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Had some interesting info:
Operation Dragon Slowdown:
http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.d...D=200660617030
Troopers take to motorcycles
Rise in rider deaths prompts new efforts
by Jon Ostendorff, jostendo@citizen-times.com
published June 18, 2006 12:15 am
ROBBINSVILLE — State troopers on BMW motorcycles will keep motorcyclists company this summer and fall on the curves of scenic routes and thrill rides such as the world famous “Tail of the Dragon.”
The N.C. Highway Patrol, in an operation last month in Graham County called “Dragon Slow Down,” netted 20 speeders — three of whom were traveling more than 75 mph on the curves of two-lane U.S. 129.
The Highway Patrol’s new effort on mountain roads comes as the number of motorcycle fatalities in the state is increasing. Deaths were up 18 percent from 2003 to 2004, when 120 people were killed in motorcycle accidents.
The operation’s mission is not only enforcement, but to set a good example for fellow riders.
This year, two people have died on Western North Carolina roads in motorcycle crashes and a third was paralyzed. One was a motorcyclist near the Dragon, a road that has claimed nine lives in four years.
“I think motorcycle cops are a wonderful idea,” said Victoria Harlan-Allison of Cherokee, who rides a Harley-Davidson 883 Custom. “People who don’t ride motorcycles, a lot of the time, it’s because they don’t like them. And so therefore having an officer who rides — he understands. It’s a culture.”
The troopers on motorcycles will be on patrol in WNC one weekend a month through October.
Read more at the link above!
Had some interesting info:
Operation Dragon Slowdown:
http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.d...D=200660617030
Troopers take to motorcycles
Rise in rider deaths prompts new efforts
by Jon Ostendorff, jostendo@citizen-times.com
published June 18, 2006 12:15 am
ROBBINSVILLE — State troopers on BMW motorcycles will keep motorcyclists company this summer and fall on the curves of scenic routes and thrill rides such as the world famous “Tail of the Dragon.”
The N.C. Highway Patrol, in an operation last month in Graham County called “Dragon Slow Down,” netted 20 speeders — three of whom were traveling more than 75 mph on the curves of two-lane U.S. 129.
The Highway Patrol’s new effort on mountain roads comes as the number of motorcycle fatalities in the state is increasing. Deaths were up 18 percent from 2003 to 2004, when 120 people were killed in motorcycle accidents.
The operation’s mission is not only enforcement, but to set a good example for fellow riders.
This year, two people have died on Western North Carolina roads in motorcycle crashes and a third was paralyzed. One was a motorcyclist near the Dragon, a road that has claimed nine lives in four years.
“I think motorcycle cops are a wonderful idea,” said Victoria Harlan-Allison of Cherokee, who rides a Harley-Davidson 883 Custom. “People who don’t ride motorcycles, a lot of the time, it’s because they don’t like them. And so therefore having an officer who rides — he understands. It’s a culture.”
The troopers on motorcycles will be on patrol in WNC one weekend a month through October.
Read more at the link above!
also mon - thurs thru october and eveyday after that.
I would also expect MartyA and "Ilene".
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