Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Cars end up on Pacific and Mission Beach boardwalk

Blame Uber drivers, their customers, or Zonies?

Teri: “That area of the boardwalk almost could look like a road.”
Teri: “That area of the boardwalk almost could look like a road.”

“What in the hell is that car doing?” said Stephanie Z. when she saw a black SUV driving along the Pacific Beach Boardwalk — on February 7.

“The driver stopped and tried to reverse,” she recollected, “but since there were a lot of people out on the boardwalk, the car couldn’t.”

Nighttime boardwalk driver photo by Stephanie

Stephanie is a certified nursing assistant student that lives on the boardwalk a couple of blocks south of Pacific Beach Drive. While she and her neighbor were walking to the store, she took a photo of the questionable vehicle by Whiting Court and direct-messaged it to me.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“The driver parked, a group of young guys hopped in, and the car left,” she explained. “This was a black SUV that I often see out on the weekend here in PB. I think it is either Lyft or Uber drivers who are not familiar with this area. Sometimes on the app’s GPS, the driver will be told to go down a certain alley or street over here by the boardwalk and it could be confusing and half the time, they end up a block or so away from you.”

Stephanie: "I think it is either Lyft or Uber drivers who are not familiar with this area."

Teri is an Uber driver with a 4.98 (out of 5) rating that knows the boardwalk area well. The near three-mile boardwalk runs along the coast from Law Street in Pacific Beach to the Mission Beach Jetty.

“I do know that there are some passengers who expect you to pick them up in odd places or sometimes illegal spots. Then at times, passengers try to get in your car when you’re in the middle of the road and don’t give you a chance to pull over safely out of traffic. So it wouldn’t surprise me if a passenger would expect the driver to go onto the boardwalk to pick them up.”

Teri saw a photo of a black car stuck on the boardwalk with a pedestrian waiting behind a line of cinder blocks. “That area of the boardwalk almost could look like a road,” she commented.

Roxanne is a nanny that frequently rides her bike on the boardwalk; she’s seen three vehicles driven on the boardwalk that were not from the police or lifeguards.

Roxanne: “Is this person an idiot?”

“Is this person an idiot?” she commented as she noticed a black vehicle blocking the boardwalk. “I think it’s the people that are from out of town: they don’t pay attention, end up on the boardwalk and don’t know how to get out — usually they have Arizona plates.”

“I think the reason why they are driving on the boardwalk is due to no median to stop the cars from driving up on the boardwalk,” Stephanie said.

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

San Diego Holiday Experiences

As soon as Halloween is over, it's Christmas time in my mind
Teri: “That area of the boardwalk almost could look like a road.”
Teri: “That area of the boardwalk almost could look like a road.”

“What in the hell is that car doing?” said Stephanie Z. when she saw a black SUV driving along the Pacific Beach Boardwalk — on February 7.

“The driver stopped and tried to reverse,” she recollected, “but since there were a lot of people out on the boardwalk, the car couldn’t.”

Nighttime boardwalk driver photo by Stephanie

Stephanie is a certified nursing assistant student that lives on the boardwalk a couple of blocks south of Pacific Beach Drive. While she and her neighbor were walking to the store, she took a photo of the questionable vehicle by Whiting Court and direct-messaged it to me.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“The driver parked, a group of young guys hopped in, and the car left,” she explained. “This was a black SUV that I often see out on the weekend here in PB. I think it is either Lyft or Uber drivers who are not familiar with this area. Sometimes on the app’s GPS, the driver will be told to go down a certain alley or street over here by the boardwalk and it could be confusing and half the time, they end up a block or so away from you.”

Stephanie: "I think it is either Lyft or Uber drivers who are not familiar with this area."

Teri is an Uber driver with a 4.98 (out of 5) rating that knows the boardwalk area well. The near three-mile boardwalk runs along the coast from Law Street in Pacific Beach to the Mission Beach Jetty.

“I do know that there are some passengers who expect you to pick them up in odd places or sometimes illegal spots. Then at times, passengers try to get in your car when you’re in the middle of the road and don’t give you a chance to pull over safely out of traffic. So it wouldn’t surprise me if a passenger would expect the driver to go onto the boardwalk to pick them up.”

Teri saw a photo of a black car stuck on the boardwalk with a pedestrian waiting behind a line of cinder blocks. “That area of the boardwalk almost could look like a road,” she commented.

Roxanne is a nanny that frequently rides her bike on the boardwalk; she’s seen three vehicles driven on the boardwalk that were not from the police or lifeguards.

Roxanne: “Is this person an idiot?”

“Is this person an idiot?” she commented as she noticed a black vehicle blocking the boardwalk. “I think it’s the people that are from out of town: they don’t pay attention, end up on the boardwalk and don’t know how to get out — usually they have Arizona plates.”

“I think the reason why they are driving on the boardwalk is due to no median to stop the cars from driving up on the boardwalk,” Stephanie said.

Comments
Sponsored

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

SD Symphony singer tells what it’s like behind the scenes

Conductor Payare even looks like Mahler
Next Article

City Lights: Journey Through Light & Sound, Hotel Holiday Tea Service

Events December 7-December 11, 2024
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

This Week’s Reader This Week’s Reader