[UPDATE 4:43 p.m.] White Vehicle Rollover Near McKinleyville on 101 After Collision With Other Vehicle, According to Scanner
A white sedan headed southbound on Hwy 101 collided with another vehicle and rolled over into the center divide at the Murray Road exit at approximately 3:52 p.m., according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page. Three occupants including a child have been “pulled out” of the vehicle, the CHP dispatcher reports from information at the scene.
An ambulance is responding to the scene.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available
UPDATE 4:04 p.m.: The ambulance is being cancelled.
UPDATE 4:09 p.m.: The interior lanes (number one) of both north and south 101 are closed in the area.
UPDATE 4:21 p.m.: Photos from the scene by Stormy Whitehurst.
[Photos by Stormy Whitehurst]
[Photos by Stormy Whitehurst]
UPDATE 4:43 p.m.: Northbound lanes are now both open. The number one southbound lane is still closed, according to the CHP page.
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To crash between Murray road and or school and airport road which is all a straight shot says a lot.
.Either wreckless driving
.Unfamiliar driver merging and or drivers not allowing others to enter the road way
. There should be no reason for this kind of accident to happen unles there was something happening inside a car or cars either.
Could have been road rage.
Too much too speculate but the answers and evidence will be clear.
You said something that really irks me every time that I hear it. The driver entering the highway has the responsibility of safely merging into the flow of traffic. That may mean that the merger may need to speed up or slow down but you are not entitled to just be let in. That said, I move over as a courtesy (and for my own safety) if it is clear to do so…and often there are already vehicles in the fast lane.
So, the next time that you are Jammin on to the highway remember that I am under no obligation to change my lane or speed so that you can merge.
🕯🌳It’s in the California Driver’s manual that you must move over or slow down for on coming traffic onto the freeway. It’s in the hand book.
Willie,
While I respect your opinion, a quick Google search gave me this.
California Driver Handbook – Vehicle Positioning
Space to Merge
Enter the freeway at or near the speed of traffic. Do not stop before merging into freeway traffic, unless it is absolutely necessary. Freeway traffic has the right-of-way. When it is safe, follow the “3-second rule” (refer to the “Do not be a tailgater!” section).
Do not try to merge into a gap that is too small.
Watch for vehicles around you. Use your mirrors and turn signals. Turn your head to look quickly over your shoulder before changing lanes or merging in traffic. Leave 3 seconds of space between you and the vehicle ahead of you. Make sure you can stop safely, if necessary.
If you need to cross several freeway lanes, cross them one at a time. If you wait until all of the lanes are clear, you may cause traffic delays or a collision.
Thanks, Buster, for doing that a lot more politely than I could have.
🕯🌳I didn’t say stop it says you must move over safely to let merging on. Because you must be coming up to freeway speed by the time you enter the freeway.
🕯🌳I will apologize and thank you for your proper quote of the law,but not to common courtesy.
I absolutely agree that common courtesy and safety dictate that one should allow merging drivers space to enter the highway. What I don’t like is merging drivers who think that I am the problem if I am already in the space that they want to merge in to.
It’s a small line but the driver handbook citation above states ” Freeway traffic has the right-of-way”.
Willie’s brand of courtesy unfortunately causes ‘Second Guessing’ and most stoplight collisions. If everyone KNEW the rules, there would be far less.
And BTW, one sunny afternoon on a straight-of-way, a LARGE spindly/spiny looking black and yellow striped garden spider descended from the sun visor and my car did everything a normal car could never do.
🕯🌳I will agree with that. I will safely try to pull over if I see a vehicle coming on,but if they are being rude about it, well they can kiss my 🐖
is that a piggy?
The person on the freeway has the right of way. The person merging is responsible to either speed up or fall back
Please read the law ..the merging party does not have the right of way
Wrong, absolutly wrong. Those coming on to the freeway are those that have to adjust to current traffic conditions.
Merging traffic must yield to those already on the highway. Common sense.
If it’s so damned common, why do I find so many idiots attempting to merge into my lane? It is particularly discouraging when I cannot move to the left because of a passing car. And they seldom seem to hear my cussing and my gestures, I often just get a wave.
Check with the DMV hand book. The law requires merging traffic to speen up or slow down to merge, not the otherway around. Buster, you are the kind of driver I like.
🕯🌳See crowd mentality, I’ve already admitted to my mistake but you just won’t let it go. Just proved a point to about 150 people thank you for being apart of a social experience.
In California it is the reverse. The passing lane is the slow lane and the right lane is the fast lane. If you are in the passing lane, you are under no obligation to let anyone pass.
Thank you for making it abundantly clear why driving in Calfirnia is so horrific. You’re kidding, right? The right lane is the slow lane. This allows people to pass you on your left side in the fast lane. Why? It is safer because the slower driver is most likely to see you in the rear-view, side mirror if you pass on the left.
Consider a drivers’ ed. class. Soon.
Yeah, or health crisis. Hell, maybe even equipment failure. Your lack of reasoning says a lot!
So the poster said there were too many possibilitiess to speculate so you chose to insult by saying he has a lack of reasoning right after you offer more possibilities ?
Maybe the cassette was jammed, a meteor hit the right front control arm, or maybe the driver had a seizure or just popped a beer. Perhaps they drove into a tesseract and out the other side but at right angles to their trajectory 12 years later… Was it a late model sedan?
jess…exactly, or maybe dropped the joint or the cellphone…
Just yesterday, I had to take evasive action on a Eureka street, when an oncoming SUV drifted into my lane, then they course corrected a few seconds later, and with my eyes firmly focused on the driver as they passed by me, their eyes were looking down at something inside their vehicle.
Driving in Eureka gets worse every day. It’s a real gauntlet to run evading suicidal drivers. Just nuts.
vehicles merging with the main highway via on-ramps DO NOT have the right-of-way. They must merge safely and slow down for safety if need be. Drivers on the main highway should slow down or move over out of courtesy and safety when possible, but there is NO obligation to do so. Crashes on a straight-away in good weather tend to be the result of distracted or incompetent driving.
We just drove past this in tears. Seemed like they were trying to still get someone out. Glad to hear ambulance was cancelled which means everyone is ok- car looked like injuries would be imminent. there was still an ambulance on scene and a ton of responders.
your tears are pointless
Tears are never pointless. I say this as a crier from a family of criers. They relieve stress, they ease the heart, they convey concern.
Dr. Judith Orloff says, “[E]motional tears also contain stress hormones which get excreted from the body through crying. After studying the composition of tears, Dr. Frey found that emotional tears shed these hormones and other toxins which accumulate during stress. Additional studies also suggest that crying stimulates the production of endorphins, our body’s natural pain killer and “feel-good” hormones.” …Crying makes us feel better, even when a problem persists. In addition to physical detoxification, emotional tears heal the heart. You don’t want to hold tears back.” https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-freedom/201007/the-health-benefits-tears
Thanks Kym,
I’m far from being a macho dude but sometimes I feel uncomfortable if I tear up while watching a movie. I will now try to think of it as an emotional massage and just relax. 🙂
I figure that is definitely worth 3 dimes in the jar…maybe 5.
Maybe I’ll get rich with my Dear Abby type advice…
(Seriously, tears are beautiful–it’s the runny nose that goes with them that’s less than lovely)
Jeez. I was just taught to STFU and starve your crying with whiskey…… I love you still pops.
“Additional studies also suggest that crying stimulates the production of endorphins, our body’s natural pain killer and “feel-good” hormones.”
So cry-babies are just heroin junkies?
Thanks for that, Kym. That’s really beautiful and good to know, too. I won’t be afraid anymore to let my tears flow!
They also get in the way of rationale thought. Especially when shed in situations that are minor at most.
I looked for any evidence in studies that tears inhibit rational thought. I haven’t found any. Can you provide me a link to any study?
What a particularly interesting study showed was that people perceived that someone crying was less competent. Mind you, it was a perception not a reality. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/31/science/biological-role-of-emotional-tears-emerges-through-recent-studies.html
And I care about what someone with your negative attitude thinks, because why? Hahaha.
To you, chuckoff, tears were pointless. But not to them. See the difference?
Or it was cancelled due to injuries not compatible with life.
There were two small children outside of the vehicle when I drove by (as they were lighting toad flares)
Merging didn’t seem was a problem, as the car was not looking as if it was merging on or off the onramp. The pic I took didn’t look like it was close to the ramps. Glad the woman, man and child I saw were out of the vehicle ok.
🕯🌳At least they they seem to make it out alright.
What about the other vehicle? What happened to them? Did I miss something?
Keep taking pictures while driving and you’ll be next.
Kym,
Did you know about this Aug 3rd incident in Orleans?
https://www.marinij.com/2019/08/10/bear-falls-on-northern-california-patrol-car/
Bear falls on cop car, causing crash and subsequent fire…
You must have missed when I posted here: https://kymkemp.com/2019/08/07/bear-and-sheriffs-vehicle-collide-on-highway-96-causing-fire/
I sure did miss that.
What happened to the other vehicle?
Oh I can drive, but that’s irrelevant to this post so here’s the best post on the topic .
Courtesy of CHP
TRAFFIC LESSON FOR TODAY
What do I do when encountering an onramp on the freeway?
We get traffic complaints from people saying drivers on the freeway don’t yield to them when they are entering from an onramp and we frequently have to correct this misunderstanding of the law. So how does this work?
The RED car is entering a freeway from a side street. If you are driving that RED car, you have the following responsibilities;
1. Use the long onramp and acceleration lane to ACCELERATE to freeway speeds. If you try to enter the freeway at much slower speeds, you will do nothing but cause a problem.
2. USE your left turn signal. Remember, a signal doesn’t automatically give you the right to change lanes. You have to do so safely. DO NOT cut across all lanes to the left lane.
3. You do NOT have the right of way. Plan accordingly and begin making your plan as you start onto the ramp, not when you reach the end.
4. If you still run out of space and haven’t merged, pull over to the shoulder and wait for traffic to clear, then speed up on the shoulder and merge. DO NOT try to force your way on the freeway. (if you follow #3 and plan ahead, this won’t happen)
The GREEN car is already on the freeway, driving in the #2 lane. If you are driving the GREEN car, you have the following responsibilities;
1. MAINTAIN your speed so the red car can plan for you.
2. You may change lanes to the #1 lane if safe to avoid the situation or you may slow down to allow the red car to merge in front of you.
If you are in the #1 lane, DO NOT change lanes into the #2 while vehicles are merging. Wait until they have merged, then you may change lanes for a future exit.
Courtesy is underrated and infrequent. We could use a bit more of it out there.
Drive to arrive!
#OnRampsAreForAcceleration #dontbethatperson #topoffyourblinkerfluid #CHPinEDC #likeazipper #courtesy
Thanks for posting the good, easy to understand info. I particularly like rule #1 for the green car.
“1. MAINTAIN your speed so the red car can plan for you.”
This drives me crazy because I am a good judge of speed and space but only if the speed of what I am judging (the green car) is constant. My style of driving is to typically drop in behind (the green car) but sometimes the other driver slows (perhaps to be nice) but it ends up in a cluster.
My home video of HWY 101……..or not…. but it sure feels that way at times, especially on “The Corridor”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-eP2blLqr8
My son was the First responder on scene and called 9-1-1 for help along with using his fire extinguisher because the car was smoking. He said several people told him he needed to leave the scene because to many people were all around. Let me Say that it is a 1st Responders duty to stay on Scene till Help Arrives and due everything they can in situations like this. So the next time you see a 1st Responder on Scene do not make him or her feel bad by telling them they do not Belong there to Help. The next Life they try to Save may be your own. So Please have Curiosity for our 1st Responder, Police, Paramedics Etc. I am Proud of my son for stopping and helping Out, So Don’t make him feel bad for doing his job people.
First responders are wonderful people.
Did your son happen to say anything about the second car involved in the collision? Did it pull over to help? Was it a hit and run situation? I am just curious.
kids dont make me turn this car around! now let that be a lesson to all the other boys and girls