2008 March | L.A. Can't Drive

Box Block Anyone, Lately?

In LA: In NYC: Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It was great spending the weekend back home in New York City.  The streets were still filled with the focused aggression of New York/New Jersey drivers, but again at least people were signaling.  Also, if someone cut you off, an angry honk was all the retort you [...]

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Stubborn Prick in a Spectra

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter This incident is just a classic case of Los Angeles arrogance.  This preppy young punk who thought he was so bad ass driving this Kia Spectra made a non-signaling left turn from Curson onto 6th St. directly in front of a car that was going straight.  The other car honked in [...]

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Observationally-Challenged Angelenos

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Just the other day, I saw two cars making lefts, nearly hitting pedestrians crossing the street.  Apparently, so many drivers in L.A. are so unused to seeing anything but other vehicles on the road that they forget about those who actually like to walk from time to time (Wow, walking…what a [...]

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Using Turn-Only Lanes to Pass

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter We have another “dick alert” on 6th St.  This guy in this ugly red Ford Fusion (think grimy hooker nail polish) didn’t want to wait in the one through-lane going straight west along 6th St. and felt entitled to use the right-turn-only lane by Fairfax to cut right in front.  Naturally, [...]

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Bicyclists Must Also Follow Traffic Laws

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It seems like two-thirds of the cyclists in L.A. have no idea that a bicycle is a vehicle that has to obey traffic laws like any other vehicle on the road. What does that mean? It means you can’t ride on the wrong side of the street. You can’t ride on [...]

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