We got to Vidal around 9ish.
when people dont pass and it stacks up you are forced to pass 2-3 at a time or more. I have passed 17 in one shot because people are too scared to pass. By the time i reached the front car i was doing well over 120. that is when its dangerous because people are too chicken shit to pass. take the 40 if you cant pass
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Perfect !
I'm not talking about passing 10 cars at a time, I'm talking about 3 cars passing at a time...the back 2 can't see what's in front of the 1st one. As soon as the 1st one tucks back in just in time, the other 2 are dead. I don't want to be anywhere near that shit.
yes that is true. im guilty of doing that too but i am in a lifted truck
Your last post made me remember a time I was towing the boat with mommas 96 4 runner and there was a military convoy pulling out at the stop sign…we waited about 15 minutes for all of ‘em to come through (they weren’t stopping). Then proceeded to run about 25mph down the road. I don’t have the patience for that…and we were in a decent spot for visibility and saw nothing coming the other way (even had the wife dig out the binoculars…because this was gonna be a good trick)…I had that 190hp V6 spinning about 5500rpms in 3rd by the time we got to front of the line…lol
For me depends on situation towing not towing. Towing and they are are 60-65 I may just float back especially if 3 or more cars in front of me.
it was like new...only a bit over 300,000 milesBut you trusted that yota to pull you through
Driving on two lane highways and passing cars was common fifty years ago. Today's drivers don't have a clue how to do it.
CHP was rolling up when we got there. Ambulance was there, Fire truck (from Havasu Landing) was just leaving. There was somebody sitting on side step of the ambulance being tended to, I'm assuming the driver, no one tending to him looking to be rushing, so I'm assuming no major injuries. Tire marks on the road made it look like car was heading east bound, drifted off the road on the curve, over corrected, came across the road, hit the berm and rolled several times. This was a little before 9AM.
So that’s where the picture of the hydro floating above the trailer came from lol
When my Dad married my step mother we started going to her condo in Mammoth, CA when I was like maybe 10 years old.
A few less people to pass. I have noticed traffic is alot less on rice these day which makes it niceSeems like a weekly wreck currently.
Smart.
It wasn't a double line when I started the pass, nor when I finished it
I can tell you it’s not a good idea to speed specifically while passing in the few areas you are allowed to between Parker and Videl. And don’t do it twice. I now have radar detectors in every vehicle. They work unless CHP is stationary and using laser radar. Then you are fucked
Meh, I'd rather be safe with a ticket than dead from attempting to pass while staying under the speed limit spending excessive time playing chicken with oncoming traffic.I can tell you it’s not a good idea to speed specifically while passing in the few areas you are allowed to between Parker and Videl. And don’t do it twice. I now have radar detectors in every vehicle. They work unless CHP is stationary and using laser radar. Then you are fucked
Of course. The speed limit is the speed limit even when passing. Now following that will get you killed if you attempt a pass so basically anyone passing is forced to speed to accomplish the pass.
So what’s the best radar detector you n the market these days? Still that Valentine one?I can tell you it’s not a good idea to speed specifically while passing in the few areas you are allowed to between Parker and Videl. And don’t do it twice. I now have radar detectors in every vehicle. They work unless CHP is stationary and using laser radar. Then you are fucked
Valentine one here. I will never go to the river without it. I have one in my race car, truck and wife’s car.
12 miles but 30 minutes and potentially another “I have to pee” or “I feel carsick” and for sure another 15+ “are we there yets.”
Ehrenberg has speed changes and speed traps with CRIT cops. The worst accident I have witnessed out there was actually on the reservation going that route because Rice was closed. Pick your battles.
Not talking about you.It wasn't a double line when I started the pass, nor when I finished it
That's why everyone should just go to Quartzite, and let us cruisers deal with Ehrenburg.
Last really nasty one we saw on that road ended our 15 years using it as our regular river route. Been 10 years now and every now and then I'll ask if she'd like to go that way for a change --- nope, sez she'd rather cope with the asshole truckers and stay on 10.
nope not meSilver Expedition?
