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It’s hard to imagine anything more depressing than
being a speed tax collector. Unless it’s suffering from their irrational
fear of speed. It’s so sad encountering these pitiful victims of tachophobia
when they go off their meds and on a manic ticketing binge. In this confused
state, they’ve even been known to wander off the Trans-Canada and wreak
havoc on this quiet backroad DH, nestled in the Happy Valley east of
Kamloops. Inconsistently engineered, but consistently curvy, this
alternative to Hwy 1 undulates against a varying backdrop of suburb, canyon,
farmland and forest. When you consider the 60-kmh (40-mph) limit at the
western start, the 50-kmh (30-mph) zone in Barnhartvale and the blistering
80 kmh (50 mph) permitted the rest of the way, it would seem the Minister of
Highways suffers from a touch of tachophobia as well. We wish these
guys would get back on their Prozac.
"I used to love this road, but in the last few years it has been neglected and
the pavement has deteriorated significantly, so that it has become a bumpy, pothole-filled stretch of pavement through quaint country with once great
curves. The traffic is moderate, but local, so they know the road and cut corners with alarming frequency. If the government would repave this road it
would be pleasant. Watch out for farm animals as well."
-Jason Elliott roall@yahoo.com