On the Record
“Angeles Crest Highway is a demanding riding environment. It requires 100% of the driver’s attention. For those drivers who are concentrating on the scenery, they’re an accident waiting to happen.”
Capt. Bill Whiteside of the California Highway Patrol on the winding road in the Angeles National Forest, the site of 18 fatal crashes in the past two years. B6
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