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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:17 pm 
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BULLETIN: North Carolina has done what Tennessee won't do ...... ban trucks heading to the DRAGON. It is now illegal for trucks longer than 30 feet to operate on US 129 anywhere from US 19/74 all the way to the NC/TN State Line. They are also banned on NC 28 from NC 143 all the way to US 129. Also on the ban list is the entire Cherohala Skyway in North Carolina.

New signage will be erected to advise of the Restrictive Routes.

Want to hear what Tennessee says about banning trucks?

The commissioner (John C. Schroer) added that TDOT provides enhanced safety advisories in regards to potentially dangerous roadways and that it is the responsibility of motorists to exercise a greater amount of caution when traveling winding mountain roads.

So in Tennessee the signs warning trucks are actually aimed at other motorists telling them to DODGE THE TRUCKS THAT WILL BE IN YOUR LANE !!! Leave it to Tennessee to even make such ridiculous statements. The commissioner ought to be FIRED !!!

How about just banning the TRUCKS like North Carolina !!!! Now it is technically illegal for trucks to cross the Dragon and enter North Carolina. But they can legally turn around at the state line and return northward back across the Dragon as long as they stay in Tennessee. Great thinking Tennessee.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:28 pm 
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Good news......now if the law will just be followed. And, don't count on it sticking; all it will take is a couple trucking companies with a good lawyer to present a hardship and rights case to get the law overturned. I'd suspect that process has already begun.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:33 pm 
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Maybe a few families of motorcyclists who were killed by trucks in their lanes will show up in court, along with some news reporters.

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