Stay off shoulder of Alaska Highway
Again we encountered a motorhome close to tipping over on the shoulder of the Alaska Highway, yesterday. Fortunately, they were able to be pulled out upright by another motorist. I chatted with th...
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sue.t wrote:
Please don't pull over onto the shoulder of the highways up here. Stay on the paved portion of the highway - do NOT let your wheels roll onto the dirt. Along the Haines Hwy things might look solid but if you walk the ditches you'll see areas where the ground squirrels tunnel under the pavement, making the shoulder unstable too!
That's good advice pretty much everywhere. A car might be able to get away with it, but a heavy motorhome not so much. Thankfully I've never had a situation where I had to pull over where there wasn't enough shoulder (knocking on wood). And while I'm at it, pulling over for any reason other than an emergency is a no-no. We had a guy killed over the July 4 weekend that had pulled over to adjust the bikes on the back of his 'Yota. Got hit by a Buick. Killed instantly. And the bassist for Adrenaline Mob was killed yesterday when they pulled their bus over because of a flat. Hit by a tractor trailer.
