L.A. Can't Drive

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Guess what tends to happen when you have something you never use?  You eventually forget that you ever had it.  Unfortunately, if that “something” is part of the car and is required by law, then its lack of use doesn’t bode well if you ever wish to make a case that you’re a good driver, as so many people in L.A. claim to be.  Case in point, the moronic, androgynous-looking woman driving this white Jaguar with a vanity plate in Beverly Hills was coasting around with her right side view mirror bent in.  Aside from the fact that I see stuff like this happen way more often in this town than I’d like to admit (sometimes the mirror is completely missing), there’s no good explanation as to why she was driving along her merry way without rectifying the situation.  FYI, this photo was taken on Little Santa Monica and Camden, and it’s no surprise to me that we have yet another sub-par driver with a vanity plate.

OK, for all of you puzzle-solvers out there, there are only 3 things that could explain why her sideview mirror is bent in like this.  1) She hit an obstacle, like a parked van, while driving and didn’t notice the loud bang and snap of her sideview mirror.  2) She was parked next to the left curb of a one-way street, failed to properly position her mirror before driving off, and failed to use her sideview mirror while pulling out of her parking spot (something they teach you to do, along with checking your blind spot, in Driver’s Ed), which would have clued her in on the fact that her mirror was improperly angled.  3) Either option 1 or 2 happened, she noticed her mirror wasn’t positioned correctly, and she just didn’t give a flying, gold-digging fu*k.  Can you think of any other alternatives?

Filed under: clueless, observation