pay attention on 2 lane mountain passes

"dumpsterfire!" (2020covidsux) 08/22/2020 at 22:53 • Filed to: california drivers

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since the main   East West interstate across Colorado is closed right in the middle due to wildfire, one of the google maps approved detour for cars is Independence Pass. Its a beautiful 2 lane paved road (1 1/2 lanes in spots). But maybe California drivers should avoid it...

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these poor women went off the road during the night thursday, tumbled 500 feet , and were found and evacuated by helicopter mid-day friday and sent to a Denver trauma center

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > dumpsterfire! 08/22/2020 at 23:08

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That is a seriously gnarly crash. I’m shocked they survived. A true testament to how safe modern cars are. What even is it? I can’t tell.

I want to say Versa.

facw > dumpsterfire! 08/22/2020 at 23:11

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I would not have guessed this was a Soul:

Though also not sure what’s going on with the red, too much dithering to make sense of it.

dumpsterfire! > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/22/2020 at 23:12

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Kia Soul according to the report.

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/22/2020 at 23:14

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It’s written on the article : 2016 Kia Soul .

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 08/22/2020 at 23:18

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I must have missed that. You’d be hard pressed to identify it after what it went through though.

Jb boin > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/22/2020 at 23:22

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And it’s strange/scary how much the paint has “ disappeared” .

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jb boin 08/22/2020 at 23:24

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That also puzzled me. Why was the hood, crash rails, and inside of the engine bay poorly spray painted red while the rest of the car was an uneven silver?

smobgirl > dumpsterfire! 08/22/2020 at 23:34

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And Independence is one of the ones that scares me the least. Monarch feels much worse!

MUSASHI66 > dumpsterfire! 08/22/2020 at 23:41

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How is this possible? Didn’t they close Independence Pass the day after they closed I-70? Aspen complained about too much traffic.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > dumpsterfire! 08/22/2020 at 23:44

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We got that here with the fires a couple of years ago... 101 closed and all the truck-and-tourist traffic ended up on 166 and the twisty back road to I5 via Taft. Much carnage. Basically a fatality a day. Ugly.

atfsgeoff > dumpsterfire! 08/22/2020 at 23:47

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Truly Soul-crushing

dumpsterfire! > MUSASHI66 08/22/2020 at 23:54

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They did close it after giving 6 $1000 tickets to semis who didnt think the 35' length limit applied to them. Then neighboring counties bitched, and it opened somewhat. Passenger cars only and metering traffic, adds about 2 hours to normal drive time over the pass.  

dumpsterfire! > smobgirl 08/22/2020 at 23:56

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At least Monarch is full lanes, those sections on Indy without 2 full lanes or p ainted centerline are sketch.

MUSASHI66 > dumpsterfire! 08/23/2020 at 00:05

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Ouch... these fires suck! On our way home today, we drove past Lewstone Creek fire as it was starting - we could see some smoke and bunch of first responders were driving past us. Already mandatory evacuations there... 30 acres in no time and this was hours ago. 

3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata > smobgirl 08/23/2020 at 02:55

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No guardrails? No problem! 

smobgirl > 3 Jeeps and a Mazda wants a Fiata 08/23/2020 at 15:54

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Yeah. My mom refuses to be a passenger on that one again