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Semi truck driver failed to obey three signs and wound up in ditch, CHP says
CDL Life ^ | November 5, 2025 | ashley

Posted on 11/07/2025 9:21:50 AM PST by xxqqzz

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) called out a truck driver for failing to obey multiple signs before crashing into a ditch.

On November 5, 2025, troopers with CHP’s Hollister-Gilroy Division took to social media to detail how ignoring signs got a truck driver into trouble in the Gilroy, California, area.

CHP “After failing to obey three regulatory signs advising not to take this road, this commercial driver drove onto San Juan Highway towards San Juan Bautista anyway and realized that his vehicle was not going to be able to negotiate a tight roundabout ahead. He was left no choice but to back up his big-rig, and eventually traveling off the roadway and into a ditch,” CHP said.

“The CHP Hollister-Gilroy Area reminds all drivers to stay alert, drive safely, and obey all posted traffic signs. Speed limits, stop signs, and other road markers are there to keep everyone safe, ignoring them can lead to serious consequences. Let’s all do our part to make our roads safer for everyone. Drive safe. Arrive alive,” troopers advised.

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Driver not named. Probably couldn't read the signs. Pictures of truck on its side.
1 posted on 11/07/2025 9:21:50 AM PST by xxqqzz
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To: xxqqzz

Thanking you very kindly for not deporting me.


2 posted on 11/07/2025 9:24:36 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: All

ICE should focus on truck drivers considering how potentially dangerous their jobs are. Kick them out and Americans can replace them even if it takes awhile to train new truck drivers


3 posted on 11/07/2025 9:25:18 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: xxqqzz
Instead, how about...
“The CHP Hollister-Gilroy Area reminds all drivers to LEARN ENGLISH!! ”

4 posted on 11/07/2025 9:25:59 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: xxqqzz

Given the poor handling I would have sworn it was an International.


5 posted on 11/07/2025 9:32:17 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: xxqqzz

Driver identified and named immediately.
White, US citizen.

Driver identified immediately, and prominently labeled many times in the report with First, Middle and Last Name.
White, male, US citizen, tagged as a red-neck Trump voter.

Driver not identified.
Minority, not US citizen.

“Teen” or “Youth”
BLM racist.


6 posted on 11/07/2025 9:35:46 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE
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To: xxqqzz; Red Badger

Those pictures say “strictly enforced” all right.

By natural law.


7 posted on 11/07/2025 9:37:01 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Ezekiel

One Democrat staffer in Obama’s first administration said they would ‘repeal’ the Laws of Physics......He was serious............


8 posted on 11/07/2025 9:54:44 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: xxqqzz

We’ll probably find out his last name is “Singh.”


9 posted on 11/07/2025 10:03:37 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: xxqqzz

Patel or Singh?


10 posted on 11/07/2025 10:06:01 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Red Badger

It does explain their desire for big, all-powerful thug government. It’s the god that makes stuff up, decreeing anti-reality as truth.

Stamping out reality is a 24/7/365 make-work project!


11 posted on 11/07/2025 10:06:53 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Red Badger

Quite a few Kennedys have believed that, too, with fatal consequences.


12 posted on 11/07/2025 10:32:28 AM PST by libstripper
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To: xxqqzz

Is that Chicken Vindaloo dripping out of the door?


13 posted on 11/07/2025 10:55:17 AM PST by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

It’s not a Swift (See What I F***edup Today, Sure Wish I Finished Training) truck, either. Looks like a no name driven by a poorly trained “one of them again”


14 posted on 11/07/2025 11:33:30 AM PST by Impala64ssa (Laiken Riley and Iryna Zarutska are my daughters. Charlie Kirk is my brother )
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To: escapefromboston
Subpoena CDL records and match to outstanding deportation orders, DUI's, outstanding warrants, etc. As long as blue states like to hand out vehicular hunting licenses to illegals, time to go fishing where the fish are.
15 posted on 11/07/2025 12:03:37 PM PST by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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