All photos are available in Weekly Update - H. P. Crackdown this weekend
Shots from last week are uploading into the store now, and should be completely finished uploading within the next couple of days. I went ahead and uploaded the weekday shots early in an attempt to speed up the process...I hope it doesn't cause problems with people ordering earlier then finding more shots later and wanting us to combine or modify the order. (we can't do that)
Highway Patrol agencies from both NC and TN will be patrolling heavily this weekend, so strap on your recording devices if you're heading this way. This from the local paper: (thanks Willz)
"Highway Patrol conducting Operation Dragon
Graham Sentinel Newspaper – May 3, 2006
Graham County , North Carolina
The North Carolina Highway Patrol will conduct "Operation Dragon 2006" in an attempt to reduce speed related collisions on Western North Carolina involving motorcycles. Speed remains the leading cause of traffic collisions and fatalities in the state and motorcycle collisions in the five most Western North Carolina counties have increased 56 percent from 2004. Locations in this area of North Carolina and in bordering Tennessee have become some of the leading motorcycle, destinations in America . "Operation Dragon 2006" is a joint initiative with North Carolina and Tennessee Highway Patrol that addresses these concerns.
The campaign will be conducted on Saturday, 13 May 2006 . During this period, Troopers from both states will create a highly visible presence aimed at targeting speeding, along with all other state violations and regulations.
Troopers will be assigned to work Deals Gap (US-129) and the Cherohala Skyway area (NC-143) where we have experienced numerous problems with the reckless operation of high performance motorcycles. Troopers have been instructed to aggressively enforce the speed limit laws in addition to other violations such as tailgating, improper lane changes, and other traffic law violations to ensure the safety of motorists on our highways and to reduce collisions.
The Highway Patrol will utilize special marked, unmarked vehicles, motorcycles and aircraft to combat speeding in these areas.
Speed Kills and Seatbelts , Save Lives!"
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And finally, another cool motorcycle photography website out on the west coast: Seppes.com
Moving on to the highlights from last weekend now...
5 comments:
Speed kills...
No. STUPID kills.
Speed just hurries the process along.
But what do we expect from government-educated people working for the government.....
I and a friend got tagged by TNHP just today, at the intersection of 72 and 411. My advice... take a couple weeks off from the Skyway and the Gap. It's gotten just too noticeable, guy was nice but didn't cut us any slack.
--mongoose
I've heard that the NC police don't mess around with bikes. Almost to the point where it's harassment. Our group here in VA does the same route every weekend but we took a different road to get there this past time to avoid pissing people off and actually haven't ridden as a group for about a month (a bad wreck, track days, and 1 guy going down to Deals Gap have filled up the weekends since). Just take it easy for a weekend and enjoy the scenery and save yourself a couple hundred bills or more considering it's easy to be going 3 times the limit in a 25 zone :-x
"but my bike doesn't have a seatbelt!"
hehe, that was exactly what I was thinking!!! Stupid quote for mainly talking about motorcycles!!!
We all know that you struggled with a bit of pushback from the reckless riders and lane transgressors last year. However it seems clear to me that we have got to police ourselves or the states and counties are going to do it for us ... and we won't like their tactics. Therefore, this note is to strongly recommend that you use your bully pulpit - killboy.com - to lead the effort to police ourselves.
My suggestion is that you continue to both "point out" the losers AND highlight the actions of the good guys. We can, with your leadership, enlist others to help us by helping the cops to do their jobs. We can also help the cause by helping the lost truckers and civilians who use the same roads we love.
Lets try to get some good press to offset the bad. One thought is that you invite the local papers to spend a day with Killboy to see that most of us are not idiots and that we do many good things as well.
Thanks! Keep up the GREAT work!
Jeff
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