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Pshaw... that is pretty good for mountian driving passengerfan. <br /> <br />I heard stories about a place called "Salt Lick" which is down in Arizona. I have had it described as a pass so dangerous that your "Inside" trailer wheels are rubbing against the broken rock wall on a curve while your tractor's outside dual wheels are hanging over open space that spans thousands of feet. As you drove you had to hang out the window and look at your left steer to make sure you did not lose the pavement. <br /> <br />I dont know if this was a story designed to scare non mountain driving folks white or not but legends have a kernel of truth. <br /> <br />I personally had to a dangerous drive at a quarry in the Northeast. They had a rock bridge that reached the exit gate at the plant. This bridge is nothing more than a spacer between two seperate quarries that have been worked on since America became a nation or so they say... <br /> <br />On that bridge there is hundreds of feet drop on either side. It is just 2 feet wider than a tractor trailer's wheels. On the pavement is painted a 1 foot wide yellow line. There are gaurds at either end of this path which was several hundred feet long. These gaurds take your waiver and next of kin information and in some cases your last will and testament should you choose to provide one on a peice of scrap paper. <br /> <br />On signal you are allowed to take as much time as needed keeping the left steer tire on that yellow line. You are told that if your steer tire goes "Out of bounds" off that yellow strip you are going to die that day. <br /> <br />believe me, I saw nothing but yellow paint on that cracked and worn pavement. After I made that trip I stood at the other gaurdshack smoking a cigerette and appreciating how wonderful that day was. <br /> <br />The regulars who work or go in and out of the plant daily takes that bridge in stride. It was the outside drivers who deliver freight in there that were taken care of with special care. <br /> <br />
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