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[*] posted on 4-21-2010 at 07:11 AM
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Did anyone else see the backup on the 5/805 merge at the border last evening. It looked like the wait had to be at least 3-4 hours. What a nightmare! Plus the newsman reported that there were a few incidents of road rage that were making it an even bigger mess. They reported that the reason was increased scrutiny going into Mexico. I'm definitely using Otay Mesa next time I cross.
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[*] posted on 4-21-2010 at 07:31 AM


Now we know what the people in Tijuana have been battling for decades.
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[*] posted on 4-21-2010 at 07:40 AM


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Now we know what the people in Tijuana have been battling for decades.


Right...in a way. Now they get to enjoy it coming and going. Their daily misery just doubled.
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[*] posted on 4-21-2010 at 08:57 AM


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Now we know what the people in Tijuana have been battling for decades.


Right...in a way. Now they get to enjoy it coming and going. Their daily misery just doubled.


So many cross both ways everyday---what a nightmare!

Does anyone know if it is really a lot slower in the mornings going south?



[Edited on 4-21-2010 by DianaT]
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[*] posted on 4-21-2010 at 09:05 AM


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Did anyone else see the backup on the 5/805 merge at the border last evening. It looked like the wait had to be at least 3-4 hours. What a nightmare! Plus the newsman reported that there were a few incidents of road rage that were making it an even bigger mess. They reported that the reason was increased scrutiny going into Mexico. I'm definitely using Otay Mesa next time I cross.

I was stuck in it. Got in line at 4pm and finally crossed south at 5:45. I'm sure it got worse into the real rush hour.

Mexico had the last lanes on the left closed and once people saw the "red X" up ahead they all tried to push everyone over to the right. Many Tijuaneros cruised past us all on the left side breakdown lane and cut in front at the cement barriers. So many in fact they actually made their own lane and squeezed everyone else over (those uber-aggressive driver types are not good about alternating BTW)

The CHP could help by enforcing no-driving-in-breakdown-lane laws on the US side, and Mexico could help by opening all its southbound lanes. At $300 a pop- the hundred or more cars go past in the breakdown lanes would have been a CA profit center.

I would love to see one CHP car send everyone driving in the "U-Turn To USA" lane back to the USA and make them go to the back of the line and wait like everyone else.

[Edited on 4-21-2010 by Woooosh]




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[*] posted on 4-21-2010 at 09:17 AM


I'll bet the motels from Chula south are seeing an upswing in business because of this border nonsense.
gosh darnm....our governments are the worst terrorists I've ever been confronted with.

edited for comma violations

[Edited on 4-21-2010 by DENNIS]
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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 01:23 PM


Quote:
Originally posted by DianaT
Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
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Originally posted by larryC
Now we know what the people in Tijuana have been battling for decades.


Right...in a way. Now they get to enjoy it coming and going. Their daily misery just doubled.


So many cross both ways everyday---what a nightmare!

Does anyone know if it is really a lot slower in the mornings going south?



[Edited on 4-21-2010 by DianaT]


I always try to head south before 3:00 (sooner on Friday) if I miss that deadline I head to Otay; after that, you'll be waiting longer than you did to enter the US...not to mention TJ police do a MUCH better job at policing people bypassing the line. CHP drives by cars parallel in the 805 trying to get in.

[Edited on 5-7-2010 by BJSoccer16]
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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 01:31 PM


Better to have a great sandwich and a cool drink at Eric's Deli in Otay while you wait for the S/B traffic to subside. :lol:



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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 01:31 PM


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Did anyone else see the backup on the 5/805 merge at the border last evening. It looked like the wait had to be at least 3-4 hours. What a nightmare! Plus the newsman reported that there were a few incidents of road rage that were making it an even bigger mess. They reported that the reason was increased scrutiny going into Mexico. I'm definitely using Otay Mesa next time I cross.

I was stuck in it. Got in line at 4pm and finally crossed south at 5:45. I'm sure it got worse into the real rush hour.

Mexico had the last lanes on the left closed and once people saw the "red X" up ahead they all tried to push everyone over to the right. Many Tijuaneros cruised past us all on the left side breakdown lane and cut in front at the cement barriers. So many in fact they actually made their own lane and squeezed everyone else over (those uber-aggressive driver types are not good about alternating BTW)

The CHP could help by enforcing no-driving-in-breakdown-lane laws on the US side, and Mexico could help by opening all its southbound lanes. At $300 a pop- the hundred or more cars go past in the breakdown lanes would have been a CA profit center.

I would love to see one CHP car send everyone driving in the "U-Turn To USA" lane back to the USA and make them go to the back of the line and wait like everyone else.

[Edited on 4-21-2010 by Woooosh]


I called CHP one day when people were rear ending one another. The lady told me they couldn't be everywhere at once. There are so many places they can set up patrol cars. The reasons it is slow are ONE: the drivers will hold up traffic (or ram into the person in front of them while laughing) before letting someone in front of them; TWO, the Mexican employees just wave everyone through even if the bottleneck is not moving, worsening the traffic jam just after passing. I have been rammed by someone who couldn't wait for me to pull into secondary after getting the red light; I pursued him and informed him he hit me (he did not care) and THREE, right after crossing those lanes turn into two (although there is ample space to the left that is blocked off, which could be used for traffic) and no one cooperates; the trucks and SUVs force their way through and you must aggressively lane merge in order to leave unscathed. These are the reasons I avoid that crossing like the plague after 3pm
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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 01:37 PM


Don't forget the @#**&!! idiots on motorcycles that cut lanes at 45 MPH...........



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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 02:04 PM
T minus


sat, sun, mon, tues, wed, thursday 3.30A.M.:light:

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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 02:56 PM


Southbound after 3 PM on weekdays is horrible. Everybody is jacked up, switching lanes, not letting others merge, and driving on the shoulders. It's chaos. I'm starting to see backups at other times too.

I recently switched my Chula Vista mailbox to just across the border in San Ysidro so I can walk across to get my mail and I no longer cross for shopping.

The border reconstruction, which is going to take years to complete, includes more southbound inspection lanes, but it's going to be a loooooong time before they're complete.




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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 07:25 PM


Quote:
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Better to have a great sandwich and a cool drink at Eric's Deli in Otay while you wait for the S/B traffic to subside. :lol:


Tell us more about Eric's Deli... location, etc.
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[*] posted on 5-7-2010 at 09:35 PM


Bob

Eric's Deli is a great little sandwich shop, just north of the Otay border crossing. Good food, clean restrooms. It is located in a strip mall between Roll Drive and Paseo De Las Americas where those two streets dead end into Via De La Amistad.

As you pass through US Customs at Otay, take the first exit northbound which is Siempre Viva Road. Continue to your right off of the ramp onto Siempre Viva. The second street on your right is Paseo De La Americas. Turn right on Americas. Just before it dead ends into Amistad, turn right, into the parking lot of the strip mall........it's right in front of you.




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[*] posted on 5-8-2010 at 04:53 AM


Eric's is good. Bajaguy took me there. I think he owns it!!!!!
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[*] posted on 5-8-2010 at 05:19 AM


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Don't forget the @#**&!! idiots on motorcycles that cut lanes at 45 MPH...........


Yes, please don't forget us. :biggrin:

Crossed southbound on Thursday at 5pm...no wait.

Yesterday, crossed back into the States at 2pm...zero wait time.

Back across the border at 5:30pm...damn, no waiting again
:rolleyes:

Expect to cross northbound this morning at 7. I'm betting there won't be a wait. Damn...:P




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[*] posted on 5-8-2010 at 08:27 AM


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Better to have a great sandwich and a cool drink at Eric's Deli in Otay while you wait for the S/B traffic to subside. :lol:

The cafe at Brown Field (Landing Strip?) is better because they have a full bar and after 2-3 drinks you don't care how long the back up is:lol::lol:




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[*] posted on 5-8-2010 at 08:38 AM


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The cafe at Brown Field (Landing Strip?) is better because they have a full bar and after 2-3 drinks you don't care how long the back up is:lol::lol:
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Just BoB........You can see the back-up from Eric's, not so from Brown Field




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