Tail of the Dragon | Someone spreading Oil

[Rambler]

This popped up in a local Georgia Rally group I am a part of. Can't believe, if this is true, that anyone can be so twisted.

 

[Dogdaze]

Nice!! Some douche probably got beaten off the line by a biker so feels compelled to exact revenge on all two wheelers. Or simply a moron.

 

[Checkswrecks]

That's just sick.

 

[shrekonwheels]

How do we know this was intentional?

I found an oil slick on a onramp once, it was interesting to say the least. This is another reminder of why you should keep it dialed in when on public roads, the unkowns.

 

[OldRider]

I don't think anyone could pour oil out their window for two miles.

I came through the Dragon yesterday and I didn't see any oil, but there were a lot of road construction signs up along the road that said "road construction April 17-21".

 

[Dogdaze]

If construction, then I would think more likely that it's a case of over filling diesel on construction vehicles, very common on trucks in EU, until they made it a road offence.

 

[Checkswrecks]

How do we know this was intentional?

Absolutely true.


At the same time near here, we did have a repeated case of oil intentionally being poured on a highway offramp to sabotage where the State troopers had to loop around to get to the barracks. It's a really tight 55 mph to 25 mph ramp with a guard rail and resulted in a number of accidents. Turns out the guy'd had a series of tickets and drunk driving bust so felt he was getting back at the State police.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/14/AR2009031401751.html

 

[Don in Lodi]

I'm thinking more a hydraulic line failure. Still disturbing.

 

[Sierra1]

I'm thinking more a hydraulic line failure. Still disturbing.

::026:: Even a small hydraulic leak will cause big problems. Seen it happen. Trash/dumpster trucks are the most frequent offenders, and often they don't realize they have the leak.

 

[RCinNC]

Two miles? That's a leaking tanker truck, or something similar. How many gallons of oil would someone have to be carrying in their vehicle to be maliciously pouring out a two mile trail of oil?