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Santa Barbara Can’t Drive

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter My wife and I spent a day in Santa Barbara today and witnessed some pretty wacky driving.  However, on the whole from what we saw around State St. and on the surrounding freeways, Santa Barbara drivers drive much better than Los Angeles drivers.  They tend to be more patient, signal more, [...]

Parking on Sidewalks Is a Bad Idea

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter This picture is pretty self-explanatory.  You can’t even escape the egocentric behavior of L.A. drivers when you’re not behind the wheel.  Now you see this a lot in Europe, but certainly not in America.  Alas, L.A. fails to disappoint when it comes to bad driving–or parking, in this case.  Here’s the [...]

Angry Senior Needs a Chill Pill

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter So apparently I’m not the only one having bad run-ins with our blue-haired neighbors.  Here’s a submission I got last week regarding an encounter with an impatient curmudgeon in my old stomping grounds: “So I’m sitting at a red light behind another car at the intersection of Martel and Beverly at [...]

Jackhole in Frontier Nearly Causes 3-Car Collision

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Here’s a question: what shouldn’t you do while merging from one freeway to another?  How about switching lanes indiscriminately without signaling or checking for clearance?  Well, this moron in a Nissan Frontier did just that when he merged onto the 5 Fwy South from the 710.  All of a sudden, without [...]

What Ever Happened to Nice Old People?

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It doesn’t take a genius to see that this old geazer in a Nissan Altima is tailgating the car in front of it at 70 mph.  What you can’t see is this guy’s use of the exit only lane to the right of us (indicative of the fatter, shorter lane markings) [...]