Q: You latterly requested readers to submit probably the most memorable Roadshow tales from over time. Years in the past, a reader, whose daughter was studying to play the harp, requested for recommendation on autos that might transport such an instrument. A number of had recommendations, however one wrote that he solved this drawback by leaving his harp in San Francisco. Maybe it's my quirky humorousness, however I believed that was hilarious.
Tom Darby, San Jose
A: How about the remainder of you? I’m compiling favourite columns and tales and we are going to rerun a few of them periodically.
Q: I meant to ship you this months in the past, however forgot each time after going by way of the Interstate 680 – Freeway 4 interchange. After enhancements have been accomplished there, the velocity and sharp flip warning indicators weren't reinstalled for all ramps.
Particularly harmful is the ramp for exiting southbound I-680 and coming into eastbound Freeway 4. There aren't any lowered velocity indicators, or sharp curve forward warning indicators for this very sharp ramp, hidden from an approaching driver’s view by the overpass.
Please get Caltrans’ consideration ASAP.
Richard Miller
A: Caltrans has a lot of paving tasks deliberate for this space. Lacking and outdated indicators will probably be reviewed and changed then. I do hear what you're saying concerning the hazard right here, of their absence.
Q: My remark is that giant elevated freeway indicators have gotten a extra frequent goal for “taggers.” This makes utilizing freeway indicators, in case you’re not conversant in the realm, an unlucky problem. A few of these “artworks” will need to have taken hours to finish, throughout which I'd have thought the “artist” would have been reported and presumably arrested.
What's the typical penalty, if the juvenile or grownup tagger is arrested and charged?
Jim Silva, Los Gatos
A: The penalty can range, relying on how a lot the state has to pay to wash it up, and if taggers have had prior violations. Hopefully we gained’t want barbed wire round entry factors to those indicators. Within the Bay Space, Caltrans has finished two issues to attempt to cut back entry to freeway overpass indicators: eradicating walkways to make it more durable for taggers to deface the indicators and, as well as, the state makes use of a brand new answer to make it simpler to wash the indicators with a high-powered hose.
Q: Somebody as soon as noticed that within the ’50s and ’60s, L.A. drivers have been superior. L.A. site visitors throughout “rush hour” was bumper to bumper at 60 mph+. It was Darwinist Driving. Those that couldn’t deal with it received off the freeways. Later, with site visitors congestion, L.A. drivers grew to become like the remainder of us.
Jack Cormode, Mountain View
A: An incredible time period, “Darwinist Driving.”
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