The Cotton Ball claims another

[Particle Man]

that's too bad



... and people would still ride it even with a name like the "Cotton Ball"

[tommymac]

have there been a lot of fatalities the last few years? All it means is the cops will crack down more and will be more outcry to do something about the road. Even though it brings in a lot of tourist dollars to an otherwise rural type area.

Tom

[Trip]

Originally Posted by tommymac

have there been a lot of fatalities the last few years? All it means is the cops will crack down more and will be more outcry to do something about the road. Even though it brings in a lot of tourist dollars to an otherwise rural type area.

Tom

Actually most of the fatalities up there have happened during crackdown times when there was a ton of them up there. Only usually about 2-3 a year. Which is considerably less than a much smaller section of US129 that runs by the airport in Knoxville that sees a lot more deaths per year and is much more dangerous due to traffic, but they don't want to look at that.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Trip

Actually most of the fatalities up there have happened during crackdown times when there was a ton of them up there. Only usually about 2-3 a year. Which is considerably less than a much smaller section of US129 that runs by the airport in Knoxville that sees a lot more deaths per year and is much more dangerous due to traffic, but they don't want to look at that.

Interesting.

[CrazyKell]

Originally Posted by Trip

Actually most of the fatalities up there have happened during crackdown times when there was a ton of them up there. Only usually about 2-3 a year. Which is considerably less than a much smaller section of US129 that runs by the airport in Knoxville that sees a lot more deaths per year and is much more dangerous due to traffic, but they don't want to look at that.

Originally Posted by marko138

Interesting.

Yes. Very interesting.

[Trip]

It's all about politics. People get pissed off when they are out leaf looking at 5mph and getting buzzed by those damn crotch rockets going 50+, while they don't care so much that Bob got run off the road into a ditch or Mary got ran over by some stupid soccer mom on the cell phone yelling at her three completely undiscplined spoiled brats in the back seat of her suburban.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Trip

Actually most of the fatalities up there have happened during crackdown times when there was a ton of them up there. Only usually about 2-3 a year. Which is considerably less than a much smaller section of US129 that runs by the airport in Knoxville that sees a lot more deaths per year and is much more dangerous due to traffic, but they don't want to look at that.

Is there any truth to the crackdown being that tenn doesnt see much in revenue from the gap since the bulk of the resorts and tourist dollars are spent in NC?

A few people told us that when I was down there in 04.

Tom

[Trip]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Is there any truth to the crackdown being that tenn doesnt see much in revenue from the gap since the bulk of the resorts and tourist dollars are spent in NC?

A few people told us that when I was down there in 04.

Tom

probably. Not many people stay on the Tenn side, but the fun road is on the TN side.

They finally got a store on that side now though.

I think the cop presence is cause of the locals complaining. People use that road every day just to get to work and such and I could see all us playing on it and driving unresponsibly could get old.

[derf]

The cotton ball would make a great name for a race track

[dReWpY]

i was there after that accident, no one was on the road, it felt weird for some reason kinda explains though