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This guy in his early 20′s in an Acura was way too much in his own head to be driving.  We were coming down Highland in Hollywood when we stopped at the intersection of Highland and Franklin, waiting for a green arrow in the right turn only lane.  We were behind the car that’s closer to us in the photograph, and that car was behind the Acura.  When the light turned green, the driver of the Acura didn’t move.  After about a full 4 to 5 seconds, the car ahead of us started to honk to get this guy moving.  He still sat there like a dead duck.  After a few more seconds, we joined in on the honking to wake this guy up.  As I leaned to my left to get a better view, I saw this spaced out guy with headphones in his ears staring out his windshield and then out his driver side window, completely oblivious of the hold-up he was causing.  Finally, as other drivers chimed in and the honking became more persistent, this stoner realized that he had the green light, peeled out into his right turn, and started speeding down Franklin (and I mean speeding), as if he were trying to avoid having to look at any of the drivers he was holding up face to face at another red light.  Tell you what, buddy, people usually use shame to make changes for the better–not for the worse.

By the way, we wanted to give a quick shout-out to LA Snark for mentioning L.A. Can’t Drive in its top 15 Los Angeles blogs list.  We hear your commuting pain….

Filed under: clueless, observation, speeding