Modern Vespa

In South Dakota, signs installed at the sites of fatal vehicle accidents are placed by the county unless there are objections by the relatives of the deceased.

This morning, while on my way to Deadwood for my coffee and muffin session, I passed through a ten mile winding road section that connects the town of Sturgis and Deadwood.

The first three mile section of this road on the Sturgis end is a winding, curvy, two-lane. On my way through this three-mile stretch, I counted thirteen of these crash fatality signs.

After the first three miles, heading westward towards Deadwood for the next seven miles, the roadway becomes a winding four-lane highway with a speed limit of 55 mph. I counted three more of the fatality signs before arriving in Deadwood.

So, in that ten mile stretch of road, there were nineteen fatality signs along it's length. I would bet money that at least half of them involved a motorcycle, considering the proximity to the Sturgis Motorcycle rally every August that often combines alcohol, motorcycles, and inexperienced riders not accustomed to riding on mountainous, curving roadways.

It's not really NSR, it's SSR.

Here in Aus I often see bunches of flowers (probably plastic) tied to guide posts on country roads where there have been accidents.

I take it as a good reminder.

Where it comes to NSR and/or SSR, if there's
any question at all, I usually default to the NSR end of things just to play it safe.

My directly scooter-related posts will be becoming less frequent as I have to resort to memories rather than present scooter experiences.