Originally Posted by
Cactus Stitchin
Wow! La Pine is hitting the big time and you are right - that is a very dangerous stretch of highway. I worked at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend for several years and remember all of the bad accidents coming in from that area! Glad to see they are finally slowing traffic down.
It' still very bad on 97 between La Pine and Bend. Just yesterday some guy cut us off because he couldn't wait till we passed. There wasn't anyone behind us, he just didn't care. There weather is starting to change here, snow tires are allowed starting Sunday. They give people a false sense of security and drive like its still summer on icy and snowy roads.
We learned rather quickly to slow down in such weather. Our first winter here a guy passed us and a semi, where the highway merged into one lane. The semi was starting to jackknife but straightened out, we ended up in the snow bank. As for the driver of the truck who was in such a hurry......he had the nerve to ask us to help him get out. We ended up with a $500.00 repair bill on tour truck.