http://www.lacantdrive.com/2009/11/21/frontier-forcing-a-path-across-highland/ Los Angeles drivers can't drive. Plain and simple. Basic traffic laws and driving etiquette clearly do not apply in a town where the people seem to operate in their own little bubble, completely unaware or dismissive of others on the road. Call it what you will: self-entitlement, negligence, malaise, ignorance. My goal? To have mandatory driving tests randomly issued where drivers are eligible for selection after 6 years. Consider this jury duty for the road. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:22:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lacantdrive.com/2009/11/21/frontier-forcing-a-path-across-highland/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 I-95, U-405 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:26:25 +0000 http://www.lacantdrive.com/?p=1944#comment-3942 In this particular scenario, he could've gone one block north or south before trying to cut over a busy intersection unregulated by traffic signals...it would've been both safer and faster. I'm the school of thought of never forcing a non-existent right-of-way. If people wave you over, that's one thing. But no one is going to stop in the middle of Highland, wait for cars in the other 2 lanes to do the same thing, and wait for you to cross--and that's just for one direction of travel during rush hour. We all need to live with poor road layouts and should do our best to adapt, not add to the problem (and in this case, congestion). In this particular scenario, he could’ve gone one block north or south before trying to cut over a busy intersection unregulated by traffic signals…it would’ve been both safer and faster. I’m the school of thought of never forcing a non-existent right-of-way. If people wave you over, that’s one thing. But no one is going to stop in the middle of Highland, wait for cars in the other 2 lanes to do the same thing, and wait for you to cross–and that’s just for one direction of travel during rush hour. We all need to live with poor road layouts and should do our best to adapt, not add to the problem (and in this case, congestion).

]]> http://www.lacantdrive.com/2009/11/21/frontier-forcing-a-path-across-highland/comment-page-1/#comment-3940 Rod Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:08:01 +0000 http://www.lacantdrive.com/?p=1944#comment-3940 I'm iffy on this... as a native Angeleno who has tried to navigate across a busy boulevard intersection, sometimes you have to be pro-active as no one will ever give you courtesy stop. I’m iffy on this… as a native Angeleno who has tried to navigate across a busy boulevard intersection, sometimes you have to be pro-active as no one will ever give you courtesy stop.

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