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“A number of these accidents involve other vehicles,” Sherertz said.
The sheriff has suggested several measures that could deter speeding on the mountainous stretch of highway. Some of them have been implemented and others have not.
At Sherertz’s request, the Virginia Department of Transportation reduced the speed limit near the hairpin turn known as “Turnbridge” from 55 to 45 miles per hour. The sheriff wanted VDOT to drop the speed limit to 35 miles per hour to match that of Skyline Drive, but they compromised on 45 miles per hour.
The department also painted white warning strips across the road and installed reflective arrows on the guardrail to indicate the sharpness of the curve.
Sherertz also suggested some more explicit reminders of the dangers of that turn. He suggested displaying one of the mangled motorcycles from a past wreck at the side of the road to show the potential damage of speeding there. He also suggested posting signs at the location of each fatal accident along that part of highway. Those ideas were not adopted by VDOT.
The sheriff also considered having a member of the sheriff's office escort motorcycle groups over the mountain to make sure the bikers keep their speeds down.
“I don't think anything short of escorting them up the mountain is going to slow them down,” he said.
Sherertz has also heard of some Web sites where motorcyclists will post the top speeds
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