There’s a school of thought not widely known concerning Highway 82. It has to do with driving and wildlife.
In the stretch of Highway 82 from El Jebel to Catherine Store, late at night, if your car’s brakes are gone it’s OK to drive as fast as you want. At high speeds — 60, 70, 80, 90 — it doesn’t make much difference. That’s because without brakes, at high speeds you’re probably going to plow into just about everything that crosses your path (deer, elk, mountain lions, coyotes, foxes) regardless of how fast you’re going because you can’t stop anyway. At 45 and slower without brakes, you might be able to swerve, miss the wildlife and not roll your car.
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