Member Contributer Knute Posted December 2, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 2, 2014 https://news.tn.gov/node/13281 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FJ12Ryder Posted December 2, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 2, 2014 'Bout darned time!! I wonder if it will make any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 2, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 2, 2014 Now if we can ban auto's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFR4Lee Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Cool deal for all Dragon riders. May not help if you are from Pern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FJ12Ryder Posted December 3, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 3, 2014 Oh man, that was bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checksix Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I'll believe it when I see 18 wheelers getting stopped, ticketed, and turned around *before* they get hung up at gravity cavity. But at least it's a step in the right direction. And, in another miracle, TDOT also just raised the speed limit along the lake from 40 to a more sensible 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Blesk Posted December 4, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 4, 2014 Now, how about Garmin et al putting that in their fricken programming! Maybe that's a process improvement they need. "Type of vehicle" and then suitable roadways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted December 5, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yeah, feed Garmin Inc. the address of Switchblade to be set as preferred Waypoint for trucks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 5, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yeah, feed Garmin Inc. the address of Switchblade to be set as preferred Waypoint for trucks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 7, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 7, 2014 PoPo's are there enough to make a impacted if they write the tickets . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud786 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 It seems to me that is a heck of a lot of work for a tractor trailer to run the dragon, how much time are they really saving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checksix Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 The problem is that the truckers don't know how bad the road is. They blindly follow their gps and think they're going to save 100 miles and several hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud786 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 The problem is that the truckers don't know how bad the road is. They blindly follow their gps and think they're going to save 100 miles and several hours. Truckers normally know where they are going, and they are normally told where not to go. Im sure its a time saving issue, verses going around. Just my experience from being around a Family owned trucking company. Now if they are actually delivering in the area, then they have not much choice. I could see making the mistake once, if trucker turn over rate was endless through that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer IntAceptor Posted December 7, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 7, 2014 Although it is to have trucks stopped from railing the Dragon. Remember, it was done on the strength of today's statistics. With that in mind, what may possible happen tomorrow???? If ya get the drift? Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer KevCarver Posted December 7, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 7, 2014 PoPo's are there enough to make a impacted if they write the tickets . I haven't met many LEO's that are shy about writing tickets to truckers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 13, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 13, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 13, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 13, 2014 It also could mean more police patrolling ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted December 18, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 18, 2014 Guess that means a buddy is going to have a very rare action shot on the dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted December 20, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 20, 2014 That's fabulous news if they can actually keep the big rigs out. I've been involved in a couple of near misses. There was one time during my first TexasMac that an oncoming truck chose to grind the side of his trailer into a rocky projection rather than taking out Bent, myself, TimC and Elizilla. Very scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFR4Lee Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Sounds like a good call on the truckers part Max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted December 20, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 20, 2014 Sounds like a good call on the truckers part Max. If I could find that driver I'd buy him an evenings worth of his favorite food and beverage. The incident did require an immediate change of undies. The skid mark was not on the tarmac! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 21, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 21, 2014 Sounds like a good call on the truckers part Max. If I could find that driver I'd buy him an evenings worth of his favorite food and beverage. The incident did require an immediate change of undies. The skid mark was not on the tarmac! Your lucky for sure Terry, couple of years back a trucker ran over a guy on Yamaha after the guy survived the initial crash. It has been his family that really got this truck restriction past. They were relentless in having this changed to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFR4Lee Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Sounds like a good call on the truckers part Max. If I could find that driver I'd buy him an evenings worth of his favorite food and beverage. The incident did require an immediate change of undies. The skid mark was not on the tarmac! Your lucky for sure Terry, couple of years back a trucker ran over a guy on Yamaha after the guy survived the initial crash. It has been his family that really got this truck restriction past. They were relentless in having this changed to happen. Damn. I'll guess that rider was off his Yamaha at the moment. Don't know if the trucker was at fault in that case though. RIP rider. But big trucks should not be on that type if road in the first place, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted December 22, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 22, 2014 He was the lead bike if I remember correctly and the trucker was traveling in the opposite direction, the truck was totally out his lane so the biker went down and sled under the trailer . The trucker did not know the biker was under the trailer and he drove the rear tires over him. Died instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted January 21, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted January 21, 2015 Here it is the sign we have been waiting for !!!! North Carolina side anyway, have not seen one on the Tennessee side yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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