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RenoJoe
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Highway 1
Can anyone tell me what the least traveled day and time of the week for Hwy. 1 is, between Hwy 5 to Vizcaino for trucking?
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John Harper
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3rd Thursday of every month, from 2:07AM until 3:12AM.
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David K
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LOL
Seriously, trucks, busses, and motorhomes towing boats, plus drunks, are all something you just need to contend with. You could go all day without
seeing any in the center of Baja and El Rosario to Guerrero Negro is the least traveled section (and why it gets less maintenance).
Highway One south of San Quintín (Km. 0) narrows to just 19 feet wide, with no shoulder and often on an elevated levee making pulling off impossible.
Add the occasional bicycle tourist or other obstruction like potholes and you can see head-ons or rollovers are a serious possibility!
The government has been widening 10-20 km. sections (such as north and south of El Rosario and Nuevo Rosarito). but the majority of the highway built
in 1973 is still that narrow.
[Edited on 5-5-2018 by David K]
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by RenoJoe  | | Can anyone tell me what the least traveled day and time of the week for Hwy. 1 is, between Hwy 5 to Vizcaino for trucking? |
Google BajaTrans and look up their traffic study reports 
Seriously, the traffic is so light i dont think anyone has ever bothered to do a traffic study,... it’s always light traffic. Even on holidays it
is zero traffic compared to 405 in santa monica at 3 AM on a weekday
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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WORD!
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Plenty of room.
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Those knuckles look white...
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
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Great photo, Three2tango!
Not as dramatic, but here's one I took (the one I posted first was from jrbaja).
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motoged - Just a tad white
David K - Thanks. It's a wide-angle GoPro shot so it tends to exaggerate things but it does feel like this!
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I find there is less traffic early in the morning.
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bajabuddha
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True for open highway, but near ag areas and farms like San Quintin it's a madhouse.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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LancairDriver
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No wide angle on this one.
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From my first sojourn down the peninsula in 73, I have always aimed for the edge of the roadway when approaching vehicles, especially trucks. A quick
turn as we pass each other back off the edge has worked 'almost' all of this time.
Using my turn signal to let the approaching trucks know to please give me what room they can works. They usually do the same to let me know they see
me coming. That simple action is somewhat reassuring as we avoid a head on collision.
I was run off the road in my Ford 4 wheel van in the early 90's by one of these tractor trailers south of Constitution and felt lucky to survive. It
was dawn and he had to have seen me coming as I was driving south into the sun. Aiming for the edge was not enough that time and I had to put my right
side tires off the pavement as this truck was over the center line. My turn signal got no response. I slowed down without jamming on the brakes as I
was trying not to roll over. I almost made it to a safe stop when I hit a cement culvert that wiped out my front axle and I stopped in cloud of dust a
few feet further past that.
The truck never stopped. Oh, to have had a dash cam back then. My Vagabundos insurance served me well, after I insisted the van be shipped back north
of the border. There was no fixing it down there at the time reliably, since these vans were somewhat rare.
Ever since, I use that turn signaling for every vehicle heading my way on that narrow two lane road, as much to let them know I see them coming.
Speaking of Mexican mechanics, I watched a couple of episodes of Van Life recently when the couple had their Sprinter vans motor fail on the Mainland.
What became clear, and what I have always experienced when needing a mechanic in Baja, is the resourcefulness of Mexican mechanics, and their
willingness to do everything they can to remedy a situation. Bless those blessed Baja mechanics, and not charge the moon for their efforts, salt of
the earth that they are.
I did break down one time in El Rosario heading south around this same period and the mechanic invited me to his home and workshop while he got parts
from San Quintin. I stayed in my van for a day or two there, and I dined with his family overnight. Hospitality is a natural response from these fine
people. As much as I tried to show my appreciation, they refused to accept payment for other than the parts and labor. I was able to pass on some home
items that they could use in place of actual pesos. The lasting memory of their treatment of me has been the gift that keeps on giving.
Thanks to all here.
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I just leave my headlights on, all the time, everywhere, i dont know why people dont use always-on feature most cars come with.
I dont think using your blinker does much, and headlights are brighter, more noticeable
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | I just leave my headlights on, all the time, everywhere, i dont know why people dont use always-on feature most cars come with.
I dont think using your blinker does much, and headlights are brighter, more noticeable |
They are always on by default in my Silverado.
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John Harper
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It's a long standing joke among my Ford friends. You can always tell a Chevy truck is coming at you because invariably one of the "daytime" running
lights on them is always burned out. Watch for it and you'll see what I mean. Maybe with LED lights their engineers will finally figure it out.
I've been in the habit of driving with lights on when traveling for the last few years. I guess driving 395 so many times and the "lights on" zone
just created a routine for me.
John
[Edited on 5-6-2018 by John Harper]
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| Quote: Originally posted by RenoJoe | | Can anyone tell me what the least traveled day and time of the week for Hwy. 1 is, between Hwy 5 to Vizcaino for trucking? |
Towing something wide and swaying like travel trailer? Big trucks are way less dangerous when you are not towing. 19ft (in some places) is still 9.5
ft wide lanes, leaves you more than 1ft margin on either side, without left mirror.
Try not causing incidents through the fault of yours. Slow down where it says Curva Peligrosa or 40 kmh - this is 25 mph. They are not kidding. Slow
down and move to the right when you see big truck in the curve - it could straddle the yellow line a few inches. Always slow down when approaching a
blind curve - yes, there is a light traffic most of the time but you only need one car or truck doing 70 mph in YOUR lane because he's passing
somebody or it's easier to go cut through the curve this way.
You can't do anything with drunks, speeding up m.orons and people passing across the yellow line where visibility is just few hundred feet. They are
here all day and night. Farm traffic isn't dangerous, it's slow, but people trying to pass in this area - they are dangerous.
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BajaMama
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This thread reminds me of when I first started driving Hwy 1 to Punta Chivato, before the road was a little wider Ensenada to San Quintin though back
then the pot holes weren't nearly as bad. I would just put my eyes on the road and repeat to myself "find a happy place, find a happy place" when
trucks and busses passed me in the opposite direction. But nothing will ever surpass the hills just south off El Rosario. Driving over a blind hill
and having a truck come straight at you, well, all you can do is pray they are in their own lane. Pucker factor for sure. Now I just tuck in behind
a big rig over that area.
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RenoJoe
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Hwy. 1
Thanks For the Good comments from the Good people. Not the Dumb comments from the Dumb people.
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BajaTed
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Performance driving 101 on the race track (and Baja Hwy 1)
Eyes always up and looking ahead
BOTH hands on the wheel @ nine & three.
Listen to your butt, have a plan.
You will drive right at what your staring at, eyes UP
Your mind is dying to wander, don't listen.
Es Todo Bueno
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