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Here is the link to the report on how the THP reduced accidents here
becasue of their oversaturation. It mentions that there were only 4
cars a day here, not the 14 that we had seen(maybe a typo) and
commends the BCSO and THP for doing such a great job but neglects to
mention that there were 3 deaths during the time of their
"enforcement". They also neglect to mention the increased attention
that the Cherahola Skyway needed because of the "enforcement" on the
Gap. This is where I stop, because my mother told me " if you have
nothing good to say, say nothing at all" so I am doing exactly that.
Read and deduce for yourself.

http://www.state.tn.us/safety/newsreleases/2007/071109DealsGap.htm

"saddlebag" <saddlebag.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
news:c9f386ad-5bbc-4d76-a5ba-c8001f34b974@b32g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> Here is the link to the report on how the THP reduced accidents here
> becasue of their oversaturation. It mentions that there were only 4
> cars a day here, not the 14 that we had seen(maybe a typo) and
> commends the BCSO and THP for doing such a great job but neglects to
> mention that there were 3 deaths during the time of their
> "enforcement". They also neglect to mention the increased attention
> that the Cherahola Skyway needed because of the "enforcement" on the
> Gap. This is where I stop, because my mother told me " if you have
> nothing good to say, say nothing at all" so I am doing exactly that.
> Read and deduce for yourself.
>
> http://www.state.tn.us/safety/newsreleases/2007/071109DealsGap.htm
>

You reap what you sow.

Well, I've probably said it before, but I was laughing in my helmet thinking
about all the pissin & moanin those greedy phuckers did up and around Deal's
Gap when the cops basically shut it down. Now maybe they'll have to get
real jobs instead of hyping a great road as a racetrack and trying to cash
in on it. Before the internet, US129 wasn't a tourist destination. It was
just a great road that you only heard about via word of mouth.

I'd like to see consistent enforcement, but raise the speed limit back up to
55 and have yellow 30 mph cautionary signs. Or at least make it 45 and not
write tickets for less than 10 over. That way the cops can still snag those
who won't maintain their lane, choose to do triple digits on the few
straights there are, or those who actually race through there. FWIR, what
the cops did was write tickets for 1mph over and for even touching the
yellow line among other ridiculous things. But then again, the squids were
ridiculous too and killboy, tailofthedragon, et al do not, nor can they,
police their own.

In the end I couldn't care less about it though. As long as the squids and
cagers are attracted to that one 11 mi stretch of asphalt, I'll see less on
the other great roads of the So. Apps.