Hwy 38 every time I can talk my wife into it. 
Less filthy, more open, more courtesy, easier in pre-dawn fog. 
I love the Siuslaw River but I hate the damn road to get there.
It needs refuge lanes or a bigger buffer twixt opposing lanes.
There's a good chance those two men knew each other.
Mistakes happen, and they happen in a fraction of a second. A little protection from inevitable humanity isn't unreasonable.