Last night, New Year's Eve, i was leaving work in SF early to avoid the drunks, about 10pm. I got down dark 101S to Oyster Point right bend and here RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME was all this black collision debris ALL OVER 4 LANES OF LIGHT TRAFFIC, like tailpipe and muffler, and broken parts from a shredded car/2 nowhere in sight. I could not swerve fast enuf at legal speed and hit the black tailpipe with my left front and left rear tires, both of which immediately went flat !!
BOY WAS I PISSED !! Dark, no collision cars that caused all this in sight,,, and 2 $80 tires to unnecessarily toss to some land fill or tire fire !! And i am not NOT going to get home anytime soon and get to 'bed early' !! So i pulled to the right shoulder and got out a bunch of flares from behind the driver's seat.
I was walking back against traffic and here were 3 OTHER CARS WITH DAMAGED TIRES FROM THE SAME COLLISION debris !! ,,,and still no 'accident' in sight in the dark w/ my flashlight. I put out flares every 50 paces ,tho they last only 15 minutes and got behind the last car, when FINALLY HERE COMES THE CHP I HAD CALLED 911 FOR !! Finally.
So i walked on the emergency parking strip with traffic back toward my Acura ON 101S NEAR OYSTER POINT and here IN THE BUSHES were some Mexicans and 2 ROLLED AND TOTALED CARS!!(no apologies and no flares,,,just standing in the bushes, the irresponsible speeding probable drunks that caused of all this destruction!!) and the cop in loud speaker telling me to 'get over on the shoulder',,,!! ,,, NO THANKS AT ALL FOR BEING THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE DRIVER TO PUT OUT FLARES.
I got back to my car and here was another CHP telling me to get my car off the freeway,,,NOT NOT NOT 1)PICKING UP THE LARGE PIECES OF DEBRIS OF CAR PARTS, OR 2)SLOWING DOWN THE FEW PASSING MOTORISTS, OR 3)CLOSING A LANE WITH CONES AT THE START OF THE ACCIDENT. !!!!!
While i was getting in my car i heard 5 OTHER CARS GET FLAT TIRES, just because these rookie CHP officers were too lazy and too irresponsible to TAKE PROPER CARE OF AN ACCIDENT SCENE TO LIMIT FURTHER DEATH AND DAMAGE. The CHP cops not could care less about all this totally unnecessary damage going on well after the initial 2 cars collided and went off into the bushes.
What should the CHP have done?
1, close all lanes until one cop car goes down the two left lanes with another officer walking in front for 100-200 yards to pitch all big debris off the freeway. What?, CHP too lazy to walk?!!
2, cone off the 2 right lanes with the accident in the r. side bushes to protect the civilians all over the shoulder.
3, open the left 2 lanes as passing lanes ,but leave one cruiser blocking the behind the cones , the 2 right lanes,,, before it rains, as forecast.
4, again take a cruiser up the 2 right lanes and with an officer walking in front of the full on bright head lights and that walking officer tossing all threat parts ,like black hard to see mufflers, to the shoulder,,,for Caltrans to pick up later.
5,Then open the 3 left lanes but leave the cones in the slow lane and the one blocking cruiser with it flashing lights on to try and slow down the light traffic.
Why the senior CHP officer on the scene or the one in dispatch was SO CARELESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE OF THE POTENTIAL FURTHER DEATH AND DAMAGE AT AN ACCIDENT SCENE should be investigated by the State!! That was a very sloppy ,needlessly so, job and not professional. A high school g.e.d. grad could have done a better mgmt /supervisor job !!
When i pointed out to the CHP officer telling me to move my car that OTHER CARS WERE STILL BEING DAMAGED WITH FLAT TIRES,,, he said,,, "the cars will push the debris away" !!,,, What low standard jr. college did you go too ?!!
CHP heads should roll on this one !!
New Governor Brown, please take note and improve the CHP mgmt guidelines of accident scenes !!
If the CHP had responded faster to the first 911 call and been on-scene with flashing lights in the right lane, i would have slowed way down and been able to put my headlights on high and probably avoid having to insurance buy 2 new tires and lose a few days of work. That accident scene was BOTCHED BY THE CHP.
Weeks earlier i was driving up from SJ in the dark up 101N and saw a new big expensive electronic highway sign saying "accident ahead, 2 left lanes closed", so i continued when i should have used alternate 280N. When i got to the CHP cars and accident scene, the 3 LEFT LANES WERE CLOSED,not "2". So why did the big expensive highway electronic sign not say that ?!! SAT IN TRAFFIC FOR OVER 30 MINUTES, NO MOVING. Another CHP accident scene MISMANAGED !!
