Q: Congratulations on getting one other time off each week. Many people begin our day along with your column.
Jim Bodwin, Cupertino
A: Thanks. Excellent news to listen to that studying the column is the best way you begin your day. Roadshow runs 5 days week now, Tuesday by way of Friday plus Sunday. The rest?
A: Then I considered it some: Nothing a lot has modified within the 30-plus years since I moved to California. Folks nonetheless drive too quick on freeways. Street boulders nonetheless drive too sluggish on freeways. Loop detectors nonetheless fail. Potholes nonetheless kind. Gasoline costs nonetheless spike.
Why not simply reprint outdated Roadshow columns from previous years on Mondays and Saturdays? I doubt if anyone would discover.
Jim Bodwin
A: Don’t neglect carpool cheaters, vehicles driving throughout strong white traces on specific lanes, pink gentle scofflaws and litter on our roads — although there's some hope on that final entrance.
Caltrans is increasing the Clear California incentive program statewide and providing as much as $250 per thirty days to Undertake-A-Freeway volunteers who decide up litter alongside state highways. The enlargement comes after a profitable pilot within the Sacramento and San Diego areas that added 230 new freeway adoptions in simply three months.
Caltrans requires volunteers to submit data following eligible cleanup actions to obtain a cost. Volunteers present data on date, location, quantity of trash collected, variety of volunteers, hours labored and photos. Undertake-A-Freeway individuals are restricted to 1 cost a month.
Volunteers who're within the Undertake-A-Freeway Program can name 866-ADOPTAHWY (866-236-7824) or go to CleanCA.com for extra data.
Q: What are we doing about drivers at night time with both no headlights, or simply daytime working lights on? On some nights I’ve counted 10 vehicles with simply DRLs on.
The drivers are fully oblivious and signaling doesn’t appear to work. Often they provide me a glance and hold driving.
I really feel the CHP must do higher enforcement at night time for this, because it’s an excessive security threat.
Nick Radonich, Morgan Hill
A: And …
Q: Each from time to time, I see a dark-colored automobile driving late within the night with out headlights and even daytime working lights on. Clearly, this can be a hazard to others on the highway. I'm tempted to report it, however unsure if I ought to name 911 or 311. Are you able to present some steerage?
Deepak Sabnis
A: My suggestion is to name 911, inform the dispatcher it's a non-emergency name and ask to be transferred to 311, a quantity you typically can’t attain instantly by mobile phone. It's also possible to flash your headlights to attempt to present the opposite driver that they should flip their lights on.
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