CHP tickets trucker for parking on shoulder to do some ‘sight-seeing’ on Golden Gate Bridge

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is reminding truckers that “sight-seeing is not an emergency” after a driver made a stop on the shoulder to take in the view from the Golden Gate Bridge.

On January 18, 2026, CHP’s Marin Division ticketed a truck driver for making a non-emergency stop on a freeway shoulder in the Bay Area.

“The driver of this big rig was nowhere near his vehicle after he parked on the shoulder. He was found almost a mile away taking in the view of the bay on the Golden Gate Bridge!” CHP said.

Troopers used the incident as a reminder to the trucking community that “stopping on the shoulder of a freeway is dangerous and permitted only when your vehicle is disabled, when directed to do so by a peace officer, or in the case of an emergency.”

You can take a look at the citation CHP issued for the infraction below.