There are 3 to 4 reports per DAY of rocks being thrown at cars on the Scenic Highway. Last weekend a little 2-year old girl was hit in the head by a
rock and is now near death in a TJ hospital. The article in Spanish:
This sort of thing happens just about everywhere. You may have noticed that certain urban areas in particular in the US have outfitted overpases with
high fences. They won't stop everything from being thrown, but do put an end to large and heavy objects. Perpetrators are usually either stupid
juveniles who have no grasp of the potential consequences, or malcontents such as geng bangers.
Originally posted by arrowhead
There are 3 to 4 reports per DAY of rocks being thrown at cars on the Scenic Highway.
that's a lot. if we assume that for every 3 or 4 reports, an additional 6 to 8 are unreported, and assume that 5,000 cars per day travel the road,
then each car passing has greater than 1/1000 chance of being target.
many of you buy lotto tickets with much worse odds.
Joe- While I can't speak for all, I'm gonna make a wild guess and say that many of us did stupid things when we were kids that we later regretted. Not
enough time to list all of mine.
Originally posted by soulpatch
I always watch the overpasses for people just hanging out. I know options are limited but you can alter speed or do a lane change if things look
hokey.
Ever since the LA riots it seems I have had that paranoid trait.
You arn't the only one. When I see people lingering around on the foot bridge overpasses, I won't go beneith them if possible. I'll go over to the
shoulder.
i ALWAYS drive on the left side of the rd, I don't know if that would help, and also Im always on the look out for possible trouble. I remember when
this was happening in the Mexicali-San Felipe rd.
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Actually that was not translated accurately from the article. The linked article said that agents at the toll gate had heard of 3 or 4 similar events
on the same day the little girl was hurt. A bit different from 3 to 4 events per day, implying that there are over a hundred or more such events on
the toll road each month. But whatever it was it is still a very sad thing indeed.
The USA DOJ reports that carjackings and burglaries are up as well on the other side of the border. The recession/depression is leading to more and
more events like this world wide and I doubt we will see things improving much anytime soon. You need to be careful wherever you go today...
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Originally posted by mtgoat666
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Originally posted by arrowhead
There are 3 to 4 reports per DAY of rocks being thrown at cars on the Scenic Highway.
that's a lot. if we assume that for every 3 or 4 reports, an additional 6 to 8 are unreported, and assume that 5,000 cars per day travel the road,
then each car passing has greater than 1/1000 chance of being target.
many of you buy lotto tickets with much worse odds.
There have been other recent reports of vehicles "stoned" on the scenic highway):
"Ya había reportes de autos apedreados en carretera escénica"
"When we warned the caseta personnel, they said to us that they had received three or four reports during the day." ...
"He said that around 21:00 pm going from Ensenada to Tijuana and soon after passing la Mision near an off ramp, he felt a blow to his vehicle but,
seeing that another car was parked and lights out in this lane, decided not to stop." ... "Because the blow was on the left side, opposite the hill,
they assume that someone near the ridge was waiting for the car to pass (and) hit it right under the back window."
This event was reported to Caminos y Puentes Federales (Capufe) and to the military checkpoint after the caseta.
BTW, Capufe has refused to indemnify travelers for losses they have incurred from rock throwers.
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Originally posted by BajaGringo
Actually that was not translated accurately from the article. The linked article said that agents at the toll gate had heard of 3 or 4 similar events
on the same day the little girl was hurt. A bit different from 3 to 4 events per day, implying that there are over a hundred or more such events on
the toll road each month.
Well Ron, I'm not sure where to start. First of all, if you followed the news, you probably would know that the little girl was hurt the evening of
November 8th, while the article I posted was of incidents that occured on November 10th. So right out of the gate we already have rock attacks on two
separate days.
And if you cared to dig in you would also find this report where the police say they received three reports of rock throwing at 7:30PM, 9PM and
10:15PM on November 10:
...and if you really wanted to do a thorough job, you would read the readers comments on those news articles. It seems a lot of people have a story to
tell about getting hit with rocks on the Scenic Highway.
Originally posted by BajaGringo
Actually that was not translated accurately from the article. The linked article said that agents at the toll gate had heard of 3 or 4 similar events
on the same day the little girl was hurt. A bit different from 3 to 4 events per day, implying that there are over a hundred or more such events on
the toll road each month.
Well Ron, I'm not sure where to start. First of all, if you followed the news, you probably would know that the little girl was hurt the evening of
November 8th, while the article I posted was of incidents that occured on November 10th. So right out of the gate we already have rock attacks on two
separate days.
And if you cared to dig in you would also find this report where the police say they received three reports of rock throwing at 7:30PM, 9PM and
10:15PM on November 10:
...and if you really wanted to do a thorough job, you would read the readers comments on those news articles. It seems a lot of people have a story to
tell about getting hit with rocks on the Scenic Highway.
Everyone must leave Baja immediately before this epidemic of terrorists using weapons of glass destruction get
you.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
“Cuando avisamos a personal de las casetas, nos dijeron que ye habían recibido tres o cuatro reportes en el día”, manifestó la señora
Hernández, quien hace unas semanas viajaba por la Carretera Escénica junto a su esposo e hija y una roca los impactó por el lado izquierdo....
Sorry Nancy, but you can paint this any color you want with as many articles as you can find but you still did not translate it correctly. The article
said that they received 3 or four reports that day. That is en el dia - not por dia.
I am sure there have been other reports of rock throwing on the toll road - and if the little girl was hurt on a different day that remains a tragic
event either way. That is something that happens on highways north and south of the border unfortunately. I only noted that the
article did not say that they were receiving 3 to 4 per day as you incorrectly translated.
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