Caltrans Ramps Up

[madbaker]

...or not.
This morning I drove to my usual freeway onramp. It was closed; the Caltrans sign stated that it would re-open at 5 AM. The dashboard clock says 5:04.

Okay, whatever. I follow the detour signs... and follow them... and drive into steadily more sketchy areas of San Francisco... and the detour signs stop. Some wag has taken them.

Now, I could probably find my way to the freeway in the daytime, and if I'm not getting frustrated by simply trying to get to work. However, I end up driving for another fifteen minutes parallelling the freeway, simply looking for an onramp that isn't there.

I finally find one near the airport. Needless to say, I was late to work. Thanks, Caltrans, for hewing to your schedule. Bunch of savages in this town.

Comments

[maestrateresa.livejournal.com]

:-P

Savages.

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

Dude. I'm not even supposed to be here today.

[aimeric.livejournal.com]

They needed an on-ramp sign that said, "I assure you we're open".

[gaudete1066.livejournal.com]

Being from (at the time) Livermore, when I ran into detour signs in SJ, I innocently assumed they would take me through to the appointed alternate onramp. Methinks the wag who stole your detour signs was active in SJ lo, those many years ago. They, too, disappeared, leaving me paralelling the freeway in a rather "don't-run-out-of-gas-here" section of SJ. *sigh* I feel yo' payn, mah bruthuh.