Rough patch on I-280 will be resurfaced late next year

QI think it’s been talked about previously in your daily article, but there is jarring pavement at southbound Interstate

280 right between where the carpool lane starts coming into Cupertino and Foothill Expressway. It’s been there a long time but has gotten worse. It certainly screws up the alignment on any car that passes. — Keith Mueller, Saratoga

AAnd if you are riding a motorcycle, argghhh.

QI swear this is denting my rims every time I drive over it in a car, never mind how downright infuriating and daunting it is on a motorcycle. Does Caltrans have any intention to fix it? — Craig Duttweiler and a cast of thousands

AFinally, a definitive answer. Caltrans will resurface this rough road late next year. In the meantime, temporary repairs will be made for potholes.

AQI’m glad to see Highway 92 has been repaved, but the sensors at Canada Road seem to have been disturbed by it, and the light is triggered when there is nobody on Canada. What’s up with this? — Bruce Krutel, El Granada As part of the Route 92 paving project from I-280 to Pilarcitos Creek Road or, perhaps a better-known landmark, the Christmas Tree Farm at the bottom of the hill, Caltrans ground off the old pavement and, while doing so, destroyed the loop detectors that affect the traffic signal. This is normal as there’s no way to keep the loop detector in one piece while grinding. So the signal is operating on the default setting, meaning it is not registering the presence of vehicles at Canada Road. Thus, they usually need to wait longer than usual.

However, Caltrans will restore the loop detector, and things will be back to normal within the next two weeks.

QWhat is an HOV? I can’t figure out what it stands for. — Michele Manning, Redwood City

AHigh occupancy vehicle, as in a car carrying two or more people, or three on Interstate 80 before the Bay Bridge.

QYou say the CHP recommends keeping “your eyes on the traffic down the road.” Difficult to impossible with today’s cars in front of you. Darkglass rear windows and high rear design block the view we used to have of cars ahead. You can’t even see brake lights for warning of a stop happening up the lane. Leave a safe gap in front of you and the opportunist in the lane beside you hops into it. Couldn’t they at least restore the ban on dark rear windows? — Corinne Derringer, Atherton

AThere are no plans to do that, but leaving a safe gap is good advice.