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Go Car Week!

Benteley from Michigan, photos by Rob Wilks. I have been hearing horror stories re traffic on the Peninsula. Have one you want to share? Do so in the comments below.

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • Some how, some way, I have happily been against traffic all week. They seem to be very organized and are doing a great job of keeping the traffic flowing. There are many parking locations with GREAT locations!

  • Quail events need to end before 3:00 p.m. or after 7 (to include dinner service.) CV Road a parking lot Thur..on..

  • I watched the driver get grilled and the CHP ran him through all the DUI tests. He passed them all and yes, he was given a ticket.
    What was he thinking driving his Bentley over boulders and on the beach? More money than brains, indeed. I hope for his sake it was his car...

  • Traffic on the peninsula has been terrible, same for the noise in the big sur valley created by the desperate for attention car week crowd.

  • Michigan Plates...usually a manufacturer. Probably loaned to a VIP type or auto journalist for a car week driver. Tow is off road which is quite expensive. Best Karma is that now the picture has been posted of the car in the sand, the manufacturer is probably going crazy with really bad publicity. One can only hope this dummy goes home with his tail between his legs .

  • There is still no know cure for stupidity, but sometimes peer pressure is the best medicine.

    • There is a cure for stupidity - it is called knowledge... obtained through formal or informal (self) education. Unfortunately, most stupid people aren't interested in learning a different way of being.

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  • Rob, Did you hear Anything the driver said about Why he did what he did?? I want to know What he was thinking! Perhaps he had never seen sand before or maybe he was testing the 4 wheel drive off road abilities that are unrealistically shown on commercials or he just thought it would make a great photo and he'd deal with the consequences or he was dared by friends who fled?!!! Was he reality challenged or knowledge challenged or what!!! So, did you hear anything that gives a clue to his mind set?
    I love the photo of the sheriff looking at the situation.... shaking his head! Another story to tell! And how did he get it past the boulders? Maybe someone played a practical joke on him and carried it there???? If Jay Leno was still on, this would be on the next show!

  • Yes traffic is a pain. I think we should all realize how much this pain in the butt benefits the county. So many nonprofits and schools and on and on.
    I think it is well worth the annoyance for the benefit we reap.

    • You still think it is worth it when you know they have to close down the CUSD schools due to the traffic??

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