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Santa Barbara Memorial Service Wednesday for Fallen CHP Officer
A public memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Sunken Garden, 1100 Anacapa St. in Santa Barbara, for California Highway Patrol officer Jarrod Martinez, who died Thursday after an on-duty traffic collision.
A reception will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real.
A motorcade procession will begin about 11 a.m. at Earl Warren and proceed to the Sunken Garden. For those who wish to pay their respects, the motorcade route will be as follows: exit Earl Warren Showgrounds (south exit), turn left onto Calle Real, turn right onto Las Positas Road, turn left onto Highway 101 southbound, exit onto the Carrillo Street off-ramp, turn left onto Carrillo Street and turn left onto Santa Barbara Street.
After the service, about 2:30 p.m., a motorcade procession will proceed from the Sunken Garden to the Earl Warren Showgrounds for a reception. The route will be as follows: travel northbound on Santa Barbara Street until it ends, turn left onto Constance Avenue, turn right onto State Street, turn left onto Las Positas Road and turn right into the north entrance of the Earl Warren Showgrounds (near Taliant Road).
Attendees are asked to proceed directly to the memorial location and utilize the Granada Garage, 1221 Anacapa St., directly behind the theater between Anapamu and Victoria streets, as parking will be limited at the memorial location.
Martinez, 30, of Buellton, was on his motorcycle as he returned home from traffic court on Thursday. As he was headed westbound on Steele Street, approaching the intersection, Solvang resident Curtis Seymour Smith, 68, driving a 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera, was approaching the same intersection from Foxen Canyon Road. According to CHP, Smith cut across the width of Foxen Canyon Road, positioning his vehicle on the wrong side of the road as he turned onto Steele Street.
Martinez braked to avoid the vehicle, but his motorcycle slid out from under him and he struck the right front corner of Smith’s Porshe. The officer was dragged by the undercarriage of the vehicle for about 45 feet before Smith could stop the vehicle, according to CHP.
Martinez is survived by his wife and 4-year-old daughter. In lieu of flowers, a trust fund has been established in his name at Wells Fargo Bank, 195 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta, CA 93117. Contributions can be made to Jarrod John Martinez Memorial 19081, account No. 2297657708.
— Noozhawk managing editor Michelle Nelson can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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» on 11.02.09 @ 04:58 PM
On average, 4000 Californians tragically die in traffic every year, about 11 per day.
Nationally, about 40,000 die in traffic each year, about 110 per day.
Worldwide, about 1.2 million die in traffic each year, about 3200 per day.
High multiples of those numbers greatly suffer with the indescribable tragic sudden loss of family and friends.
Few of us that have driven for any length of time can say we haven’t, at least once, almost become fatalities ourselves; driving is inherently very dangerous.
It’s an outrage.
From my engineer’s perspective, it’s absolutely unnecessary and unacceptable.
That’s part of why during the 2003 Governor’s Recall election, I presented my radical but workable engineering proposal, one small part of which was a plan for permanently killing the dragon of tragic traffic fatalities.
There were and are zero scientific or technical breakthroughs necessary for commencing construction of New California with its high-speed, electric-drive, ZERO-COLLISION-TOLERANT transportation system.
I even described an exciting and radical scenario for California to finance the project that would have had us in the black with greatly reduced or zero taxes while experiencing the joy of benign and righteous leadership of the entire world.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031224132630/www.oceanchinampa.com/ (note website address info is expired)
Had we started in 2003 with my election instead of the empty shallow glitz and economic devastation of the Arnold, construction of New California would have likely advanced by now past the stage of accommodating the most desperate from third-world and war-torn areas so that Californians, next in line, leading the rest would have already migrated to the New California territories.
It’s possible that a large percentage of the 24,000 Californians killed in traffic since the beginning of 2004 would have been spared their premature tragic deaths having benefited from their migration to the advanced engineered systems of New California. Perhaps, even Officer Martinez might have been spared.
I’ve learned that it’s not very accurate to say people perish where there is no vision.
People perish when they reject vision.
What is this strange near insanity of Californians?
Why do they grip mediocrity so tenaciously in so tightly clenched fists?
Why do they strive to preserve a rotten past instead of embracing the best future?
Support my vision. Forget the election; it’s just a diversion. Let’s just do it.
Proven prototypes, manufacturing methods and well-developed final designs could be possible by this time next year.
If someone thinks they have a better vision, please share it.
Otherwise, mine is it.
We can KNOW with little doubt that vision rejection will result in another tragic loss in traffic of another 24,000 Californians within the next six years. Absent vision, the best you can hope for is that it won’t be you or a dear friend or family member.
Let’s kill the damned dragon.
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» on 11.03.09 @ 08:56 AM
the plumber was killed last month on his motorcycle by a stupid driver, he didnt get front page coverage though, just another biker
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» on 11.03.09 @ 11:38 PM
Love and respect you and the whole family.
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