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Orange County Photo Bounty

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Though this didn’t happen in L.A., we see drivers like the one in this Mercedes in this county all the time.  Get a load of this submission from a reader in Orange County. “With all the construction going on, you’d think a driver confronted with a yellow light would just stop [...]

Sorry So Sloppy

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter So I know that we all live in our cars. Hell, latest studies show that drivers in Los Angeles on average spend more time in their vehicles than any other city. As a result, I often see drivers treating their vehicles as an extension of themselves–as if the road was just [...]

Another Me-First Encounter in the Valley

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It’s been awhile since I’ve come up with another example of how people with inoperable vehicle lights tend to be poor drivers.  To recap my theory, if one has a certain malaise and indifference regarding properly maintaining their vehicle up to code, this type of nonchalance is also likely demonstrated in [...]

Where Are You Going?

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter This post might be a bit of a stretch with regards to what makes someone tick, but hear me out: one of my biggest problems with this town is the lack of ownership people have over anything–work, their actions, decisions, consequences, etc.  The caveat to this is that this is purely [...]

Playing Chicken with Children in the Car

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It’s bad enough that we encounter so many assholes on the road who endanger the lives of other drivers through their reckless driving.   So imagine how we felt when we nearly almost ran into this dumb, frazzled b*tch in a Toyota Camry who was endangering the lives of 3 kids [...]