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OT: Taconic State Pkwy

zhanjuzi said:
In the same vein, my favorite "thrill ride" is the Sawmill Parkway .. insanely dangerous.
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Concur w/ you on the Sawmill.

Every time I take someone on it at night (that's never been on it before) I make sure they're watching for the many deer that just stand inches away from being in your lane and never even blink. It's terrifying, but they don't give a . They just keep eating, or stand and watch you. It's creepy as hell - and the lanes are tiny, but I've yet to seen one actually venture into traffic and at times I swear if you stuck your arm out of the window you'd smack them in the head.
 
Yup me too. After Syracuse I lived in Brewster NY, Danbury CT and Pleasantville, NY for 30 years and am SO familiar with he sawmill. It is really bad at night in the rain.

Had a flat tire at night on the cross Bronx once. Thought I was going to die...

I have to say Richmond is pretty gentile in comparison. I am still shocked when people slow down on purpose to let you into a lane!!
 
mark79 said:
Yup me too. After Syracuse I lived in Brewster NY, Danbury CT and Pleasantville, NY for 30 years and am SO familiar with he sawmill. It is really bad at night in the rain.

Had a flat tire at night on the cross Bronx once. Thought I was going to die...

I have to say Richmond is pretty gentile in comparison. I am still shocked when people slow down on purpose to let you into a lane!!
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Aside perhaps from breaking down at night on the two lane Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys, I think your Cross Bronx experience has to rate as the worst possible driving scenario in the world of driving scenarios.
 
Toga said:
Aside perhaps from breaking down at night on the two lane Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys, I think your Cross Bronx experience has to rate as the worst possible driving scenario in the world of driving scenarios.
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You beat me to it. I was reading that post and thinking at least it wasn't on one of those really long bridges like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel. However, flat tire at night on the Cross Bronx=drive as long as possible to safety/deal with bent rim later.
 
tptgeek said:
You beat me to it. I was reading that post and thinking at least it wasn't on one of those really long bridges like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel. However, flat tire at night on the Cross Bronx=drive as long as possible to safety/deal with bent rim later.
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On the CBBT, there are pullover spots (where Smokey hides to ambush speeders), and it's well patrolled for breakdowns. Piece of cake compared to Sawmill.-VBOF
 
ok - grew up in Philly and used to drive on the sure-kill every day. Then I lived in NYC and 'enjoyed' the sawmill, hutch and taconic in all their glory. (actually the worst interchange IMO is from 95 S to the west side highway - there's this funky moment when the south traffic stays in the middle but the N traffic goes to the two outside lanes - and everyone is merging from everywhere in a piss-your-pants-free-for-all)..

But - now I live in Santa Monica, and none of those roads terrify me as much as Sunset Blvd between W. Hollywood and Pacific Palisades. It is narrow as hell, no shoulder at all, and people drive like maniacs. Plus - LA drivers are bred to be evil. It is weird. You get more courtesy from NYC cabbies then from a Brentwood soccer Mom in her SUV - which of course does not fit the lanes on Sunset
 
Love the Taconic & the Saw Mill. Those are roads for car lover's. Just perfect to drive spiritedly. Also beautiful scenery, but they aren't for the faint of heart, and it just crushes me when they are packed with cars.
 
eao1115 said:
Totally agree - just a beautiful drive. I'm secure enough with my masculinity to admit that there are few things in life I enjoy more than fall foliage. I could never live somewhere that doesn't have four seasons.
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I wish it was 90. 24/7/365


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Toga said:
Aside perhaps from breaking down at night on the two lane Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys, I think your Cross Bronx experience has to rate as the worst possible driving scenario in the world of driving scenarios.
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Blowout on M Street in Southeast DC on Easter. That has to rank high.
 
realorange said:
Said the golfer who must be playing well at the moment. :cool:
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That obvious?

I just hate fall/winter. No use for these months whatsoever. I am the happiest man on March 1st when I know this crap is behind us
 
Marsh01 said:
That obvious?

I just hate fall/winter. No use for these months whatsoever. I am the happiest man on March 1st when I know this crap is behind us
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Move to South Carolina and your only worry is putting on a windshirt in January. :)
 
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As someone that has driven each of these roads many times, the Taconic, Sawmill, road to Hana, Loveland Pass and the 7 mile stretch in the Keyes that starts at Matathon I should moderate this thread. The special problem with the Taconic are the narrow overpasses. I've seen a car hit the butress. Not pretty. But if you want true craziness I recommend these four: the road into Denali at Polychrome Pass, Chilcoot Pass in the winter between Skagway and Whitehorse, the road to the GranDuc Mine outside of Stewart Canada just beyond Hyder, Alaska (when the sign says stop to check your brakes before proceeding it is no joke), and the road to Halawa in Molokai.

Polychrome Pass. The drop off is several thousand feet. Mountain Goats wonder the road. Vehicles travel in both directions on this nightmare of a road.
 
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AlaskaSU said:
As someone that has driven each of these roads many times, the Taconic, Sawmill, road to Hana, Loveland Pass and the 7 mile stretch in the Keyes I should moderate this thread. The special problem with the Taconic are the narrow overpasses. I've seen a car hit the butress. Not pretty. But if want true craziness I recommend these four: the road into Denali at Polychrome Pass, Chilcoot Pass in the winter between Skagway and Whitehorse, the road to the Gran Duc Mine outside of Stewart Canada just beyond Hyder, Alaska (when the sign says stop to check your brakes before proceeding it is no joke), and the road to Halawa in Molokai.
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Polychrome Pass. The drop off is several thousad feet. Mountain Goats wonder on the road.

next post will be the Road to GranDuc, which tops them all by far.
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road to GranDuc which is the craziest of them all
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GranDuc look closely The gravel road is on the upper right cliff face.
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another view of Poychrome
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Now stop this silly talk about the Taconic. These roads lack pavement, guardrails and sanity. That white smudge on the road is a Mountain Goat.
 
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AlaskaSU - you need to travel by jetpack.

First time I did the Loveland Pass I couldn't believe it was real. Love that area, though.
 
What blows me away is the size of the Keystone and Copper Mountain ski areas where you take a bus to get from the parking lot to the lifts. There is real gold in the goldshlager cinnamon liqueur at the Copper Mtn base lodge. Breckenridge is also a thumbs up place if you can take the altitude and don't mind funky 4th of July parades. The locals ski from the top of Loveland Pass down through the woods. Skiing through the woods - no problem but jetpack - now that sounds scary.
 
Sawmill and Taconic - same vintage. Taconic, from N. Westchester to NYC, has been totally redone and is okay. Sawmill still largely unchanged. Taconic stretch in Putnam County must rank as one of the toughest (worst) roads in the USA. You can't even take it slow or the commuters will buzz you.

Taconic advantage - NYC to Albany for free.
 
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