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Larry Whitney, Captain of the La Honda Fire Brigade...he posts this and
possibly it's duplicated to you. At any rate, here it is.

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Whitney [mailto:Lwhitney@flash.net] 
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 5:01 PM
To: Redwood Tea Room; Southcoast@yahoogroups; LaHonda@yahoogroups.com
Subject: La Honda Fire- Mile Post 9.85- High Way 84 Warning

Over the last few days the La Honda Fire Dept. has been dispatched to an
unprecedented number of Motorcycle Accidents all occurring at the exact same
location. Since Thursday of last week we have been dispatched three times to
Mile Post 9.85 for "Motorcycle Over The Side" calls. This location is
immediately east of the recently completed road work where the hill gave way
during the 1998 El Nino Storm. On Monday of this week between 12 noon and 2
pm there was a total of five riders, all from outside this area, and four
motorcycles that ran off the road at this location. All of the riders were
able to jump from their bikes before the cycles crashed over the side. Three
of the bikes landed one on top of another (see the attached picture if it
comes with this transmission) forcing the injured riders who had already
crashed to run to escape being hit. Fortunately most of the injuries
received were minor, however the Motorcycles themselves were severally
damaged if not totaled. There is evidence that there have been other
accidents recently at this location that we have not been called to
including a Toyota Bumper that was found between our Thursday and Saturday
calls.
This section of the Highway 84 has always been posed a danger to Motorcycle
Riders. Prior to the El Nino Storm we had been dispatched to this location
many times however never for this many accidents in such a short period of
time.
When approaching this area please do so with caution. If you know someone
who rides a Motorcycle in this area please advise of the danger. The Highway
Patrol is in communications with Caltrans to determine if additional signage
might be required.

Larry Whitney
Chief
La Honda Vol.Fire Dept.
650-747-9447 x 103