Fairly superb that a automobile flipped at highway speeds and nobody was severely hurt. Are any prices pending towards the horse owner? I don't want to solid aspersions without proof, so I will not identify the enterprise, however it seems pretty apparent a guess that the horses were at a certain ranch and escaped. If so, the house owners doubtless board them there and the responsibility belongs with the ranch. Will not be the proprietor's/owners' fault. Yes, the vast majority of horses in the area are boarded, not stabled on horse owner property. Pretty terrible time for those drivers, although. That is awful, & it may've been even worse. The property on each sides belongs to Stanford U. PVEC is a bunch of sub-barns and there's not less than one if not more extra operations farther up Ansel Lane. 280 the horses would have come from. May you think about that someone meant their horses to be killed on the freeway? Too dangerous it took the CHP an hour to solid the SIG alert - it seems they didn't react in time to prevent continuing tragedy? Just for the report they didn't come from PVTC! So cast all cheap white metal horse statue of the aspersions you like! I didn't "blame" anyone, nor did I "think about" someone wished harm, word my use of the phrase "escape". I still doubt that will be the case. I used to be referring to @wonderful that thought the owners can be liable. As for my guess, after trying at the map, I'm glad I did not say the identify, the one I used to be guessing is on the south aspect of 280, with the lengthy lease. You'd need greater 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 acquired unfastened from Webb Ranch. I'm extra acquainted with the south side stables; I do not know which is the most obvious (ie.. Somebody thought that they had latched a gate, but hadn't. The SJ Mercury News stories that they wandered a mile from the corral where a gate was left unfastened. Mea culpa -- I was reacting defensively in protection of the ranch I rode at as a child (WR) which is on the "south" side of 280. From what I do know, all their horses are additionally on the other side of the creek from the 280 north on- ramp. There are going to be a lot of sad children as well as us adult horse lovers. I'm feeling very dangerous for the ranch and all the kids who rode those horses in lessons. I am not feeling as dangerous for the ranch owners & kids who rode the horses as I'm feeling for the horses themselves & the poor people who hit them. Glad no human lives have been lost and very unhappy for the lack of the horses. Sorry for my reactivity in earlier submit. Surprised anyone would blame the horse homeowners. Hazards like deer (and, prior to now, horses and cattle and even pedestrians and stalled vehicles) appear on 280. I attempt to not drive within the shoulder lane, particularly at night, to provide myself more room to maneuver should a deer bound into the roadway. Many people 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 past 15 years I've had purpose to be on the 280 between the hours of 4:30-6:30am and i can let you know not many maintain the velocity limit. Speed and over driving the attain of headlights are doubtless culprits, so please do not blame the poor horses and their homeowners. It is as though drivers think that few drivers on the highway make it the Autobahn! They should deal with it as if they are driving in icy conditions - Slow down. The velocity restrict is ready as the protected velocity beneath ideally suited situations, which incorporates daylight, something less than preferrred calls for slower speeds. Maybe if the CHP would spend more time within the early hours monitoring visitors we'd have less gridlock that begins with wildlife (or relatively just lately domesticated animals) being hit and killed.
