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On our way home from dinner today from the Valley in Encino to the West Side, we saw at least 20 cars driving around without headlights. TWENTY! And the streets weren’t that crowded, either. Here’s a photo of a Toyota Highlander that was taken at 8:45 p.m. This guy didn’t even have anything on–cruising lights, fog lights, or driving lights. Nada, niente, rien, mei you. In fact, he probably thought all the other drivers around him flashing their high beams at him were assholes instead of concerned individuals telling him to turn on his headlights. After 1 1/2 years of doing this blog, this still gets to me. Seriously, people, are you all really this stupid? There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why such a high percentage of cars in this town drive around at night without properly working headlights. Hell, I’ll even take one operating headlight, for those of you who are too lazy to get the bulbs replaced (which still warrants a fine, by the way). Honestly, it’s as simple as putting on the seatbelt. Just turn on your lights! Remember, functioning lights aren’t just so that you can see but are also important for your visibility to other drivers. End of story. And how about those Prius drivers who forget to turn on their headlights? Holy sh*t, just the other day I was walking with some friends to my car in Hancock Park and this black Prius (which may now come with auto-on headlamps, but earlier models didn’t) crept up to my left as we were crossing the street and nearly scared the bejesus out of me, since I didn’t hear it coming. It’s bad enough that the car looks like a baby Shamu on wheels, but it really looked like a predatory animal hunting at night as it was moving around sans gas engine without any lights on.
Filed under: car lights, clueless, observation
A problem on alot of newer cars I’ve seen is the dashboard lights up regardless if the lights are on giving some people a false sense. I know, it’s a weak excuse but it does happen. On my ’66 and my ’06 truck, it’s dark until you turn the lights on. What a concept!
Ed, that’s a good point. I’ve driven plenty of cars that have that “feature” as well. Yet if everyone else in this country has access to all the same cars with these “features”, it still makes me wonder why the ratio for nighttime driving infractions is so high in L.A.