2010 January | L.A. Can't Drive - Part 2

These Conditions Don’t Warrant Headlights, Do They?

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter My wife shot this on the 5 North by Eastern Ave. at around 1:30 PM.  It’s a great shot that clearly showed the conditions on the freeway and how dark everything looked early in the afternoon (click to enlarge).  However, the goatee-sporting guy driving this Nissan Sentra thought it was completely [...]

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Angry Aggressive Pickup in Poor Driving Conditions

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter FYI, in case you haven’t guessed it, you can pretty much bet that the next few posts will all be rain-related.  I don’t buy the excuse that Southern Californians don’t know how to drive in the rain because they don’t have enough practice.  I’m sorry, but we get rain season every [...]

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Chatting on His Cell and Crawling in the Fast Lane in the Rain

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter So this one was taken on Sunday on our way back from San Diego.  We were on the I-5 North driving through Orange County in the carpool lane in heavy rain and poor visibility.  Now you have to wonder if this guy in his Chevy sedan really thought this was the [...]

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Carlsbad Revisited 6 Months Later

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter I was last in Carlsbad about 6 months ago and made some interesting observations about the small sample of drivers I saw in this part of San Diego County.  Some of you swear that San Diego drivers are much worse than Los Angeles drivers.  Based on my limited experience south of [...]

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Tool with Headphones Nearly Plows Down Family

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a Chevy Prizm on the streets.  I hope most of the current owners of this once-popular sedan are better drivers than this scruffy dirtbag in his 40′s with an unkempt beard and mustache cruising around Burbank.  I was sitting behind him at a red light [...]

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