StarEyes
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Colorado roads are slightly different from Virginia roads, for starters, granite anywhere from sand to boulders is rolling off onto the pavement constantly. Since curves are generally where the rock was blasted out to make the road in the first place, that's where it collects...........and it's just like ball bearings. Like you, I once thought nothing of driving as fast as I possibly could, but I was on Colorado roads. I vaguely remember the back of the car taking the lead wirthout my permission, and I must have been on two wheels for an instant or so, then the side windows all broke out from the force of hitting the ground and it was suddenly upside down. The car was sort of mometarily suspended until it gently rolled back down to rest almost upright again, in the barrow pit I had completely missed going over. I can guarantee you no one drove 90 mph through that stretch of Highway 24 at ANY time of day, unless they were as stupid as that.
Thank you for the clarification and information. When I went up on 2 wheels, I hit a sharp turn from pavement to pure gravel. I was going at least 70. Needless to say, I never did that again. It completely flipped this SUPER heavy toolbox full of heavy tools in the trunk of the car. I was lucky it didn’t roll. Things we do when we’re young. Lol I’d be more apt to agree about the granite on the roads. Very dangerous.