Scary/dangerous roads!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Short stretch, but I think the 'burgh people will agree: taking out of towners down Potomac Avenue from Dormont to Greentree. Seriously, it's as good as any roller coaster.

That pales in comparison to where 51 hooks onto 88. It would be nice if the road wasn't made for unicycles. I always think I'm going to die on that one.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by 33girl

That pales in comparison to where 51 hooks onto 88. It would be nice if the road wasn't made for unicycles. I always think I'm going to die on that one.

True story: the boy has a friend who goes to Denver like I go to the Giant Eagle. We were in a hurry to get to a Pirates game (why, I don't know), so I said, "Think you can handle a steep hill?" The friend laughed and said, "Hey, I drive to Denver all the time!" So I directed him down Potomac. I was the only one with (totally) clean panties when we hit Banksville!

Of course, he was really zooming by the time we got about halfway down.

[NutBrnHair]

Philadelphia's Schuylkill Expressway -- sometimes called the "Surekill."

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

We have OH 666..unfortunately someone was killed in an accident on that road just last night.

Lots of the roads out in the country here are gravel even dirt and they do up and down and around. I try to avoid those if at all possible.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Some of the hills in downtown San Francisco are terrifying to drive up, particularly if you ever have to stop or park on one! There are a couple that make you feel like your car might actually flip over, end to end.

Locally, Washington state's highway 2 is the deadliest in the state. Narrow lanes, and it cuts through the mountains.

Pacific Coast Hwy. while getting close to Big Sur has hairpin turns along a cliff that have a posted 5 mph speed limit.

[jon1856]

Something about the topic of this rang a bell-I thought a news program had done a story about this. Found this:
Dangerous roads

'Dateline' report identifies deadliest roads in America

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7844269/

Found two other sites while looking for the above:
How many fatal accidents occurred on your local roads? Enter the state and county above to see the number of fatal accidents and fatalities reported for each road during 1996-2000.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/tvnews/...form.asp?cp1=1

And then this one. The photos alone scare me-I can not see driving on them at all!:
Top 5 most dangerous roads of the world
http://www.linkinn.com/_Top_5_most_d...s_of_the_world

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Something about the topic of this rang a bell-I thought a news program had done a story about this. Found this:
Dangerous roads

And then this one. The photos alone scare me-I can not see driving on them at all!:
Top 5 most dangerous roads of the world
http://www.linkinn.com/_Top_5_most_d...s_of_the_world

Dear God, who would ever go "hiking" on that Chinese "trail"?!!! Without a parachute, I mean.

[KSUViolet06]

The Wolf Ledges entrance to Rt. 8 is pretty scary.