Posted on 02/08/2022 11:51:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
SAN DIEGO — A driver died Saturday after her car slammed into a boat that had fallen off a trailer as it was being towed on a state highway east of San Diego, officials said. The motorist was identified as Jennifer Kathleen Nichols, 49, of Bonita. She was the wife of interim San Diego Harbor Police Chief Kirk Nichols, who was a passenger in the car and suffered minor injuries.
The crash was reported around 6:20 p.m. on California 94 in Jamul.
The California Highway Patrol said Robert Keith Thomas, 28, was driving a 2000 Mazda B3000 truck pulling a boat on a trailer when the boat detached from the trailer as he turned onto the highway from a side road.
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Problem is if you try to leave a good margin behind another car, other cars will quickly move in that spot and you find yourself tail-gating a different car.
A man has to know his limitations. I was never a sailor on a wooden ship. I’ll take the modern technology.
One of my driving no-nos...never follow behind a truck carrying ANYTHING!! Lived in San Diego for many years and saw so many small trucks loaded sky high with crap that it didn’t even look physically possible. Was always wary of the whole load flying off.
I typically tow my boat around town during the weekends. I don’t take it in the water, as that damages it and drives up the maintenance costs, which gets expensive as it’s a nice boat.
I never heard that they tore it down.
That thing was dangerous and ALWAYS being closed due to weather conditions.
It needed it.
trailer queen...
True. I just keep backing off. Eventually I find some space.
Must have been terribly scary!
Amateur drivers think they can drive normal speeds when carrying or pulling loads secured by amateurs. Then other crappy drivers ride their tails
And they laugh as they drive away.
I was driving on the 101 freeway in LA and was behind a trailer with a boat on it, when the next thing I knew, the outboard motor had come off, hit the ground and flew many feet in the air, proceeded to fly over my car and nearly smashed into the car behind me. Luckily (looking in my rearview mirror) I didn’t see any other cars get hit.
This was 30 or so years ago and to this day, I am leery of driving behind boat trailers.
I think they tore it down twenty years ago
decades ag, when they changed over the SF Bay Bridge from busses & trucks on the lower deck, and cars on upper, to both, on each deck. That meant they had to add clearance to the upper level Yerba Buena Island tunnel, and create a transition during construction: "The Hump".
During one morning's rush hour, one of those jockeys hit The Hump, and dumped two KEGS--not boxes--of roofing nails, which spilled across all lanes heading into the city. Hilarity ensued for hours.
Ditto for me, Ma’am.
May she rest in peace, and may He comfort her grieving family.
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