Joined: 24 Sep 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 27,828 Location: Twin Peaks
06 Nov 2019, 12:22 pm
That street view is at sea level though. Runs on like that for mile or so. Not really any barrier between the road and the tracks. And then after the tracks is the ocean.
Joined: 4 Feb 2014 Gender: Male Posts: 87,510 Location: Queens, NYC
06 Nov 2019, 12:27 pm
There doesn't seem to be any deterrent sort of fence or whatever that would prevent you from going down into the tracks.
I thought there was a big drop from near the point where you took the picture-----then a big rise into the railroad tracks. What one may call a "cliff." It's hard to tell in photographs sometimes.
Joined: 24 Sep 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 27,828 Location: Twin Peaks
06 Nov 2019, 12:57 pm
That guard rail only runs a tiny way further to the right of that picture. It's there because there's a curve in the road where if someone was going too fast they could drive off the cliff. It's a beautiful drive where you come around the bend and get that view of the sea. Have been driven down it many times.
Joined: 24 Sep 2013 Gender: Male Posts: 27,828 Location: Twin Peaks
06 Nov 2019, 1:14 pm
Dead Man's Curve. I've heard that term before and when I looked it up I found this song.
Where I live there's a several places to fall off a cliff or tumble down a steep hillside. I'm not sure if that part is actually a cliff or a hillside. Most of the cost roads are on a plateau. On the other side of the tracks is a sidewalk that's accessed from a railroad crossing. Next time I'm out there if I remember to I'll look to see what kind of terrain it is.