Make sure you slow down when you are within 5 miles of Dunkin Donuts or
Krispy Kreme. Better yet, have a box of Krispy Kreme donuts in the car in
case you get pulled over. :)
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of giles@vy.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:23 PM
> To: Boris Elpiner
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: S.D. Tour
>
>
> And be careful of those CHP cars with the rear-facing radar. I was at the
> Apricot Tree (which is about 50 miles south of where 152 meets I5), and
> there was a cop there telling about how people don't seem to be aware that
> the CHP cars can radar in both directions, and how he got a particular guy
> for doing 100mph (although this was mostly because the guy didn't slow
> down after he saw him) when he was at the time facing the other direction.
>
> You also have to deal with the spotter planes. Oh, and slow down around
> Harris Ranch, the CHP likes to have lunch there. But once you're in LA, no
> one seems to obey the speed limit anyway, especially on I405.
>
> But still, 7 hours to get to San Diego? You'll be lucky to be at LAX in 7
> hours!
>
> Giles
>
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Boris Elpiner wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:49:03 -0800
> > From: Boris Elpiner <boriselp@altavista.net>
> > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: S.D. Tour
> >
> > Kirk wrote:
> >
> > <snip> Yahoo says the distance is about 470 miles
> > > which would take at least 7 hours with little traffic and
> being stopped
> > > by the CHP.
> >
> > I went down to San Diego last Saturday and I have to warn you
> that CHP was
> > out in FORCE on I-5. I've lost count how many CHP cars I've
> seen. Truckers
> > were going at about 63-65 and I just kept with them. I've been
> clocked at
> > 63-64mph few times, but officers didn't bother with me. I don't know if
> > they'll be as lenient to a car going 78-79 mph. I've seen A LOT
> of people
> > being pulled over.
> >
> > I took 210, I-10, I-15 to go around LA and with exception of a
> short section
> > of I-10 traffic was tolerable. All in all I've got to San
> Diego in about 8
> > hours towing all by myself. But that was on Saturday. During
> the week the
> > traffic near downtown is terrible in every direction at most
> every time of
> > the day. Don't even think about taking I-5 or I-10 through downtown,
> > especially if you are towing, You'll not enjoy it:-(.
> >
> > Boris.
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