How to ruin perfectly good curvy roads

[Gone in 60]

Santiago Canyon is 13 miles of very nice twisty two lane, and it was my daily commute for four years. There is one section of dotted yellow line for passing on the entire stretch of two lane. Naturally, people can get impatient when the one passing opportunity comes up. When I got stuck behind a slow dump truck on the way to work, I'd get frustrated if there was too much oncoming traffic to pass safely, and I'd be stuck behind that truck for the rest of my commute. And, I'd wince when I saw someone take a shot with barely enough room to do it.

There are annual fatalities on this road, but last year, a news report headline read "Worst motorcycle accident in Orange County History". One glance at the picture confirmed that it happened at this spot. A Harley with two people pulled out to pass a slow truck, and hit another Harley with two people head-on.

I didn't mind going back to a regular freeway commute when I lost that job.