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Originally Posted by R1CED`
not exactly a fun or safe place to swap tires in pitch black (good thing I had LED flares in my wheel well)
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Your post had me thinking about the road after dark, and you're right, it's dark from Squamish to Whistler. I know the road so well, I could draw you a map based on memory, but I tend to go a lot slower on that stretch after dark. Imagine the tourists and out of town folk who aren't familiar with the road.
It's a funny place to drive though. Kind of like Mulholland Drive in LA, where you have a huge difference between the local residents who have been driving those roads for years, and the tourists who just want to see the views. I was doing 35mph on Mulholland a few weeks ago, and was being tailgated by a Bentley GT. The speed limit is 25mph, btw. Same goes for the S2S. What's worse is when you're driving behind someone in the single lane and the minute it splits into two lanes, they hit the throttle. Fuking Albertans..... But I digress.
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Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD
AFAIK, Lions Bay was pretty opposed to the highway expansion... their section of the S2S actually got some special asphalt that reduces noise
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Lion's Bay is also one of the wealthiest postal codes in the country. Lots of powerful people call Lion's Bay home, and if that speed limit isn't an indication of the 1% taking advantage of their place in life, then I don't know what is.
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Originally Posted by Dragon-88
I haven't ridden the S2S in a long time, its slow, congested, and tonnes of speedtraps.
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This is where I disagree with you. Peak hours, sure. The S2S is a shitshow.
But I've had so many nice 8pm drives to the condo, where I set my adaptive cruise to 100kmh, and simply focus on the curves. It's a beautiful highway, ruined by driver's lack of skill, confidence, or an abundance of ego.