Wolf Creek Pass Claims A Driver

Oh man its ridiculous down there.....you'll always get the fresh aroma of brakes at the bottom of Monteagle. You're right about drivers fouling up there. The thing about Monteagle is that it's a lot of traffic traveling 24, and if a driver is reckless, he may not be able to get to those runaway ramps because they are on the left if you're going eastbound.

 

Watched a vid of that road. The driver was aggresive and made the assumption that they would always be able to brake their speed. Easy to see why this driver missed the turn.

Condolences

 

Not me. I get freaked out on Fancy Gap.
Plus, I'm retiring from the open road. Currently hunting a lucrative Gate Guard position. They're not easy to find and $8 an hour would somewhat crimp my lifestyle.

 

Have you explored the security guard market in The WCP area?

 

Well Dave, the deal is that I'm one of the few people in South Georgia that don't have wheels and axles attached to their house. And after Goldie sells, the house will be paid off and can't be moved.
So, moving to Colorado is not an option.

 

#### that sucks

 

Nothing really surprises me with the newbie flop flop crowd anymore, flat on the floor ..bumper to bumper and run to crash .

 

All the mountain passes out west for the most part in Colorado Utah California Oregon Montana etc. are very unforgiving if you fail to or refuse to comprehend and obey the warning signs on those passes… They are there for a reason and more times than not you don’t have a second chance… with that being said there are some serious mountain passes in the Northeast as well that are very well known that I have experienced mountain graves of 9% the folks need to heed the warning signs on these passes… Better to get there late than never to get there at all

 

Just proves the old adage that you can go too slow many times, but too fast just once.

 

It's a wonder it was even discovered it looks like. RIP driver.