2008 March | L.A. Can't Drive ss_blog_claim=5e5ab821d1329d2eb37ef85c05213cff

Box Block Anyone, Lately?

In LA:

In NYC:

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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 [...]

Stubborn Prick in a Spectra

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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 [...]

Observationally-Challenged Angelenos

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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 [...]

Using Turn-Only Lanes to Pass

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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 [...]

Bicyclists Must Also Follow Traffic Laws

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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 [...]