Fairly wonderful that a automobile flipped at freeway speeds and no one was significantly harm. Are any charges pending against the horse owner? I don't wish to cast aspersions without proof, so I won't name the enterprise, but it seems fairly obvious a guess that the horses had been at a certain ranch and escaped. If so, the house owners possible board them there and the duty belongs with the ranch. Is probably not the proprietor's/house owners' fault. Yes, nearly all of horses in the realm are boarded, not stabled on horse proprietor property. Fairly terrible time for those drivers, though. This 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 may be at least one if no more additional operations farther up Ansel Lane. 280 the horses would have come from. May you think about that somebody supposed their horses to be killed on the freeway? Too dangerous it took the CHP an hour to cast the SIG alert - it seems they didn't react in time to forestall continuing tragedy? Just for the report they did not come from PVTC! So forged all of the aspersions you want! I didn't "blame" anyone, nor did I "think about" someone wished hurt, be aware my use of the word "escape". I nonetheless doubt that would be the case. I used to be referring to @wonderful that thought the owners could be liable. As for my guess, after wanting at the map, I'm glad I didn't say the title, the one I was guessing is on the south side of 280, with the lengthy lease. You'd want more than a handful of fingers to count. My error stems from being a north peninsula gal, I still think of 280 as north/south! The news reported this morning that they acquired loose from Webb Ranch. I am extra familiar with the south facet stables; I have no idea which is the most obvious (ie.. Someone thought they had latched a gate, however hadn't. The SJ Mercury News reports that they wandered a mile from the corral the place a gate was left unfastened. Mea culpa -- I was reacting defensively in safety of the ranch I rode at as a kid (WR) which is on the "south" side of 280. From what I know, all their horses are additionally on the alternative facet of the creek from the 280 north on- ramp. There are going to be lots of sad kids in addition to us grownup horse lovers. I am feeling very unhealthy for the ranch and all the children who rode these horses in classes. I'm not feeling as unhealthy for the ranch house owners & kids who rode the horses as I am feeling for the horses themselves & the poor individuals who hit them. Glad no human lives were misplaced and very unhappy for the loss of the horses. Sorry for my reactivity in earlier put up. Shocked anyone would blame the horse homeowners. Hazards like deer (and, prior to now, horses and cattle and even pedestrians and stalled automobiles) appear on 280. I strive not to drive in the shoulder lane, especially at night time, to give myself more room to maneuver ought to a deer sure into the roadway. Many folks use 280 as a speedway! What are they going to do if they hit a deer - sue the deer? I am a long time Woodside and Portola Valley Resident. For the previous 15 years I've had motive 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 restrict. Velocity and over driving the attain of headlights are likely culprits, so please don't blame the poor horses and their homeowners. It's as if drivers suppose that few drivers on the freeway make it the Autobahn! They need to treat it as though they are driving in antique bronze horse statues for sale icy circumstances - Decelerate. The pace restrict is about because the protected speed below supreme situations, which includes daylight, anything less than preferrred requires slower speeds. Maybe if the CHP would spend more time in the early hours monitoring site visitors we might have less gridlock that begins with wildlife (or relatively just lately domesticated animals) being hit and killed.
