How many of these places have you driven?: http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-27068123;_ylc=X3oDMTF0c2g0bnM3BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEX3MDMjcxOTQ4MQRzZWMDZnAtdG9kYXltb2MEc2xrA3NjYXJ5ZHJpdmVzLTQtMTUtMDk-
Beartooth
Aspen to Leadville
On a Harley several times, I wouldn’t call it scary. Just a ride.
Besides the obvious “Going to the Sun” road in Glacier N.P., how about I-696 in Detroit or
M-46 in Tuscola County.
Highway 50, from Utah state line to Nevada state line… on a bicycle.
John
i’ve done 2 of them. Hyway 1/Big Sur and Dalton. I will throw in another one; Hyway 129 in WA going south out of Anatone, before they put the gaurd rails in, scary.
I’m with ya on the I-696 in Detroit!!! My wife and I drive across Canada and come back into the US over the Ambassador Bridge (NO DAMNED WAY YOU"D GET ME IN THE TUNNEL) to visit my daughter. What a ZOO the highways are around Detroit!!!
Fatman
For my money, nothing tops The Precipice dropping down into Bella Coola from the coast range crest. It’s a full-cut bench (or was 30 years ago) sloped to the outside barely a lane wide with no guard rails–and no pavement. All you see is the drop to the outside, which seemed pretty close to 1,000 feet to the river. We did it with a fully loaded pickup–a freezer full of meat, tools, household goods, etc. That’s the only time I’ve actually had to stand on the brakes to get a car/truck to slow down, and when we did get down there was a big sign telling travelers to beware of the grizzlies.
Every other road or non-road I’ve driven since pales by comparison.
I’m one of those that revels in twisty roads.
Speaking of Harleys. Got behind a couple on 2 Harleys. The lady was obviously a new rider or scared to death. Was going up “Million Dollar Highway” out of Ouray, Co. in a rental Jeep and these folks were going literally 20 mph and we had cars stacked up behind them like crazy. We came to a road construction area and I got out and asked if I could go ahead of them. You’da thought I asked if I could violate her by their rude response. I went by them anyway the first time I got the chance.
Hate to say this but sometimes Harley riders can be the rudest!! Most are just fine but some seem to love confrontation.
Does every time my girlfriend drives in traffic count for this?
Or chicago. I had to muscle my way around on I-90 in chicago at 3am. There was still more traffic than the town of Bozeman has ever seen at 3am!!!
Route 1 or Route 18 or Route 287, or… in New Jersey at any time.
One more, CA Hyway 18 west out of San Jose at 4:00pm Friday. There is not one square inch of the jersey barrier that doesn’t have car paint on it.
Photographic proof at Bixby Bridge on beautiful US 1 at Big Sur. You’ll have to accept my word about Aspen to Leadvill and that narrow slippery pass.
Mark
I’ve driven the Tail of the Dragon at night once while it was raining, many years ago. I will alway remember that drive!
I think the Apache Trail east of Phoenix deserves honorable mention…
Lookout Pass between Missoula and Coeur d’Alene was really hairy driving during the winter back when it was two-lane. Put a little ice on that puppy, and it would take a crowbar to break suction. I always hated that section…
I-80 between Rawlins and Laramie and between Laramie and Cheyenne during the winter, 40 plus mph crosswinds, zero visibility, snow, ice, black ice, etc., etc., is the norm even on a good day! And there is always someone who insists on going faster than everyone else.:roll: If you have ever driven this in the winter, you know what I mean.
Marco, LOVE the hat!!!
The older I get the more chicken I get. I used to consider winter driving, most of it in Michigan and then 17 years high in the mountains of Montana, a semi-controlled skid. And I was kewl with that. No more. It takes far less to slap my hip pockets together anymore. Even hydro-planeing in a driving rain in Seattle ‘Friday afternoon Flee’ traffic will do it. Every time. 
I can tell you what slaps my hip pockets together and that would be any central valley California highway in the fog!
Any road through East St. Louis.