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July 10, 2008

Freeway Life in SoCal at $5 Gas

I don't know if it's the $5/gallon gas prices, but freeway life here in southern California has become more surreal of late. Granted, traffic volumes are down, at least a little, so freeways are no longer in that perpetual state of criticality where a butterfly crossing through the 3 lane causes a 4-mile backup.

But that said, stranger things are going on. Yesterday I saw no less than three warnings about people walking on the I-5 freeway -- which is a 10-lane high-speed monstrosity -- and just now I saw this in a live CHP incident report near me here in La Jolla:

Incident:     0912    Type:    Traffic Hazard    Location:    SB I5 AT LA JOLLA VILLAGE
info as of:    7/10/2008 8:21:01 PM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
7:57PM    MAN A RIDING BIKE IN THE FAST LANE

Someone is bicycling in the dark in the fast lane of a freeway? Dear God, people. I know gas prices are high, but this is getting deranged.

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