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Despite warning signs (and the obvious danger) people are washed over waterfalls, and killed, every year in Yosemite .
top of Nevada Falls, Yosemite NP, CA (1993).
Even parking lots have special problems in the steep terrain of San Francisco.
Broadway at foot of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA (1991).
Major grades on western highways are often provided with special offramps for runaway trucks.
Grapevine Grade, Interstate 5, south of Bakersfield, CA (1986).
Sidehill viaducts are one way that raod builders have dealt with steep and unstable slopes along the Eel River .
highway 101 along the South Fork Eel River, near Leggett, CA (1993).
On San Francisco's steepest streets the sidewalks have steps.
Romolo Place, south side of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA (1991).
Unfortunate incidents in the past have forced the Indian owners to prohibit diving from the top of this waterfall.
top of Havasu Falls, Havasupai IR, AZ (1989).