We're on a bit of a spike from December until now, with the fatal accidents.
State Route 160 is not a new problem with the Highway Patrol. It's been our deadliest beat for the last three or four years, at least. This is an attempt on cutting down on the accident-causing violations.
They've done a good job of getting 'Nevada' out there prominently. We don't always pick up the other states' plates. It's hard to make out some of those.
I just don't know what it's going to take to get people to slow down. It's gut-wrenching to come out to these things.
That's the area they're assigned to. They won't be called away.
One of the frustrating things is everybody that lives out here knows what's good and what's bad.
It's an action plan we've been working on. Basically, we're trying to be a highly-visible force out there.
We had a similar motorcycle fatality in that exact same spot on December 4. The tire tracks for the two were only about a foot apart. It is a negotiable, well-marked curve, however.
For some reason he had drifted across the southbound lane and into the dirt shoulder on the other side of the road before he overcorrected and came all the way back onto the shoulder on the opposite side of the road where he overturned.
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