Originally Posted by
Chugach
I can assure you I am very well versed on driving Northern roads. I was simply recommending not driving a rented Toyota Corolla, of all vehicles, on a back road that may or may not violate his rental contract.
Also, it's Alaska Route 8.
Very good!
If a state highway is only passable by four-wheel-drive vehicles, it would be reasonable to assume that ADOT would post signs at the starting points with a notice to that effect. Or, if the route is really bad, then it should be removed as a state-numbered route.
Driving slowly on unpaved roads usually is a sufficient precaution. On the other hand, the unpaved provincial highways in the Yukon that I drove on in 1986 were good for 60mph...and were much smoother than paved highways in Alaska with their dreaded frost heaves.