About the crash scene. Dean was traveling west from Lost Hills at a fairly high rate of speed ( two lane opposed traffic even to this day in a rural setting is 55 mph) the time is near dusk. Reports at the time and at crash scenes today at this intersection, and this I can attest to the sun traveling west is right in your eyes. Driving east at before sunset make the cars coming toward you blend into the hills in the background. I'll bet that silver Porsche was nearly invisible. I have seen hits and many near misses at that intersection because the car traveling east can't see you and in many cases if you are traveling west you can't see them because of the sun. These factors plus Deans high rate of speed spelled disaster.
I had a guy turn in on me once and because he was the only car in opposed traffic I swerved into opposing lane to miss his turn in. It happens there all the time. All these years and the state has done a little re-alignment but it's basically the same.
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