The Vette driver talks about the cleanup on another forum.
"I'm NolaVette from New Orleans (Gretna) Louisiana. I'm the guy driving the red Vette that collided with the Triumph cruiser on Tuesday the 16th at about noon. I heard about the discussions on this forum concerning the accident your friend, Jeff Had in the same spot as my incident. First of all I hope he's eventually OK. This is chain of events immediately after the collision between me (Corvette) and Ron (Triumph cruiser). The photographer who shot the photos asked a passing motorist to call the troopers and also wreckers for the vehicles. There is no cell phone service up on the mountain. About an hour later the trooper arrived and began his investigation. He listened to our verbal accounts and also looked at the same photos you've all seen. A single wrecker arrived from Blount Wrecker Services to retrieve the motorcycle only, which meant there was no wrecker for my Vette. Trooper called on his radio to have another one sent up from a different company. Once the 2 guys from Blount had the motorcycle tied down on their truck they proceeded to clean up the oil spill. They used a shovel to dig dirt from the roadcut to spread onto the oil on the road. They took a fairly long time to do this whil I waited for my wrecker to arrive. After about 10-15 minutes working the dirt into the oils pill the trooper walked over to them and talked with thema bit and then they wrapped up the cleaning and left the scene. I did not see them use anything other than dirt and I have no idea if this is standard procedure. Before the first truck arrived I was very worried about motorcycles driving over that oil spot and we were trying to get them to slow down as they passed over it because I knew it had to very slippery. I wanted let everyone know what I saw and also to let everyone know that the wrecker service that picked up my Vette had not even arrived until after the oil cleaning process had taken place and the trooper spoke with the Blount truck crew. I don't even want to name the Wrecker service that picked up my car to avoid any confusion which happens easily on these forums. I hope that helps. I had a couple of feet to spare on the right side. I was watching him the whole time wondering when he was gonna finally whip the damn thing back onto his side of the road. Then the airbag popped me in the face."
Seems like they tried to get the oil cleaned up. I read a lot of folks being critical of the road cleaning efforts around the web.
I would have to say that the state is not running a race track attraction. The road has speed limits and road curve warning signs. It is unreasonable that an experienced road racer (hope he recovers) runs off or skids off a road at the posted speed limit of 30MPH. Last year at least the tail was 30 I think.
These types of behaviors carry risks. If we are zipping down the mountain at 100 do we have a complaint that the guy zipping up the mountain at 100 takes a wide apex and kills us?
Apparently this victim was very talented in the area of road racing. Did oil put him down the mountain? Would a stick, flat tire, or a spilled beer, a raccoon have done the same thing? Speed put him over the edge. The inherent danger of biking put him in the hospital. At his age and miles driven on the chicken strips, the law of averages put him down.
I have driven mountains right on the edge of death as have many of us. The assumption of risk and pushing that risk is the rush. The question is when will we push it too hard or when will something else not be part of our game plan.
Your car is more comfortable than your bike. Why do we go riding? Why get hot or cold leaving a climate controlled car or truck in the driveway? For the thrill of it would be my answer. The danger or perception of danger is the key ingredient of the thrill.
Drive safe
