES" -
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Old 02-18-2008, 03:39 PM
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Still excellent advice.

Frankly I'd be more worried about some of the side trips and routine driving around the country side to lunch, etc.

I expect the dragon will be slow going. It sure was last Fall. But some of our local runs on the other hand....I had to keep telling myself to stay within myself when The Gap was the ever increasing distance between me and the next car up. But I never crossed that double yellow line. (Old but still teachable.)
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maybe getting slammed by viewers got him the message.


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