GSP: A report of garbage cans in the roadway went over the radio moments ago. Lately debris in the roadway, specifically the Parkway, has been happening often. Are you people securing your loads with bubble gum and masking tape? Today it’s 3-4 trash cans that are dancing across the center lanes of travel. As dispatch sends an NJSP Unit to investigate, they explain how they are unsure where the debris actually is. One caller said the cans were just before Interchange 98, and another said between mileposts 91-92. The exact location of the offending trash cans is unknown, or possibly 2 separate incidents?
Callers, or the reporting parties often call 911 and provide as little information as possible. Sometimes they can’t due to circumstances- but often people are just unaware of their surroundings. Too many times callers don’t know where they are, or how to read a mile marker on a highway. Dispatchers, and call takers need to pull as much detailed information out of callers as possible- to relay over the radio more efficiently. This can be challenging sometimes, especially in a situation where seconds count.
Anyway, the NJ Trooper saw the trash cans, and mentioned they were already blown over to the shoulder.
I hope someone call the state troopers
Ginger Bergstrom that’s probably how OCSN found out about it being there…
Laura Michelle
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Oh lord
Ginger Bergstrom They need something to do.
WTH
Bubble gum and masking tape ????????????
We saw a wheelbarrow or what was left of it all over the right and middle lanes, it’s a good thing all of the traffic was in the left lane.
To answer your question, NO, most people are clueless as to even thinking of securing their loads in the truck bed or roof, let alone stopping to check that load from time to time.
Northbound /southbound, exit??
Maria Pereira
Caller(s) barely knew they were on the GSP! ????
People with open truck beds loaded with debris should be heavily fined and not be allowed on to the parkway.
I was on the turnpike a few weeks ago and almost hit a wooden chair that was in the roadway. People really do need to secure things better
Dirty Jersey
Don’t transport stuff if you can’t strap your load tight
Heading north yesterday between Forked River and Toms River someone dropped a huge ladder in the fast lane and it was shattered all over the place.