2007 September | L.A. Can't Drive

A Love Story on Burton Way

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It seems like someone else has taken a leaf out of The Britney Spears Book on Driving. We noticed this silver sedan cruising along Burton Way, traveling slower than the rest of traffic around it. The driver was gently rocking back and forth in his lane before idly switching lanes without [...]

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The Clueless and Oblivious Are as Bad as the Aggressive

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter There’s not doubt that encountering aggressive drivers on the road is aggravating. But many accidents that occur on all roads nationwide are a result of inattentive, clueless drivers. What’s worse: illogical, egotistical aggression or oblivious, unfocused autonomy behind the wheel?I guess that depends on who hits you on a given day. [...]

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Slow Down, Young Grasshopper…..

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter So we’re traveling on the 405 north when my wife noticed a zigzag of headlights in the sideview mirror. Sure enough, I saw a small dicklet of a car weaving in and out of traffic in my rearview mirror. Before we knew it, this teal little Honda Civic hatchback zoomed right [...]

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More Freeway Madness

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Ahh, there’s nothing that’ll cap a nice morning’s commute than an axe flying through your windshield, don’t you agree? Get a load of this submission: “I was driving west on the 60 freeway, and this truck passed me in the carpool lane doing more than 80 mph, not all that unusual. [...]

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Herbie Lives!

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Love the movie…the classic one, not the bootlegged Lindsay Lohan version. Love the car. But stunt driving like that belongs on the silver screen, not in Beverly Hills. The biatch in this photo cut me off in the left lane so close that she nearly nicked the rental car (yes, my [...]

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