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#1 Darth Lefty

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Posted 16 March 2009 - 09:49 PM

QUOTE (Folsom Guy @ Mar 16 2009, 09:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Me thinks the new traffic signs are a traffic hazard and could cause a death or two...

Not really on-topic but... every time I drive or especially ride past that Granite Bay rock in the middle of Folsom Road, I wonder who will be the first person to perish horribly by hitting it at 70 per. It seems to hang out over the median, and the edge is the sort of thing you target-fixate on when on a bike...
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 08:45 AM

QUOTE (Darth Lefty @ Mar 16 2009, 10:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Not really on-topic but... every time I drive or especially ride past that Granite Bay rock in the middle of Folsom Road, I wonder who will be the first person to perish horribly by hitting it at 70 per. It seems to hang out over the median, and the edge is the sort of thing you target-fixate on when on a bike...



Darth, I think the same thing every time I go past it. Someone may do it on purpose too, if things continue to get worse off. Insurance Policy...
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 08:52 AM

Drunk drivers often fixate on things like this. It's a well known fact that they have been known to drive straight in to police cars with their lights on, becuase they were a bit mesmerized by the lights.

I've only driven by the rock a few times but I do recall it seems close to the road.

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:09 AM

I've seen it a few times and it certainly is a welcoming wall for a head-on collision. Only a matter of time until some drunk lady veers away from teenagers on the side of the road and plows into it.
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:25 AM

I'm all for drunk drivers hitting the big rock.... that's what you get!! At least you did not hit ME!
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:36 AM

I think I know where this is, but could someone describe it so I'm sure I know what you are talking about?

Thanks!
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:42 AM

QUOTE (Bill Z @ Mar 17 2009, 10:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think I know where this is, but could someone describe it so I'm sure I know what you are talking about?

Thanks!


it's a giant boulder about the size of a car sitting in the median of Folsom-Auburn blvd just pass Dam Road - you can't miss it, it has the words Granite Bay carved in it.

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:01 AM

QUOTE (john @ Mar 17 2009, 09:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Drunk drivers often fixate on things like this. It's a well known fact that they have been known to drive straight in to police cars with their lights on, becuase they were a bit mesmerized by the lights.


They call that the "moth effect."

I'm with Andrea V. If that rock stops a drunk driver from crossing over into oncoming traffic, it might be a good thing.

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:04 AM

QUOTE (davburr @ Mar 17 2009, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
it's a giant boulder about the size of a car sitting in the median of Folsom-Auburn blvd just pass Dam Road - you can't miss it, it has the words Granite Bay carved in it.

How long has it been there? I'm not sure I remember seeing it. I can't find it on Google maps and I've been scrolling the satellite & street images and can't find it. I realize these are older so I'm not sure if it is in them yet.
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:12 AM

QUOTE (Bill Z @ Mar 17 2009, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
How long has it been there? I'm not sure I remember seeing it. I can't find it on Google maps and I've been scrolling the satellite & street images and can't find it. I realize these are older so I'm not sure if it is in them yet.

It's relatively new
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 10:20 AM

I now deem that area with the rock and new bridge... Darwins Alley.

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:20 AM

QUOTE (davburr @ Mar 17 2009, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
it's a giant boulder about the size of a car sitting in the median of Folsom-Auburn blvd just pass Dam Road - you can't miss it, it has the words Granite Bay carved in it.

you can't miss it rolleyes.gif
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Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:22 AM

QUOTE (Darth Lefty @ Mar 17 2009, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
you can't miss it rolleyes.gif


even Stevie Wonder can see that rock laugh.gif

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:56 AM

The rock is just a rock.

The new curbs they put in are guided.

You gotta be an idiot --or blind--to run into it.

Funny thing though--the welcome to Granite Bay sign used to be much further down--by the San Juan Water ---intersection.


Did Folsom cede land to Granite Bay?

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Posted 17 March 2009 - 11:57 AM

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Did Folsom cede land to Granite Bay?

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