Trash on roads

Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

Driving Highway 101 and Interstate 280 northbound and southbound, the accumulation of trash along the shoulders is immediately noticeable but off-ramps, in many instances, are just as dirty.

(8) comments

Tafhdyd Feb 17, 2022 9:46am

Several years ago I contacted CalTrans about cleaning the walls of the underpass/tunnel at 92 to S/B 280 because they were full of dirt and graffiti. Lo and behold, almost 3 years later it was cleaned.

Dirk van Ulden Feb 17, 2022 10:22am

If we were to make covering pickup truck beds mandatory, as we did with large trucks, we would see a significant decrease in garbage on the freeway shoulders. I see so many pickup drivers just letting their loose items fly out, as if on purpose. Let's face it, there are fewer pickup drivers in the South Bay, hence less garbage.

Tafhdyd Feb 17, 2022 12:54pm

Dirk,

You may be right but I don't see any data to support your theory. There are more people in the South Bay, why would there be fewer pickups?

Terence Y Feb 17, 2022 2:40pm

Taffy, you’re hilarious. There’s plenty of data to support a stolen election, Biden’s treason, masks not working, the efficacy of ivermectin and HCQ, Biden’s America Last policies, to name a few, yet you don’t seem to accept that data. What makes us think any data from Dirk will make a difference? Or are you turning over a new leaf and are now open to facts? I guess there’s always hope.

Tafhdyd Feb 17, 2022 5:08pm

Terence,

The topic is trash on the highway, not trash in Mar-a-Lago. I am always open to facts, which many readers provide on these pages, however, you have no idea what facts are. As you say, there is always hope. You may still join the real world one of these days.

Terence Y Feb 18, 2022 8:42am

Taffy, my friend, if you were really open to facts, you wouldn’t have TDS. You’d also be able to provide better responses than your usual fantasy world shtick. C’mon man! Let’s see if your future comments show us this new leaf. Unfortunately your knee-jerk response falls quite a bit short, but I’ll let it slide. Change is hard, but if SF parents can oust 3 school board members, we know change is possible.

Dirk van Ulden Feb 17, 2022 6:51pm

Taffy - a good point. I may get blasted for this but it seems that it has a demographic twist. Perhaps there are fewer pickup truck owners. But, I hope you can agree that uncovered pickup trucks are a major cause of the garbage that ends up on our roadsides.

Tafhdyd Feb 18, 2022 8:57am

Dirk,

I will agree that uncovered pickup trucks contribute to the trash but I am not sure that they are the major contributor. I have seen more and more commercial trucks not covering their loads and think to my self what happened to the law about that. On the other hand a while back I saw a cab driver toss his lunch bag out the window but with the traffic I couldn't see his number to report him to the company, maybe another driver did.

Now if you are in to conspiracy theories like one of our regular subscribers to the DJ, it might go something like this. The drivers in the South Bay keep their trucks covered like they should while driving in their area and then drive up north and uncover the load just so it will blow around and mess up our area.

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