Decided to cover the ENTIRE emergency lane (both sides of the road) with very small pea-gravel. Strategicly placed around the point where the speed limit goes to 55mph, and continues to the end of the county line, about 8 miles down the road. They must have done it some time early today since I didn't notice it on my way in to work yesterday. I looked on my way home, and it's already starting to creep out onto the roadway about 6" or so. Even though they will never admit it, I'll bet it was placed there on purpose to try and slow the bikes down on that road, but that's cheating! If they really want us to slow down, they should get off their fat azz and patrol out there instead of hanging out at the gas stations in town drinking free coffee and flirting with the night workers. That's my opinion on it anyway.....
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Originally posted by The CyberPoetYou should complain to the appropriate department immediately, because that stuff is a killer. Late at night, it can look like pavement, and a biker deciding to stop on the emergency lane will probably go down.
Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoetI don't have a short temper. I just have a quick reaction to bullshit.
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Originally posted by The CyberPoetYou should complain to the appropriate department immediately, because that stuff is a killer. Late at night, it can look like pavement, and a biker deciding to stop on the emergency lane will probably go down.
Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoet
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Originally posted by RoadRacer61What dept. do you tihnk I should go to? The local govt. here is kind of shady and I worry about going to them. I'll take pics tomorrow if I can and post them for you guys to see.
Civil engineering department
Roads department
Transportation department.
I'd call the mayor's office (or county commissioners if it's county) to start with -- any secretary there should be able to refer you to the right department and should also be happy to carry the concerns into the boss.
Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet
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Here the dept is called streets and roads... at the state level it is the dept of transportation i think.Help Support Katriders.com via Motorcyclegear.com
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Most of the roads where I live are for the most part, pretty clean. Unless you get into an area where there is construction, or some of the backroads that are all woodsy. But most of them are clean. Of COURSE this is PA, so if you ever ride through here, still take some precaution. Our roads SUCK!
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They should take this matter very seriously. If you complain about it and then there's an accident when they don't fix it, they're in deep doo doo. Pittsburgh has a number you can call to report potholes and they'll go out and fix them right away.
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Ok, So I call the Indiana State Highway Dept. and describe my concerns to them. The lady on the phone was less than helpful, and pretty much told me to go away. I then replied, "Well, I'll just call WLKY and tell them about it so they can give you guys an even worse name than you already have." *click*
SUPRISE!!!! The next day on my way to work, they had a truck with a rotating brush on the front of it pushing the loose gravel off the street and away from the edge of the road. /satisfaction is teh awsome!
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I'm actually in New Albany. This was on 111 on the way to Caesars. You can see where they brushed back the gravel a bit now. All the loose stuff that wasn't caught by the adhesive layer they put down is about 8" or so away from the edge of the road. Good enough for me now.
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Originally posted by RoadRacer61I'm actually in New Albany. This was on 111 on the way to Caesars. You can see where they brushed back the gravel a bit now. All the loose stuff that wasn't caught by the adhesive layer they put down is about 8" or so away from the edge of the road. Good enough for me now.
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