Originally Posted by
anotherbrian
I wouldn't keep that section from you doing the route.
I mean yeah, people ride 395 all the time, including that section. It's just nice to be aware of a potentially dangerous section is all. I was just vacationing in Mendocino Co. and rode sections of Hwy 1. The close calls I had with log trucks along stretches of that highway with zero shoulder was the worst, scariest encounters I've had in a long time. One time I was essentially pushed onto the soft shoulder (thankfully it was at grade with the road and not a ditch or hillside), scared the buhjeezus out of me. Zero shoulder with little room for large vehicles to give you space is a bad combination, and that stretch of road is pretty bad. But again, if you're comfortable with that, then more power to you!