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On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:08:52 -0700, josephkk
<joseph_barrett@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:01:23 -0700 (PDT), Bill Beaty <billb@eskimo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Jun 22, 10:47�am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-
>>My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>>> >> Is this a unique event? Have there been other accidents at that spot?!!
>>>
>>> >>http://goo.gl/maps/1IZ6
>>>
>>> I don't know if they did an autopsy, but I'd bet it would show a
>>> "health event"... diabetes can make you prone to heart attacks.
>>
>>
>>Look closely at google maps above.  It appears that if you're not
>>expecting the sudden 160deg turn, you'll do exactly what the Mercury
>>News described: sail across the winery driveway and hit a tree.  (I'm
>>assuming I have the correct spot here, and he was coming from the
>>south.)   At that location, I wonder what the warning signs and
>>guardrails look like.  Or if there are any.
>>
>>We don't have google earth here at work, so I can't check whether the
>>highway was downhill at that point.
>>
>>How would one access the accident records for a location?   Find out
>>whether it's a "death curve" or not?
>>
>
>Since this occurred in calif. you could start with "TASAS" in a search
>engine.  But this is not on a State highway, you would use this to
>find/get to the local accident databases.

This IS NOT a high speed road (I've been up there eons ago).  Pease
was an experienced driver.  And has lived that area for how long?  I
just doubt that the situation caught him by surprise... but a heart
blockage can... BTDT (July, 1998).
		
                                        ...Jim Thompson
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