Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Morning Drive

"Rock of Topanga" in 2005

Oh, the wonders of modern technology! Before setting off on the morning commute, you can check traffic on your route with Google Maps!

This morning, our two-lane mountain road was solid red.

So I visited the California Highway Patrol traffic site, and sure enough there was an accident down near Pacific Coast Highway.

The CHP site is useful because it publishes a time log of actual communications between officers and other agencies. So I was able to see when it occurred, when it was called in, what kind of vehicle, when the towing company was called - everything.

Here's what you don't like to see in your traffic report:

7:21AM  PER UNIT DOES NOT APPR RELATED TO ROCK SLIDE

Rock slide?

Just another Topanga morning commute.

5 comments:

smalltownme said...

That's a doozy!

Cheri @ Blog This Mom!® said...

So Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Karen (formerly kcinnova) said...

That rock from 2005 is one big WHOOPSADAISY! Hope the slide on Tuesday was nothing like that... and that the people involved in the accident only suffered irritation vs. life-long damage.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Rock and roll!
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Claudia from Idiot's Kitchen said...

Cheri, I thought the same thing! Cue Indiana Jones!