Maroon Ghost Rider in Glendale
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When you’re driving around on much roomier Valley streets, the number of cars cruising around at night without headlights on really jumps out at you. Most of us know that there are certain driving basics in play whenever you get behind a wheel. Unfortunately, there is an inordinately large percentage of people in this town who either don’t care or just don’t get it. Turning on your headlights at night should be as basic as buckling up before you set your vehicle in motion; it should be as instinctual as checking your mirrors and blind spots before switching lanes; and it certainly should be as automatic as stopping at a red light. It really is sad, but the proportion of drivers who fail to do at least one of the above is noticeably larger in L.A. than in other major U.S. metropolis. Case in point, the driver of this maroon Nissan (I believe) pulled out of a parking lot onto Brand in Glendale without any headlights on at 11:30 at night. To make matters worse, he was speeding. I’ve almost given up briefly flashing my high beams at drivers like this because 9 out of 10 times they have no idea why they’re getting flashed. I guess it’s a good thing that the streets weren’t so crowded after all.
Filed under: car lights, clueless, observation, speeding
There must be something about the brightness of downtown Glendale that brings these idiots out. My Mom and I attended the massive car show last Saturday night in Downtown Glendale. When we left around 11:00, there were at least 3 cars that we saw going down Central Avenue with their lights off. These weren’t show cars either…these were regular yahoos there for the festivities. Cops everywhere, but not one of these morons was pulled over. We got on the 134 West at Central to go to Pacific Ave. and there was a guy in a small SUV that didn’t actually turn his lights on until we got off at Pacific (OMG, he was going the same way we were). That makes me nervous. Don’t these idiots realize how dark the dash is at night? I would find this to be the first clue for the clueless. I’m guessing that those that forget to turn their lights on are usually drunk and don’t realize it. All the more reason for the cops to pull them over!
I have a newer car that turns the lights on automatically. Kinda scary, but I guess the makers of Saturn are realizing that we can’t even wipe our own butts anymore, so our cars have to remember everything for us.
The worst part is Rikki…these people are constantly BREEDING!!!