The Dragon Slays a Countryman

Xeik, I was wondering what you were scurrying to the center line to get, you kinda looked like a Canadian squirrel, we were coming around the corner at you.:lol:

 

Thanks for the nice & interesting read, fellas. :biggrin5:

 

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So much for keeping it civil...

Lets focus on the facts please. The commentary is useless.

 

My heart stopped when I realized what it was... thinking how am I going to get home and cross the border.

It's entertaining at the very least.

 

Thats what I see when I read all your post.
Anyhow, see you at that Dragon next year, Oh thats right you do not go.

 

Would if I could, and you would learn a thing or 3 if I did.........

Now back to our regular programing hopefully w/o the peanut gallery.

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:lol::lol::lol:

 

I know what it was..... You saw one of those state quarters someone dropped.... You just had to see if it was one you needed.... Right????

 

Sorry you seem to be having a senior moment Xiek, that was 2007 (5 years ago). The father down the ravine also had a punctured lung, and the son's leg gash was down to the bone. It took nearly 30 minutes before the first LEO arrived and about 45 for the Ambulance and ParaMedics. It took the LEO so long because that was the year before TN LEOs started camping on the Dragon.

Xiek was right about their tires though, those suckers were slicks, we checked them out when one of the photographers trailered the bikes after the accident.

 

Dale, is he from VA?

 

I've had 2 near head-on collisions with motorcycles while on or near the Dragon. In both instances the motorcycles crossed over into my lane. Also, in both instances, it was my ability to brake hard and stop quickly that prevented the accident. Had I been carrying another 10 MPH of speed, I wouldn't have been able to stop in time in at least one of those cases and I wasn't even going that fast to begin with.

One might say "It was their fault... they deserved to be hit." Personally, I'm very happy that I kept enough of a margin of safety in my own actions that I was able to prevent someone from suffering the pain and consequences of a very serious accident, no matter who was at fault.

I'm lucky that I live in a city that has several track events every month. I can take my ten tenths driving to the track where there are tire walls, controlled passing, flag workers, run-offs and medical personnel parked nearby. I can back off a bit and enjoy the twisties of the Dragon with a wider margin of safety. People DO live out there and they use the Dragon to get to work and to school every day.

Am I a perfect driver at the Dragon? No... I've been seduced by the road into driving too fast and I've misjudged corners and crossed the yellow by mistake. I'm not perfect, but I do try to make sure that I've done everything I can to have fun while being safe at the same time.

 

Too bad about the wreck, glad there were no serious injuries.

As for the proper speed on the dragon I think Geotge Carlin has a point. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkxaF5Pq5D8]George carlin- Idiot and Maniac - YouTube[/ame]

 

Yes, he is.

 

Sure do miss George....