No such thing. Well, maybe certain parts of BC where police have actually helped longboarders make it down mountains more safely by supervising blind corners, but I've only heard of that happening maybe once or twice. Like I said, not as much traffic but it's more than made up for by seriously dangerous conditions coupled with equally dangerous motorists flying around corners & hogging both lanes around hairpins. Especially when the 'boarders don't wear bright clothing...the only way to fly down a mountain @ 60mph & be even harder to see than a bicycle, is by being on a skateboard.

But seriously, from what I've heard from friends that live in longboard-concentrated areas, longboarders are regarded as the only thing more annoying & scary than road bikers on twisty mountain roads. We go anywhere between a sluggish 20mph to a scary 80mph & bust out massive & seemingly unpredictable slides that can potentially cause us to stop much more quickly than motorists are able to. I try to avoid feeding this stigma by sticking to parks & neighborhood roads, but I'm also 100 miles south of the nearest mountain so I don't have much temptation.


This.

It's impossible to predict exactly how a motorist will react to what you do on the road, but with skill & experience it isn't hard to make an educated guess. It's the exact same with driving...how do you know that a driver won't pull out on front of you from a side street when you're driving down the highway at 60mph? You don't, but experience teaches you signs to look for that help you determine how much of a risk that person is. It's no different with road biking.