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Creates new potential penalties for individuals protesting convenings of the legislature or other meetings of government officials. The law expands "disorderly conduct" to include a person who recklessly causes public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm by making "unreasonable noises" at an official meeting or in a private place that can be heard at an official meeting. "#DisorderlyConduct" also includes obstructing #PedestrianTraffic at an official meeting or refusing to leave an official meeting when asked by law enforcement. The law also increases the penalty for disorderly conduct, such that it is punishable by a $750 fine on the first offense (an infraction), up to 3 months in jail if a person was warned to cease prohibited conduct (Class C misdemeanor), up to 6 months for a second offense (Class B misdemeanor), and up to 1 year for a third offense (Class A misdemeanor). Accordingly, the law could, for example, be used to penalize silent protesters who refuse to leave a legislative committee meeting. An earlier version of the bill explicitly made it unlawful to commit even a "single, loud outburst, absent other disruptive conduct, that does not exceed five seconds in length."

Full text of bill:
https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0173.html

Status: enacted

Introduced 24 Feb 2020; Approved by Senate 5 March 2020; Approved by House 12 March 2020; Signed by Governor 30 March 2020

HB 370: New Penalties for Protests Near #Pipelines, #Roadways, and other #Infrastructure

**Note: This bill was amended prior to its passage, and provisions that would have covered peaceful protest activity were significantly narrowed.** As introduced, the bill would have created new potential criminal liability for protesters in many locations by criminalizing acts that "inhibit" or "impede" critical infrastructure facilities. The bill's original text had a sweeping definition of "critical infrastructure facility" that included highways, bridges, transportation systems, food distribution systems, law enforcement response systems, financial systems, and energy infrastructure including pipelines--whether under construction or operational. The bill created a new felony offense for "inhibiting," or "impeding" the facility, its equipment, or operation, such that protesters who intentionally inhibited or impeded the operation of a roadway or construction of a pipeline could have faced life in prison. Amendments to the bill substantially narrowed the offense, however. The enacted law criminalizes "substantially... inhibiting or impeding" the operation of critical infrastructure only if doing so "causes widespread injury or damage to persons or property." Amendments also narrowed the definition of "critical infrastructure facility," including by removing highways, bridges, transportation systems, food distribution systems, law enforcement response systems, and financial systems from the definition.

Full text here:
https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0370.html

Status: enacted with improvements

Introduced 3 Feb 2023; Approved by House 14 February 2023; Approved by Senate 28 February 2023; Signed by Governor Cox 14 March 2023

Issue(s): Infrastructure, #TrafficInterference

#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests

It's *that* we *can* go so far, so fast, with so much cargo in #MotorVehicles that has allowed us, and even *caused* us, to build our built #environment, our #architecture and city #planning, the way we have, to expect and demand large swaths of private real estate and ubiquitous high speed #roadways.

#Technology cannot rescue us from the problems we created by poor decision making. Only the will to regulate can do that. We must withdraw the horizon to a shorter radius for private #transport.

I saw this while researching #genealogy in old newspapers:

"He decided to exit the highway where there wasn't an exit..." 😂

[from the "Daily Herald"
(DuPage County, Illinois, USA)
03 February 2004, Page 9]

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Newspaper clipping
>> Car falls off exit ramp

A car fell off an Interstate 290 bridge Monday evening onto Wood Dale Road in Wood Dale.

No one was seriously injured.

"The driver decided to exit the highway where there wasn't an exit," said Capt. Leigh Fabbri of the Addison Fire Department.

The crash occurred at 5:45 p.m.

"Luckily, there weren't any cars on Wood Dale Road at that moment," Fabbri said.

"They didn't hit any cars, and they weren't hit by any other cars."

Both sides of Wood Dale Road were closed down for about 20 minutes while officials cleared the area. <<

Clipping from the "Daily Herald"
(DuPage County, Illinois, USA)
03 February 2004, Page 9.

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America’s highest mountain passes on non-Interstate highways/roads

The following list identifies more than 400 of the highest altitude passes along non-Interstate highways and roads in the United States. This includes U.S. highways, state highways, county roads, forest roads, and local streets and roadways. It does not include hiking trails and similar routes only traversable on foot, nor does it include passes only crossed by railroads. Synonyms for a pass that are used around the country and include summits, gaps, notches, and divides.

Aside from the often stunning scenery, these road summits can give you a general idea of how arduous it was for our pioneering ancestors to cross this vast and beautiful nation. Just imagine, trying to traverse these passes on foot, on horseback, or while riding in/on a covered wagon. Quickly changeable weather conditions alone could have meant the difference between a safe crossing and tragedy. Even today, risks and potential dangers lurk in mountain passes, especially those prone to heavy snow and rainfall, icing, avalanches, rock slides, or high winds. Caution and proactive trip planning should always be employed when embarking on a trip through the mountains.

Pikes Peak as seen from Wilkerson Pass

Those mountain passes that have been driven across by the author are shown in bold italics. Peace!

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Argentine Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 13,207 feet

2. Mosquito Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 13,185 feet

3. Imogene Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 13, 114 feet

4. Black Bear Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 12,840 feet

5. Stony Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 12,592 feet

6. Jones Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 12,454 feet

7. Hancock Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 12,208 feet

8. Cottonwood Pass (Continental Divide), Colorado: county roads = 12,119 feet

9. Independence Pass, Colorado: CO 82 = 12,095 feet

10. Cumberland Pass, Colorado: Forest Road 765 = 12,034 feet

11. Loveland Pass, Colorado: US 6 = 11,990 feet

12. Tomichi Pass, Colorado: Forest Road 888 = 11,962

13. Hagerman Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 11,925 feet

14. Iceberg Pass, Colorado: US 34 = 11,827 (6/29/21) – highest pass traversed to date by the author

15. Fall River Pass, Colorado: US 34 = 11,796 feet (6/29/21)

16. Ptarmigan Pass (Sawatch Range), Colorado: unimproved road = 11,765 feet

17. Rollins Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 11,677

18. Guanella Pass, Colorado: Guanella Pass Scenic Byway= 11,669 feet

19. Georgia Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 11,595 feet

20. Hoosier Pass, Colorado: CO 9 = 11,542 feet

21. Slumgullion Pass, Colorado: CO 149 = 11,530 feet

22. Boreas Pass, Colorado – Boreas Pass Road = 11,481 feet

23. Old Monarch Pass, Colorado: Forest Road 237 = 11,365 feet

24. Fremont Pass, Colorado: CO 91 = 11,318 feet

25. Monarch Pass, Colorado: US 50 = 11,312 feet

26. Berthoud Pass, Colorado: US 40 = 11,307 feet

27. Cordova Pass, Colorado: Apishapa Road = 11,260 feet

28. Shrine Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 11,094 feet

29. Red Mountain Pass, Colorado: US 550 = 11,018 feet

30. Beartooth Pass, Wyoming/Montana: US 212 = 10,947 feet

31. Molas Pass, Colorado: US 550 = 10,910 feet

32. Spring Creek Pass, Colorado: CO 149 = 10,898 feet (6/11/23)

33. Snowy Range Pass, Wyoming: WY 130 = 10,877 feet

34. Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado: US 160 = 10,857 feet (4/17/23, 6/9/23, and 6/11/23)

35. Milner Pass, Colorado: US 34 = 10,759 feet (6/29/21)

36. Bald Mountain Pass, Utah: UT 150 = 10,715 feet

37. Schofield Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 10,707 feet

38. Coal Bank Pass, Colorado: US 550 = 10,640 feet

39. Brazos Summit, New Mexico: US 64 = 10,528 feet

40. Los Pinos Pass, Colorado: Forest Road 788 = 10,509 feet

41. Tennessee Pass, Colorado: US 24 = 10,424 feet

42. Ripple Creek Pass, Colorado: County Road 8 = 10,358 feet

43. Cameron Pass, Colorado: CO 14 = 10,276 feet

44. La Manga Pass, Colorado: CO 17 = 10,230 feet

45. Lizard Head Pass, Colorado: CO 145 = 10,222 feet

46. Tenderfoot Pass, Colorado: CA 67 = 10,200 feet – (traveled over twice on 8/19/24)

47. Buffalo Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 10,180 feet

48. Carnero Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 10,166 feet

49. North Pass, Colorado: CO 114 = 10,135 feet

50. Cochetopa Pass, Colorado: County Road NN14 = 10,087 feet

51. Ohio Pass, Colorado: County Road 730 = 10,065 feet

52. Cumbres Pass, Colorado: CO 17 = 10,022 feet

53. Kebler Pass, Colorado: County Road 12 = 10,007 feet

54. Kenosha Pass, Colorado: US 285 = 10,000 feet (5/20/24)

55. Cucharas Pass, Colorado: CO 14 = 9,995 feet

56. Red Hill Pass, Colorado: US 285 = 9,993 feet (5/20/24)

57. Tioga Pass, California: CA 120 = 9,945 feet

58. Battle Pass, Wyoming: WY 70 = 9,912 feet

59. Bobcat Pass, New Mexico: NM 38 = 9,836 feet

60. Hardscrabble Pass, Colorado: CO 96 = 9,805 feet

61. Dunckley Pass, Colorado: County Road 8 = 9,767 feet

62. Costilla Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 9,758 feet

63. Guardsman Pass, Utah: UT 190 = 9,717 feet

64. Willow Creek Pass, Colorado: CO 125 = 9,683 feet

65. Powder River Pass, Wyoming: US 16 = 9,663 feet

66. Red River Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 9,653 feet

67. Chosa Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 9,672 feet

68. Woodchuck Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 9,636 feet

69. Togwotee Pass, Wyoming: US 6/US 287 = 9,658 feet (1995)

70. Gore Pass, Colorado: CO 134 = 9,524 feet

71. Wilkerson Pass, Colorado: US 24 = 9,507 feet (9/26/24) *** Love this one!

72. Currant Creek Pass, Colorado: CO 9 = 9,485 feet

73. Sangre de Cristo Pass, Colorado: unimproved road = 9,468 feet

74. Munkres Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 9,453 feet

75. Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado: US 40 = 9,426 feet

76. New La Veta Pass, Colorado: US 160 = 9,413 feet (10/11/22)

77. Dead Indian Pass: Wyoming: WY 296 = 9,384 feet

78-79. Old La Veta Pass, Colorado and Pass Creek Pass: unimproved road each = 9,380 feet

80. Greenhill Divide, Colorado: CO 165: 9,347 feet

81. Trout Creek Pass, Colorado: US 24/US285 = 9,346 feet (5/20/24 and 9/26/24)

82. Fowler Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 9,220 feet

83. Sherman Pass, California: Sherman Pass Road = 9,200 feet

84. Ute Pass (Rampart Range), Colorado: US 24 = 9,165 feet (9/26/24)

85. Wind River Pass, Colorado: CO 7 = 9,150 feet

86. Palo Flechado Pass, New Mexico: US 64 = 9,111 feet (5/1/23)

87. Bare Pass, Wyoming: Wyoming Range Road = 9,095 feet

88. Granite Pass, Wyoming: US 14 = 9,036 feet

89. Poncha Pass, Colorado: US 285 = 9,019 feet (6/29/21, 5/21/24, and 9/26/24)

90. Dallas Divide, Colorado: CO 62 = 8,983 feet

91. Arapaho Pass (Rabbits Ear Range), Colorado – unimproved road = 8,953 feet

92. Mount Rose Summit, Nevada: NV 431 = 8,911 feet (6/9/25)

93. Dunraven Pass, Wyoming: Grand Loop Road = 8,859 feet

94. Emory Pass, New Mexico: NM 152 = 8,828 feet (2/5/23, 12/26/23, and 3/27/24) – gorgeous vistas!

95.Muddy Pass, Colorado: US 40 = 8,772 feet

96. McClure Pass, Colorado: CO 133 = 8,755 feet

97. Narbona Pass, New Mexico: NM 134 = 8,731 feet

98. Blue Mesa Summit, Colorado: US 50 = 8,704 feet

99. Galena Summit, Idaho: ID 75 = 8,701 feet

100. Snowshoe Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 8,652 feet

101. Promontory Divide, Colorado: CO 29 = 8,579 feet

102. Cedar Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 8,554 feet

103. Sylvan Pass, Wyoming: Grand Loop Road = 8,524 feet

104.Onyx Summit, California: CA 38 = 8,443 feet

105. Teton Pass, Wyoming/Idaho: WY 22/ID 33 = 8,435 feet

106. Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado: CO 149 = 8,390 feet (6/10/23 and 6/11/23)

107. Craig Pass, Wyoming: US 89 = 8,324 feet

108. Ute Park Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 8,229 feet

109. Douglas Pass, Colorado: CO 139 = 8,205 feet

110. Oberg Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 8,199 feet

111. Sunrise Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 8,176 feet

112. Conway Summit, California: US 395 = 8,143 feet

113. West Pass, New Mexico: US 60 = 8,111 feet

114. Dead Indian Pass, Wyoming: WY 296 = 8,071 feet

115. Deadman Summit, California: US 395 = 8,047 feet

116. Cerro Summit, Colorado: US 50 = 8,042 feet

117. Daniels Pass, Utah: US 40 = 8,020 feet

118. Dawson Saddle, California: CA 2 = 7,943 feet

119-120. Stone Wall Pass, New Mexico and Johnson Gap, Wyoming: both unimproved roads = 7,904 feet

121. South Pass, Wyoming: WY 28 = 7,809 feet

122. Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 7,802 feet

123. Yellowjacket Pass, Colorado: US 160 = 7,765 feet (4/16/23)

124. Connor Pass, Nevada: US 50 = 7,729 feet

125. Confar Hill Pass/Summit, Colorado: US 84 = 7,729 feet (4/17/23, 6/9/23, and 6/11/23)

126. Bannock Pass, Idaho: ID 29 = 7,684 feet

127. Salt River Pass, Wyoming: US 89 = 7,625 feet

128. Wheat Grass Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 7,596 feet

129. U T Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 7,589 feet

130. Robinson Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 7,588 feet

131. Bridger Pass, Wyoming: Bridger Pass Road = 7,532 feet

132. Devil’s Gate Pass, California: US 395 = 7,519 feet

133. Rattlesnake Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 7,513 feet

134. Satan Pass, New Mexico: NM 371 = 7,500 feet

135. Soldiers Summit, Utah: US 6 = 7,477 feet

136.Freighter Gap, Wyoming: County Road 83 = 7,464 feet

137. Carroll Summit, Nevada: NV 722 = 7,458 feet

138. Borrego Pass, New Mexico: Borrego Pass Road = 7,438 feet

139. Little Antelope Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 7,438 feet

140-141. Big Mountain Pass, Utah: UT 65 and Lida Summit, Nevada: NV 266 = 7,420 feet

142. Original South Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 7,408 feet

143. Kings Hill Pass, Montana: US 89 = 7,385 feet

144. Dalton Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 7,382 feet

145. Indian Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 7,379 feet

146. Lemhi Pass, Idaho: unimproved road = 7,373 feet

147. Pinto Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 7,350 feet

148. Daggett Pass, Nevada: N 207/unimproved road = 7,343 feet

149. Westgard Pass, California: CA 168 = 7,323 feet

150. Murry Summit, Nevada: US 6 = 7,317 feet

151. Skalkaho Pass, Montana: MT 38 = 7,258 feet

152. Chief Joseph Pass, Idaho/Montana: MT 43 = 7,251 feet

153. H.L. Saddle, Arizona: US 191 = 7,244 feet (4/13/24)

Brockway Summit, California: CA 267 = 7,199 feet (6/9/25) – added 6/9/25

154. Bob Scott’s Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 7,195 feet

155. Morton Pass, Wyoming: WY 34 = 7,176 feet

156. Montgomery Pass, Nevada: US 6 = 7,167 feet

157. Spooner Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 7,146 feet

158. Sioux Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 7,139 feet

159-160. Manuel Gap, Wyoming and Simpson Gap, Wyoming: both unimproved roads = 7,123 feet

161. Trinchera Pass, New Mexico: County Road A-35 = 7,110 feet

162.Kingman Pass, Wyoming: US 89 = 7,103 feet

163. Targhee Pass, Montana/Idaho: US 20 = 7,072 feet

164. Virden Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 7,064 feet

165. Banner Creek Summit, Idaho: ID 21 = 7,037 feet

166. Lost Trail Pass, Idaho/Montana: US 93 = 7,014 feet

167. Unaweep Divide, Colorado: Co 141 = 7,008 feet

168. Currant Summit, Nevada: US 6 = 6,999 feet

169. Bridger Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,975 feet

170. Barlow Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,939 feet

171. Dirty Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,933 feet

172. Crilly Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,857 feet

173. Raynolds Pass, Idaho/Montana: ID 87/MT 87 = 6,844 feet

174. San Pedro Pass, New Mexico: Lone Mountain Road = 6,818 feet

175. Gould Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 6,792 feet

176. Smith Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 6,769 feet

177. Badger Pass, Montana: MT 278 = 6,755 feet

178. Fraker Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,739 feet

179. Cottonwood Pass, Wyoming: Nowood Road = 6,729 feet

180. Yuba Pass, California: CA 49 = 6,710 feet (6/9/25) – added 6/9/25

181-182. Garden Pass, Nevada: NV 278 and Mount Airy Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 6,686 feet

183-184. Islip Saddle, California: CA 2 and Crooks Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,680 feet

185. Logan Pass, Montana: Going to the Sun Road = 6,646 feet (2003)

186-187. Boneside Pass, Wyoming and Davis Pass, Wyoming: unimproved roads = 6,637 feet

188. Rocky Gap, Wyoming: Rocky Gap Road = 6,628 feet

189. Black Rock Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,598 feet

190. Hickison Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 6,591 feet

191. Nez Perce Pass, Idaho/Montana: unimproved road = 6,587 feet

192. Cumberland Gap, Wyoming: WY 412 = 6,585 feet

193. Cedar Gap, Wyoming: Cedar Gap Road = 6,578 feet

194. Pritchard Pass, Wyoming: Wilson Fall Creek Road = 6,542 feet

195. Salisbury Summit, Nevada: US 6 = 6,532 feet

196. Pancake Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 6,521 feet

197-198. Blazon Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road and Blue Gap, Wyoming: WY 789 = 6,519 feet

199. Maggie Summit, Nevada: NV 225 = 6,517 feet

200. Windy Pass, Washington: Forest Road 1554 = 6,507 feet

201. Hollis Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 6,500 feet

202. Secret Pass, Nevada: NV 229 = 6,467 feet

203. Beef Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,450 feet

204. Saliz Pass, New Mexico: US 180 = 6,444 feet (12/29/23)

205. Chicken Creek Summit, Nevada: NV 226 = 6,436 feet

206. Sherwin Summit, California: US 395 = 6,427 feet

207. Lankin Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,424 feet

208. Weiser Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,388 feet

209. Rhodes Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road= 6,358 feet

210-211. Pipestone Pass, Montana: MT 2 and New Pass Summit, Nevada: US 50 = 6,348 feet

212. Emery Gap, Colorado/New Mexico: NM 551 = 6,345 feet

213. Minnies Gap, Wyoming: US 191 = 6,342 feet

214. Hoff Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,332 feet

215. Muddy Gap, Wyoming: US 287 = 6,313 feet

216. MacDonald Pass, Montana: US 12 = 6,312 feet

217. Warm Springs Summit, Nevada: US 6 = 6,293 feet

218. H.D. Summit, Nevada: US 93 = 6,274 feet

219. Tonopah Summit, Nevada: US 95 = 6,270 feet (8/30/24 and 9/2/24)

220. Black Rock Summit, Nevada: US 6 = 6,257 feet

221. Calavada Summit, Nevada: NV 361 = 6,254 feet

222. Black Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,250 feet

223. Oak Springs Summit, Nevada: US 93 = 6,243 feet

224. Petrified Summit, Nevada: NV 361 = 6,145 feet

225. Fandango Pass, California: County Road 9 = 6,135 feet

226. Mores Creek Summit, Idaho: ID 21 = 6,118 feet

227. McRae Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 6,106 feet

228. Mule Pass, Arizona: AZ 80 = 6,033 feet (1/26/20 and 2/4/23)

229. White Horse Pass, Nevada: US Alt. 93 = 6,031 feet

230. Sandy Summit, Nevada: US 6 = 6,030 feet

231. Goldfield Summit, Nevada: US 95 = 6,021 feet (8/30/24 and 9/2/24)

232. Fenton Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 5,991 feet

233. Sulphur Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 5,919 feet

234. Mullan Pass, Montana: Austin-Millan Pass Road = 5,902 feet

235. Railroad Pass, Nevada: unimproved road= 5,895 feet

236. Abo Pass, New Mexico: US 60 = 5,771 feet (10/22/21 and 12/23)

237. Morgan Summit, California: CA 36/CA 89 = 5,768 feet

238. Hazenville Pass, Wyoming: WY 91 = 5,765 feet

239. Simee Dimeh Summit, Nevada: US 395 = 5,759 feet

240. San Augustin Pass, New Mexico: US 70 = 5,725 feet (1/28/20, 1/29/20, 6/20/21, 12/29/22, 2/2/23 and 3/17/23)

241. Hembrillo Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 5,670 feet

242. Rogers Pass, Montana: MT 200 = 5,610 feet

243. Coyote Summit, Nevada: NV 375 = 5,604 feet

244. Hancock Summit, Nevada: NV 37 5= 5,592 feet

245. Emigrant Gap, Wyoming: County Road 201 = 5,588 feet

246. Sherman Pass, Washington: WA 20 = 5,575 feet

247. San Luis Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 5,528 feet

248. Mountain Springs Summit, Nevada: NV 160 = 5,502 feet

249. Jack Wright Pass, Nevada: NV 208 = 5,485 feet

250. Rainy Pass, Washington: WA 20 = 5,477 feet

Summit 5440, California: CA 89 = 5,440 feet (6/5/25) – added 6/6/25

251. Chinook Pass, Washington: WA 410 = 5,430 feet

252. Guadalupe Pass, Texas: US 62/180 = 5,424 feet (6/23/21)

253. McKenzie Pass, Oregon: OR 242 = 5,325 feet

254. Drews Gap, Oregon: OR 140 = 5,306 feet

255. Eagle Pass, Wyoming: US 14 = 5,286 feet

256-257. Old Tejon Pass, California: unimproved road and Blue Mountain Pass, Oregon: US 95 = 5,285 feet

258. Batrum Gap, Wyoming: Lyons Valley Road = 5,282 feet

259. Smugglers Pass, Texas: TX 375 = 5,257 feet (6/21)

260. Lolo Pass, Idaho/Montana: US 12 = 5,233 feet

Beckwourth Pass, California: CA 70 = 5,221 feet (6/5/25) – added 6/6/25

261. Marias Pass, Montana: US 2 = 5,213 feet

262. Willamette Pass, Oregon: OR 50 = 5,128 feet

263. Apache Pass, Arizona: Apache Pass Road = 5,110 feet (2/5/23)

264. Blue Mountain Summit, Oregon: US 26 = 5,105 feet

265. Bly Mountain Pass, Oregon: OR 140 = 5,087 feet

266. Long Creek Mountain Summit, Oregon: US 395 = 5,075 feet

267. Antelope Gap, Wyoming: WY 316 = 5,056 feet

268. Redlich Summit, Nevada: US 95 = 5,053 feet (8/30/24 and 9/2/24)

269. Newfound Gap, North Carolina/Tennessee: US 441 = 5,048 feet

270. Hogback Summit, Oregon: US 395 = 5,033 feet

271. Hell Gap, Wyoming: County Road 10 = 5,030 feet

272. Mendocino Pass, California: Forest Hwy 7 = 5,006 feet

273. Whitmire Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 4,977 feet

274. Granite Pass, New Mexico = Hachita Peak Road = 4.918 feet

275. Mill Creek Summit, California: County Road N3 = 4,910 feet

276. McCompsey Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 4,876 feet

277. Denio Summit, Nevada: NV 140 = 4,843 feet

278. Picture Rock Pass, Oregon: OR 31 = 4,830 feet

279. Oak Creek Pass, California: Tehachapi Willow Springs Road = 4,820 feet

280. Santiam Pass, Oregon: US 20 = 4,817 feet

281. Rocky Pass, Wyoming: unimproved road = 4,797 feet

282. Red Rock Pass, Idaho: US 91 = 4,785 feet

283. Hurrah Pass, Utah: Kane Springs Road = 4,780 feet

284. Ochoco Summit, Oregon: US 26 = 4,726 feet

285. Hayden Mountain Summit, Oregon: OR 66 = 4,705 feet

286. Atigun Pass, Alaska: Dalton Highway = 4,700 feet

287. Stonewall Pass, Nevada: US 95 = 4,686 feet (8/30/24 and 9/2/24)

288. Hanging Rock Gap, North Carolina: Skiview Road = 4,678 feet

289. Cayuse Pass, Washington: WA 410 = 4,675 feet

290. Eldorado Pass, Oregon: US 26 = 4,623 feet

291. Wild Rose Pass, Texas: TX 17 = 4,554 feet

292. White Pass, Washington: US 12 = 4,500 feet

293. Babyshoe Pass, Washington: Forest Road 23 = 4,350 feet

294. Soco Gap, North Carolina: US 19 = 4,340 feet

295. Cowboy Pass, New Mexico: unimproved road = 4,337 feet

296. Hickorynut Gap, North Carolina: Hickory Nut Gap Road = 4,327 feet

297. Wacunda Pass, Washington: WA 20 = 4,310 feet

298. Haskell Pass, Montana: Pleasant Valley Road = 4,300 feet

299. Cowee Gap, North Carolina: US 64 = 4,199 feet

300. Mitchell Pass, Nebraska: NE 92 = 4,173 feet

301. Coyote Gap, Wyoming: unimproved road = 4,170 feet

302. Barlow Pass, Oregon: OR 35 = 4,155 feet

303. Siskiyou Pass, Oregon: Old OR 273 = 4,129 feet

304-305. Blewett Pass, Washington: US 97 and Deep Gap, North Carolina = 4,124 feet

306. Grandmother Gap, North Carolina: Blue Ridge Parkway = 4,075 feet

307. Cow Camp Gap, North Carolina: Cow Camp Road = 4,045 feet

308. Butte Creek Summit, Oregon: OR 19 = 4,026 feet

309. Loop Loup Pass, Washington: WA 20 = 4,020 feet

310. Stevens Pass, Washington: US 2 = 4,061 feet

311. Linville Gap, North Carolina: NC 105 = 4,012 feet

312. Loggy Gap 2, North Carolina: Beech Mountain Road = 3,953 feet

313. Christmas Tree Pass, Nevada: unimproved road = 3,940 feet

314. Cannon Gap, North Carolina: Beech Mountain Road: = 3,917 feet

315. Haw Gap, North Carolina: Ivy Heights Road = 3,881 feet

316. Montezuma Gap, North Carolina: NC 181 = 3,785 feet

317. Doublehead Gap, North Carolina: Doublehead Mountain Road = 3,825 feet

318. Cut Laurel Gap, North Carolina: Cut Laurel Gap Road= 3,750 feet

319. Miller Gap 2, North Carolina: NC 194 = 3,743 feet

320. Coyote Pass, Arizona: US 93 = 3,737 feet (8/28/24 and 9/2/24)

321. Air Bellows Gap, North Carolina: Air Bellows Gap Road = 3,727 feet

322. Smoky Gap, North Carolina: NC 104 = 3,714 feet

323. Laurel Knob Gap, North Carolina: NC 194 = 3,694 feet

324. Stampede Pass, Washington: Forest Road 54 = 3,672 feet

325. American Summit, Alaska: Taylor Highway = 3,652 feet

326. Loggy Gap 1, North Carolina: Sugar Mountain Road 1 = 3,563 feet

327. Abbot Pass, Oregon: US 26 = 3,533 feet

328. Chilkat Pass, Alaska: Haines Highway = 3,510 feet

329-330. Low Notch, North Carolina: Blue Ridge Parkway and Willen Gap, North Carolina: Parker Road = 3,497 feet

331. Baldwin Gap, North Carolina: Baldwin Gap Road: 3,481 feet

332. Calloway Gap, North Carolina: Calloway Gap Road = 3,432 feet

333. Harmon Gap, North Carolina: Beech Crossing = 3,425 feet

334. Lolo Pass, Oregon: Lolo Pass Road = 3,415 feet

335. Lick Log Gap, North Carolina: Lick Log Road = 3,409 feet

336-337. Buck Creek Gap, North Carolina: NC 80 and Snyder Gap, North Carolina: Snyder Gap Road = 3,402 feet

338. Criterion Summit, Oregon: US 197 = 3,360 feet

339. Balsam Gap, North Carolina: US 23/74 = 3,316 feet

340. Escondido Summit, California: CA 14 = 3,258 feet

341. Disautel Pass, Washington: WA 155 = 3,252 feet

342. Payne Gap, North Carolina: Big Laurel Road = 3,241 feet

343-344. Soledad Pass, California: CA 14 and Phillips Gap, North Carolina: Phillips Gap Road = 3,209 feet

345. Deep Gap, North Carolina: Mahogany Rock Road = 3,186 feet

346. Hewed Log Gap, North Carolina: Idlewild Road = 3,176 feet

347. Gates Pass, Arizona: Gates Pass Road = 3,172 feet (2/15/19, 2/16/19, 2/26/19 and 1/20)

348. Craven Gap, North Carolina: NC 694 = 3,132 feet

349. Horse Gap, North Carolina: NC 16 = 3,110 feet

350-351. Bull Gap, North Carolina: Blue Ridge Parkway and Satus Pass, Washington: US 97 = 3,107 feet

352. Low Gap, North Carolina: Low Gap Road = 3,104 feet

353. Miller Gap 1, North Carolina: Trading Post Road = 3,087 feet

354. Alder Gap, North Carolina: Blue Ridge Parkway = 3,051 feet

355. Old House Gap, North Carolina: Old House Gap Road = 3,008 feet

356. Persimmon Gap, Texas: US 385 = 2,959 feet

357-358. Roaring Gap, North Carolina: Roaring Gap Road and Jones Gap, South Carolina: US 276 = 2,907 feet

359-360. Thompson Pass, Alaska: Richardson Highway and Gillespie Gap, North Carolina: NC 226 = 2,805 feet

361. Alpowa Summit, Washington: US 12 = 2,785 feet

362. Dave Gap, North Carolina: Buckeye Road = 2,736 feet

363. Tygh Grade Summit, Oregon: US 197 = 2,697 feet

364. Mentasta Pass, Alaska: Glenn Highway = 2,510 feet

365. Lincoln Gap, Vermont: Lincoln Gap Road = 2,424 feet

366. Chimneytop Gap, South Carolina: F. Clayton Highway = 2,408 feet

367. Appalachian Gap, Vermont: VT 17 = 2,375 feet

368. Barlow Pass, Washington: Mountain Loop Highway = 2,362 feet

369. Panoche Pass, California: County Road J1 = 2,250 feet

370. San Marcos Pass, California: CA 154 = 2,225 feet

371. Stony Clove Notch, New York: NY 214 = 2,220 feet

372. Smugglers Notch, Vermont: VT 108 = 2,170 feet

373. Sherburne Pass, Vermont: US 4 = 2,150 feet

374. Middlebury Gap, Vermont: VT 124 = 2,144 feet

375. Laurel Fork Gap, South Carolina: Horse Pasture Road = 2,087 feet

376. Ibex Pass, California: CA 127 = 2,072 feet

377. Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire: NH 16 = 2,032 feet

378. Deals Gap, North Carolina/Tennessee: US 129 = 1,988 feet

379. Ridgewood Summit, California: US 101 = 1,956 feet

380. Callas Gap, South Carolina: SC 28 = 1,949 feet

381-382. Crawford Notch, New Hampshire: US 302 and Deep Notch, New York: NY 42 = 1,900 feet

383. Beasley Gap, South Carolina: US 178 = 1,886 feet

384. Kinsman Notch, New Hampshire: NH 112 = 1,870 feet

385. Dead Man’s Pass, Texas: TX 163 = 1,837 feet

386. Cuesta de Los Gatos, California: CA 7 = 1,808 feet (8/12 and 9/11/17)

387. Hazen’s Notch, Vermont: VT 58 = 1,793 feet

388. Bandera Pass, Texas: TX 173 = 1,745 feet

389. Yaqui Pass, California: County Road S3 = 1,742 feet

390. Kolekole Pass, Hawaii: Kolekole Road = 1,631 feet

391. Russell Gap, North Carolina: Russell Gap Road = 1,611 feet

392. Corral Hollow Pass, California: County Road J2 = 1,600 feet

393. Grafton Notch, Maine: ME 26 = 1,542 feet

394-395. Cuesta Pass, California: US 101 (9/12/17) and High Pass, Oregon: High Pass Road = 1,522 feet

396. Hi Saw Gap, South Carolina: SC 28 = 1,427 feet

397. Granville Notch, Vermont: VT 100 = 1,411 feet

398. Evans Notch, Maine: ME 113 = 1,410 feet

399. Polonio Pass, California: CA 46 = 1,407 feet

400. Pacheco Pass, California: CA 152 = 1,368 feet

401. Hecker Pass, California: CA 152 = 1,339 feet

402. Monterey Pass, Pennsylvania: Old PA 16 = 1,300 feet ~

403. Mosley Gap, South Carolina: US 178 = 1,201 feet

404. Santa Susana Pass, California: CA 118 = 1,200 feet

405. Nuʻuanu Pali, Hawaii: HI 61 = 1,168 feet

406. Turnagain Pass, Alaska: Seward Highway = 900 feet (8/2005)

407. Cline Hill Summit, Oregon: US 20 = 770 feet

408. Cahuenga Pass, California: US 101 = 745 feet (1970 and 12/26/22)

409. Altamont Pass, California: Altamont Pass Road = 741 feet

410. Brock Gap, Alabama: Brock Gap Parkway = 518 feet

411. The Narrow Passage, South Carolina: SC 109 = 364 feet

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The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

by David Zipper, April 2024

"Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.

"Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.

"The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.

"Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."

Working list: Golf cart friendly cities and towns

Source: stateline.org

The following is a working list of approximately 210 cities and towns across America that allow golf carts on certain streets and roads within their boundaries based on information available online. As laws change from time-to-time, it is important to first check local and state ordinances concerning golf carts, as well as all laws pertaining to their use before operating them on streets. Rules may vary from community to community. Please note: This list only includes cities and towns and does NOT include counties, parks, and/or regions. The list will be updated as more information becomes available.

The dates listed next to some of these places in parenthesis is the year their law first took effect. Peace!

Albion, Michigan (2015)
Algonac, Michigan
Altamont, Illinois
Angel Fire, New Mexico (1996) – added on 8/12/24
Anna Maria, Florida
Antioch, Illinois (2022) – added on 8/12/24
Antwerp, Ohio
Apalachicola, FL – added on 12/12/24 – Thanks, KH!
Arcanum, Ohio
Archbold, Ohio
Ashley, Ohio
Ashville, Ohio
Attica, Ohio
Augusta, Georgia
Avalon, California
Avalon, New Jersey
Bad Axe, Michigan
Bald Head Island, North Carolina
Bancroft, Michigan
Beach City, Ohio
Beaufort, North Carolina
Bellbrook, Ohio
Belleville, Illinois
Belmont, North Carolina
Berne, Indiana (2016) – added on 8/11/24
Bethany Beach, Delaware
Bettendorf, Iowa – added on 8/12/24
Bettsville, Ohio
Bexley, Ohio
Bloomville, Ohio
Bluffton, Indiana – added on 8/11/24
Bluffton, South Carolina
Botkins, Ohio
Boudurant, Iowa
Bradenton Beach, Florida
Bradner, Ohio
Calvert City, Kentucky
Canal Winchester, Ohio
Carbondale, Illinois
Caseville, Michigan
Catalina Island, California
Cedar Lake, Indiana (2017) – added on 8/11/24
Celebration, Florida
Celina, Ohio (2017) – added on 8/12/24
Centreville, Michigan
Channahon, Illinois
Chesaning, Michigan (2012)
Chippewa Lake, Ohio
Clay Township, Michigan
Clinton, Iowa
Colon, Michigan
Colonial Beach, Virginia
Columbia City, Indiana (2022)
Constantine, Michigan
Convoy, Ohio
Coquina Beach, Florida
Coronado, California
Cortland, Ohio
Corunna, Indiana
Cottleville, Missouri
Cridersville, Ohio
Culver, Indiana
Decatur, Indiana (2009) – added on 8/11/24
Delphos, Ohio
Deshler, Ohio
Destin, Florida
Dunedin, Florida – added on 12/12/24 – Thank you, KH!
Duquoin, Illinois
Eden Township, Michigan
Edgerton, Ohio
Edgeworth, Pennsylvania (2024)
Edisto Beach, South Carolina
Edon, Ohio
Effingham, Illinois
Elephant Butte, New Mexico (2016) – added on 8/12/24
Elkton, Michigan
Elmira, Michigan
Etowah, Tennessee – added 8/12/24
Fairport Harbor, Ohio
Foley, Alabama
Folly Beach, South Carolina
Fort Loramie, Ohio
Fox River Grove, Illinois
Fort Recovery, Ohio
Fremont, Ohio
Gallipolis, Ohio
Geneva, Indiana – added on 8/11/24
Gentry, Arkansas
Gering, Nebraska – only on streets adjacent to a golf course (2013) – added on 8/12/24
Gibraltar, Michigan
Gibson City, Illinois
Goodrich, Michigan
Grand Beach, Michigan
Grand Blanc, Michigan
Grass Lake, Michigan
Greendale, Wisconsin (2018)
Green Springs, Ohio
Greenville, Alabama (2023)
Greenwich, Ohio
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Hamilton Lake, Indiana
Hatch,, New Mexico (2013) – added on 8/12/24
Hicksville, Ohio
Holiday Hills, Illinois
Holmes Beach, Florida
Huntley, Illinois
Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Johnsburg, Illinois
Kalida, Ohio
Kelleys Island, Ohio
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Koshkonong, Wisconsin (2024)
Lagrange, Indiana (2014) – added on 8/11/24
La Grange, Ohio
La Porte, Indiana (2022) – added on 8/11/24
Laguna Woods, California
Laingsburg, Michigan
Lake Mary, Florida – within one mile of a golf course – added 8/12/24
Lake of the Four Seasons, Indiana – added on 8/11/24
Lakeway, Texas
Lapeer, Michigan
Lawrence, Michigan (2017)
Leipsic, Ohio
Lenexa, Kansas
Ligonier, Indiana (2017) – added on 8/11/24
Lincoln, California
Livonia, Michigan
Logan Township, Michigan
Ludington, Michigan
Luna Pier, Michigan
Lyons, Colorado
Madison, Indiana
Madison Lake, Minnesota (2014) – added on 8/12/24
Manchester, Ohio
Manhattan, Illinois
Manteno, Illinois
Maple Park, Illinois
Marcellus Township, Michigan (2018)
Marietta, Pennsylvania (2024)
Marine City, Michigan
Matamoros, Ohio
Mechanicsburg, Ohio
Memphis, Michigan
Midland, Michigan
Milford, Michigan
Minerva, Ohio
Moberly, Missouri (2018)
Momence, Illinois
Morenci, Michigan (2018)
Moscow, Ohio
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nappanee, Indiana (2010) – added on 8/11/24
New Boston, Ohio
New Paris, Ohio
North Branch, Michigan
North Captiva Island, Florida
North Liberty, Iowa (2011)
New London, Ohio
Northville, Michigan
Oberlin, Ohio
Ocean Springs, Mississippi (2018)
Olivet, Michigan
Orange Beach, Alabama
Ossian, Iowa (2020)
Ottawa, Ohio
Ottoville, Ohio
Painesville, Ohio
Palm Desert, California
Paxton, Illinois
Peachtree City, Georgia
Peck, Michigan
Powell, Ohio
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Quincy, Michigan
Reese, Michigan
Richfield Township, Michigan
Ripley, Ohio
Rochester, Minnesota (2024)
Russells Point, Ohio
Sabina, Ohio
Seaside, Florida
Sebring, Ohio
Senoia, Georgia
Seville, Ohio
Sewickley, Pennsylvania (2024)
Sheffield Village, Ohio
Smithfield, Virginia
Southgate, Michigan
South Haven, Michigan
Southport, North Carolina
St. Mary’s, Georgia
Stockbridge, Michigan
Stone Harbor, New Jersey
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Sun City, Arizona
Taylor, Michigan
Tekonsha, Michigan (2016)
The Villages, Florida
Toledo, Ohio
Troy, Michigan
Tybee Island, Georgia
Ubly, Michigan
Union City, Michigan
Union City, Ohio
Unionville, Michigan (2017)
Urichsville, Ohio
Useppa Island, Florida
Valparaiso, Indiana (2021) – added on 8/11/24
Wakeman, Ohio
Wayne, Ohio
Waynesburg, Ohio
Wellington, Ohio
West Jefferson, Ohio
West Liberty, Ohio
West Unity, Ohio
Williamsburg, Ohio
Williamsburg, Virginia
Winona Lake, Indiana (2009) – added on 8/11/24
Yale, Michigan
Yellow Springs, Ohio

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Not often I post early on a work day, but a #Flash #Flood #Warning will do it.

Several inches of #rainfall have taken place in northern #Douglas County within the past hour.

#Flooding along waterways and possible #roadways is likely between #LakeSuperior and Highway 2 between #Superior and Iron River for the next several hours.

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