I hear what you say Mark, but what about anyone not in the offending drivers car? Why should they have to run the risk?
There is a parallel here, in that there is a road in the States with a similar reputation, the 'Tail of the Dragon. It's both famous & infamous, with many, many incidents & lives changed, and the appeal of driving or riding the road is still very much alive for enthusiasts.
Sporting types want to hoon it, cruising types want to well, cruise it and cyclists want to climb it. HGV's want to use it too, although they are actively banned.
My point is, if people abuse roads like this by over enthusiastic use that results in near misses or crashes then local authorities have a statutory duty to clamp down on such use.
Their most cost effective solution are speed cameras and a blanket limit. High offenders fines go to central government, small limit offenders get workshops where the profits get ploughed back into more cameras until the saturation limit is reached.
With the American example, enthusiasts have organised themselves into a group that now self polices the road by highlighting the poor usage on social media platforms, and actually escorting any miscreant HGV's that slip through the net.
This is a far more positive approach to the roads use by those who use it with a purpose & not just as a shortcut.
What's needed here is someone like say, Evo magazine, to lead the crusade of self policing before it's too late and the authorities legislate.
To ignore it is to kill it.
