A few months ago, his sister recalled, he totaled his new B.M.W. on a serpentine road in Italy.

We approached Rauris by a serpentine road winding upward through a broad valley flanked by peaks as high as 12,000 feet.

The only way up to the hills was a serpentine road to the north, which had several switchbacks and could be raked easily by dragonels.

The car stays on course on the highway, and it seems to ride invisible rails over serpentine roads, always flat and under control.

A serpentine road traverses through a local hillock to reach the lake and is a favorite jogging track for the local populace.

However, a trip up the eastern coast from Santa Cruz to just south of Barlovento isn't too long, and the rather serpentine road runs through some pretty scenery.

At the end of a serpentine road here, flanked by pinot noir vineyards, an unmarked door is cut into a hillside.

The serpentine road ascending the pass is now restricted to sightseers only.

The serpentine road followed a series of descending switchbacks, dropping thousands of feet in a few miles.

Heading back to the coast, we took the long, serpentine road to the settlement of Torralba d'en Salord.