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I was at the Dragon last Saturday. I saw a few more memorials than the month before. And I came across a wreck where the rider had road rash and the pillion had a broken leg. Like Tom said, there’s better similar roads in the area. This past Saturday was the most crowded that I’ve seen it.
 
JDJ said:
I was at the Dragon last Saturday. I saw a few more memorials than the month before. And I came across a wreck where the rider had road rash and the pillion had a broken leg. Like Tom said, there’s better similar roads in the area. This past Saturday was the most crowded that I’ve seen it.
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There are better road I personally like the moonshiner and a plus was the bbq down in Georgia. The Smokey mountains also but don’t get caught speeding in there they hit my friend with a class b felony cost him a pretty penny to get out of that one
 
A B felony for speeding? FFS how fast was he going?

ETA: I think it was maybe a D felony. The super short version is that generally categories or degrees of crimes are divided by the proposed (typically max) sentence. A B felony in Georgia is 10 years. I doubt anyone gets the full 10 years without aggravating factors.

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Brooklyn v4 said:
There are better road I personally like the moonshiner and a plus was the bbq down in Georgia. The Smokey mountains also but don’t get caught speeding in there they hit my friend with a class b felony cost him a pretty penny to get out of that one
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In which state was your buddy caught? Or was it a federal charge?
 
A federal charge for speeding? I'm aware of no federal law (Title 18) which would codify speeding as an offense. Maybe there's something for Indian reservations, I'm not sure.
 
bp_SFV4 said:
A federal charge for speeding? I'm aware of no federal law (Title 18) which would codify speeding as an offense. Maybe there's something for Indian reservations, I'm not sure.
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Well, actually, the Assimilative Crimes Act adopts the state violation in which the federal property lies and makes it a federal crime by reference. For example, if committing an impaired driving offense on the Blue Ridge Parkway upon that portion of the Parkway which lies within the territorial boundary of North Carolina, you will be charged in federal court under the NC impaired driving statute. See 18 USC Sec. 13. I see federal cops enforcing speed limits on federal property all of the time. My buddy got pulled on his Aprilia two weekends ago.

And I believe that the Eastern Band of Cherokees have adopted most of Chapter 20 of the NC General Statutes which deals with traffic violations.

Anywho, there’s no such thing as a class B felony in NC (but there’s a B1 and a B2 classification) and so I was curious as to where his friend got in trouble.
 
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JDJ said:
Well, actually, the Assimilative Crimes Act adopts the state violation in which the federal property lies and makes it a federal crime by reference.
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That's a little into the weeds. I mean, the difference is in what institution (state or fed) you'd be doing your time, but the feds aren't going to send a rider to Marion on a speeding ticket.

I thought it was a Georgia thing. I don't know how NC classifies offenses.
 
bp_SFV4 said:
That's a little into the weeds. I mean, the difference is in what institution (state or fed) you'd be doing your time, but the feds aren't going to send a rider to Marion on a speeding ticket.

I thought it was a Georgia thing. I don't know how NC classifies offenses.
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^^^ Sorry to get into the weeds. :)

I agree that almost no one is going to serve a jail sentence for a simple speeding violation.
 
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@JDJ No worries, you are right though. I had a class recently where the instructor spoke about law and the reservations. Its layered complexity for sure.

On this dude...

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2017/05/12/army-releases-verdicts-of-march-courts-martial/
On March 16, at a general court-martial convened at Vicenza, Italy, Sgt. 1st Class Eugene McMahel was convicted by a military judge, pursuant to his pleas, of two specifications of attempted sodomy for the purpose of receiving a thing of value, one specification of disobeying a commissioned officer, one specification of recklessly operating a vehicle, three specifications of sodomy for the purpose of receiving a thing of value, two specifications of assault consummated by battery, two specifications of assault consummated by battery upon a child, one specification of aggravated assault upon a child, three specifications of adultery, and one specification of obstructing justice. McMahel was sentenced to be reduced to the grade of E-1, to forfeit all pay and allowances, to be confined for 720 days, and to be discharged from the service with a bad conduct discharge.
 
Paul G said:
Im amazed the squids havent totally ...... a cool road, surely its crawling with cops now?
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It is. The speed limit used to be 45 in the late 70's.

Way back when at deals gap, grandma would steam you a ham on rye with swiss and grandpa would sell you a fishing license. Like Bryson City, crushed cars where erosion control along the river heading up to Robbinsville/Santeetla.
 

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