Everybody remembers this picture (taken by Killboy.com)-and the uproar it caused about crossing the double yellow lines, correct?

I want you to watch this video. About 30secs into it, you come to the exact spot where that photo was taken (you can even see some of the same skid marks).

Watch as you come up to that turn, you see that you CAN'T see what is coming up around the curves ahead of you.

Click--Deals Gap/The Dragon

I am not trying to "flame" Eric's friend on this, I am simply trying to show, in real time, what happens when you cross the double yellow-or someone crosses into your lane, and what happens when people (bikers & drivers) don't respect the Dragon.

I don't know what finally happened to that Harley rider, nor do I really care. You act like an ass on the Dragon, you get exactly what you deserve.

 

*Forgot to note that the video was taken from VFROOOM in the Bike Talk section of S2KI.

 

A lot of discussion was had on eric thread. This is a good reference to have up here but we dont need any more debating or flaming.

We all agree that crossing the yellow is bad.

I wanted to lock this thread but decided against it so that people can post more experiences on these types of roads.

I suggest posting more educational content here but avoid points about "using the whole road" when driving aggressively, we all know that should be saved for the track.

Thanks dave for finding and posting this.


my .46 worth

 

As stated, it wasn't meant to "flame" anybody.

It was to show what happens when somebody doesn't show the respect to other drivers/bikers and respect to The Dragon.

Looking at a static photo of a car/bike that is over the double lines, simply does not have the impact (no pun intended) of watching a video of a car/bike that crosses the yellow lines, and the potential effects of that.

 

My comments were for the people posting after you to not turn this into some wierd debate. I support the thread's creation.

 

while i find this a very serious matter i wasn't expecting what happend and actually kinda found it humorous...oops...hope he was alright but thats what he gets for passing someone on roads like that

 

Wow, wasn't expecting that. Painfully slow drivers on a road like that are annoying when you're trying to have a bit of fun, but the biker made about the worst move you could possibly make. I hope he was OK.

 

That video was something else... What did the guy think he was gonna drag a knee on the next corner on the Harley..

 

DEFINETLY the wrong guy to be leading the pack. haha.

 

There wasn't enough knee to drag to pull that off. Plain stupidity I hope he wasn't seriously injured.