more random shit in the roadways

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ummmmm... just a "large object":
8 East at Lake Jennings Parking Problem Road
Traffic Hazard - Large Object 9:35 AM
Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: Page 1252, Grid 1D
Ukn Lane 9:35 AM
CHP Unit Enroute 9:37 AM

I previously wasn't going to count (ostensibly disabled) vehicles as traffic hazards, but when it's a charter bus, and especially when traffic is "still coming in hot"
52 East to 805 South Connector
Traffic Hazard - Vehicle 8:35 AM
Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: Page 1228, Grid 6G
Roll Unit for Traffic Control 8:35 AM
Charter Bus Traffic Hazard #2 8:35 AM
Message/Item Delivered Star Towing 8:38 AM
CHP Unit on Scene 8:38 AM
A Lanes is Being Shut Down, Traf Still Coming in Hot 9:00 AM
The Tow is 97 9:00 AM
CHP Unit on Scene 9:09 AM

and, sheesh, if a charter bus on/in the highway is a traffic hazard, surely a pedestrian is:
Incident: 0301 Type: Pedestrian on a Highway
Location: SR54 ONR TO WB I8 Zoom Map: 1251 4J
Info as of: 7/21/2003 9:52:21 AM
54 East
54 On Ramp to 8 West
Pedestrian on a Highway 9:30 AM
Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: Page 1251, Grid 4J
CHP Unit on Scene 9:46 AM
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
9:46AM - CHP Unit On Scene
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
9:49AM - SO FAR UTL, NOW CHECKING OTHER ONR

and if you don't buy a mere pedestrian, how about a juvenile on a bicycle?
Incident: 0293 Type: Traffic Hazard
Location: NB I215 JNO NEWPORT RD Zoom Map: 868 2E Info as of: 7/21/2003 9:54:23 AM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
9:23AM - KEEPS GOING INTO RT LN
9:23AM - JUV RIDING BIKE ON RS
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
9:24AM - CHP Unit Enroute

and here's the best (?) thing i've found so far: a judgment by the CHP that none of the above is particularly newsworthy:

Incident: 0110 Type: Media Information
Location: DAILY LOG Zoom Map: Click Here Info as of: 7/21/2003 9:56:31 AM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
9:08AM -
9:08AM - BUSY COMMUTE WITH SEVERAL COLLISIONS, HOWEVER, NOTHING PARTICULARLY NEWSWORTHY
9:05AM - =======================================================

When I was driving in to San Diego about a month ago, on I-15 south near Escondido, I looked over and saw an accident that had just happened on the northbound side. I saw a man who had, for unclear reasons, gotten out of his car, and apparently been hit by another vehicle. I saw gray matter. (If you don't know what that is, you probably don't want to know.) I looked and looked for news reports on this, but didn't find any: apparently this was also deemed a not particularly newsworthy event.

JUST REPORTED on KPBS! Eastbound 8: tree trunk in the roadway
ack! I'm looking for a report on the above mentioned tree trunk, and can't find it, but I did find this:

Incident: 0334
Type: Traffic Hazard - Pedestrian on Freeway
Location: SB 5 JNO THE BORDER (that's southbound I-5, just north of the border at San Ysidro)
Info as of: 7/21/2003 9:59:48 AM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
9:59AM - FEMALE RUNNING INTO TRAFFIC

still nothing on the tree trunk, but already processed building materials provide a nice substitute, right?
Incident: 0336 Type: Traffic Hazard
Location: WB SR78 JWO NORDAHL RD Zoom Map: 1129 1C
Info as of: 7/21/2003 10:03:38 AM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
10:02AM - RTH TO CD CT 97
10:01AM - 4 X4 IN 1 LN, NEED UNIT FOR TRAFFIC BREAK
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
10:01AM - CHP Unit On Scene

and finally, although it's not San Diego, this is such a unique roadway hazard that it bears brief mention, in Riverside (~1.5 hours north), at Hwy 60 & I-15:
Incident: 0531 Type: Traffic Hazard - Debris/Object
Location: WB SR60 TO NB I15 CON
Zoom Map: 643 6F
Info as of: 7/21/2003 10:07:09 AM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
9:51AM - HAZMAT HAS ETA OF 30 MIN
9:48AM - ISSUE SIGALERT AND CONTACT SGT
9:45AM - BOTH LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS CLOSED
9:14AM - CHEMICAL CONTAINER IN THE RDWY-- WITH SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT

i was about to sign off for the morning when this gem came up:
Incident: 0347 Type: Traffic Hazard - Debris/Objects
Location: NB I805 JSO EB I8
Zoom Map: 1269 2E
Info as of: 7/21/2003 10:12:13 AM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
10:10AM - SURFBOARD MIDDLE LANES

and just for the record, to try to introduce some perspective, I just checked the CHP traffic incident site to see if this stuff is happening all over the state, and I'm being histrionic about San Diego's roadway hazards.
Bay Area: Golden Gate Communications Center
Number of Incidents: 0
Last Updated at: 7/21/2003 10:16:23 AM
No Current Incidents Available.
Sacramento Communications Center
Number of Incidents: 4
Last Updated at: 7/21/2003 10:16:23 AM
none are hazards in the roadway.
Los Angeles Communications Center
Number of Incidents: 19
Last Updated at: 7/21/2003 10:18:03 AM
19 incidents, and plenty of stalled vehicles, but NOT A SINGLE foregin object.

man, KPBS is really dialed in -- here's another hazard not reported by the CHP or signonsandiego:
10:22 AM: "if somebody is missing their surfboard, it's on the northbound 805 at the 8"
10:28 AM: oops: it looks like KPBS really isn't dialed in after all. I just realized that this had already been reported above by CHP, at 10:10AM: Location: NB I805 JSO EB I8: SURFBOARD MIDDLE LANES. Too bad. But, uhhh, is the surfboard still there?

okay, this getting slightly addictive. gotta go.
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