#QUINCY CALIFORNIA GOOGLE MAPS PLUS#

If it wasn’t for locals being on their proverbial toes, some of the people that got stuck after driving too far in the snow-covered road would still be stranded. Rest assured Google didn’t advise them to take blankets, extra clothes, food, and water before taking their recommended detour.

Hundreds of motorists ended up getting stranded in snow.

#QUINCY CALIFORNIA GOOGLE MAPS PLUS#

Yet the self-professed know-it-all tech company that made “google” a verb and indiscriminately siphons information from anywhere it can whether it first requires permission to do so or not, did not know a fact that all locals knew plus more than a few seasoned Sierra travelers. There are no snowplows assigned to it making it a popular playground for snowmobilers. Motorists by the hundreds on Monday turned to Google Maps that told them to take other routes such as the Quincy-LaPorte Road that is gated in the winter after the first substantial snowfall and stays that way until spring. When Caltrans can’t keep I-80 open during a winter storm rest assured there is likely no other alternative road open within 100 miles.

It plays a key role in moving goods and is by far the highest trafficked pavement crossing the mountain range. It is where Caltrans has the bulk of its snow removal resources due to the fact it is designed as an all-weather Sierra crossing. Logic, if nothing else, would dictate that. Hundreds trying to get around the freeway closure turned to their smartphones instead of common sense, to find an alternate route.Īs someone who was raised in Placer County and over the course of a 10-year period made well over a hundred trips from the valley floor to the Lake Tahoe Basin, I can assure you the last roadway to close of the few that cross the Sierra would be Interstate 80.

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