Full text of the 2-million-dollar tax increase that "justified" the Police State Martial Law attack on bikers and businesses on the world's most-popular highway. As a result of this report, up to 18 cops patrolled the 11 miles of the Dragon.
This "secret" report was declassified by a TN Open Records Act Request in 2011 by John Lee at Pirate News TV & Radio. John Lee was present during this TDOT audit, and made several recommendations to improve safety, all of which were adopted by TDOT and implemented on the Dragon. None of John Lee's recommendations included a Police State, which has now quadrupled the death rate after this "safety" audit.
Additional documents included on this PDF:
1. TDOT letter reducing the speed limit to 30 MPH fraudulently based on an "engineering investigation" ("pencil-whipped")
2. TN Open Records Request reply by TDOT confessing that no Traffic Engineering Survey Speed Audit exists for US129 at Deals Gap
3. TDOT work order for changing speed limit signs from 40 MPH to 30 MPH on the Dragon
4. THP website spreadsheet reporting an 11,400% increase in traffic tickets for motorcycle riders in Blount County, but 30% to 50% reduction in tickets for everyone else
The original speed limit on the Dragon was 55 MPH, back when the national speed limit was 55 MPH. Now that it was proven in court that no Traffic Engineering speed Audit exists for US129 at Deals Gap, the speed limit reverts to the default speed limit for rural highways in Tennessee, which is 65 MPH in TN Code.
http://dragonaters.blogspot.com/2011/03/court-tdot-say-dragon-speed-limit-is-65.html
"The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) has decided to take action in eliminating commercial activity along state right-of-way in the project area. This enforcement is intended to disallow persons from taking photographs of vehicles and motorcyclists with the intent of selling the photographs at a later date. The THP contends this activity is a hazard o public safety. It is recommended that signs be placed at the entrance of each end of the route advising this policy." -Tennessee Department of Transportation, ROAD SAFETY AUDIT REVIEW, STATE ROUTE 115 (U.S. 129), BLOUNT COUNTY, 25 July 2007
http://dragonaters.blogspot.com/2011/02/tdot-safety-audit-review-bans-business.html
"I'll burn your house down, set your dog on fire and there wonât be a member of your family left, do you understand me? I won't hire it done, I will do it myself! Do you understand me?" -Blount County sheriff James Berrong, United Stated Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, Nuchols v. Berrong, No. 04-5645, July 11, 2005
http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/05a0586n-06.pdf
"I've seen a lot of outrageous things happen in politics since I've been working here, but this tops them all. It's the equivalent of issuing a series of O.J. Simpson autographed steak knives. And no, this isn't a joke. Here's the new rule: Kill a biker, get a highway named after you. As a tourist who has spent a lot of family vacation dollars in Sen. Clabough's district, if those signs go up, you'll never see another penny of mine in Knox or Blount counties." -Greg Harrison, Vice President of Communications for American Motorcyclist Association, American Motorcyclist magazine, "A Monumental Mistake", June 1999
http://piratenews.org/koella.html
"Please read the enclosure that presents the facts by someone involved in the investigation of this tragic accident. I grew up knowing Sen. Koella for the last 30 years. The bill has been passed and signed. There is NOTHING you can do to change that, and if you choose not to come to Tennessee, we will be better off without you." -Senator Bill Clabough, American Motorcyclist Association, American Motorcyclist magazine, Greg Harrison Column: Contemptible, September 1999
Trucks on the Dragon
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/dragon_trucks.html
Cops Give Warning to Bikers at Deals Gap
http://PirateNews.org/warning-to-bikers-on-deals-gap-dragon129.html
http://DealsGapDragon.com

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