Fairly superb that a car flipped at freeway speeds and no one was significantly damage. Are any charges pending in opposition to the horse proprietor? I don't wish to forged aspersions without proof, so I won't identify the business, however it appears fairly obvious a guess that the horses had been at a certain ranch and escaped. If that's the case, the homeowners seemingly board them there and the responsibility belongs with the ranch. Is probably not the proprietor's/homeowners' fault. Sure, the majority of horses in the world are boarded, not stabled on horse proprietor property. Pretty horrible time for those drivers, though. That is terrible, & it might've been even worse. The property on each sides belongs to Stanford U. PVEC is a bunch of sub-barns and there is no less than one if no more additional operations farther up Ansel Lane. 280 the horses would have come from. May you think about that somebody intended their horses to be killed on the freeway? Too dangerous it took the CHP an hour to cast the SIG alert - it seems they did not react in time to prevent continuing tragedy? Only for the record they didn't come from PVTC! So cast all the aspersions you want! I did not "blame" anyone, nor did I "think about" somebody wished hurt, notice my use of the phrase "escape". I nonetheless doubt that will be the case. I used to be referring to @wonderful that thought the house owners could be liable. As for my guess, after trying at the map, I am glad I didn't say the identify, the one I was guessing is on the south side of 280, with the lengthy lease. You'd need more than a handful of fingers to depend. My error stems from being a north peninsula gal, I nonetheless think of 280 as north/south! The news reported this morning that they got free from Webb Ranch. I'm more acquainted with the south aspect stables; I do not know which is the most obvious (ie.. Someone thought they'd latched a gate, but hadn't. The SJ Mercury Information studies that they wandered a mile from the corral where a gate was left loose. Mea culpa -- I was reacting defensively in protection of the ranch I rode at as a kid (WR) which is on the "south" facet of 280. From what I do know, all their horses are additionally on the other aspect of the creek from the 280 north on- ramp. There are going to be a number of sad children as well as us grownup horse lovers. I'm feeling very unhealthy for the ranch and all the kids who rode these horses in lessons. I'm not feeling as dangerous for the ranch house owners & kids who rode the horses as I'm feeling for the horses themselves & the poor people who hit them. Glad no human lives were lost and very sad for the lack of the horses. Sorry for my reactivity in earlier submit. Stunned anyone would blame the horse house owners. Hazards like deer (and, up to now, horses and cattle and even pedestrians spain horse statue home decor and stalled automobiles) seem on 280. I attempt to not drive in the shoulder lane, particularly at night, to give myself more room to maneuver ought to a deer sure into the roadway. Many of us use 280 as a speedway! What are they going to do in the event that they hit a deer - sue the deer? I'm a long time Woodside and Portola Valley Resident. For the previous 15 years I have had cause to be on the 280 between the hours of 4:30-6:30am and that i can let you know not many maintain the speed limit. Speed and over driving the attain of headlights are probably culprits, so please don't blame the poor horses and their owners. It's as if drivers think that few drivers on the freeway make it the Autobahn! They should treat it as if they're driving in icy situations - Decelerate. The velocity limit is about as the secure velocity below preferrred circumstances, which incorporates daylight, something lower than ultimate requires slower speeds. Perhaps if the CHP would spend extra time in the early hours monitoring site visitors we would have much less gridlock that begins with wildlife (or comparatively just lately domesticated animals) being hit and killed.
