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

Ahem, Size Matters

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Ahh, classic L.A. parking example.  My wife took this one on Kling St. in Burbank by the Avalon apartment complexes.  I thought I saw bad parking jobs on Goshen, but this one was so flagrantly fakakta and indicative of the L.A. egocentric mentality.  I’ve heard of love-tapping bumpers while parking–a common [...]

Bookmark and Share

Clueless Blind Nerd in Focus

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter You’ve heard me talk about the juvenile “gangsta lean” behind the steering wheel.  Well, senior citizens also stereotypically have a lean or slant while driving: hunched forward, chin below the shoulders, elbows bent with forearms resting on the horn, and hands grabbing the wheel at 11 and 1.  Oh, and let’s [...]

Bookmark and Share

Parking Shenanigans in SB County

Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Exhibit C: Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter One of our regulars wrote to me stating that we are long overdue for bad parking jobs.  I wholeheartedly agree…here are a few submissions: “So, I took these beauties this weekend during a visit to the Santa Barbara Zoo.  More proof that some people should [...]

Bookmark and Share

Mobile Roadblocks and Gross Bathroom Stories

Wow, can you say “traffic clusterfuck”?  I took a picture of our nav display this past weekend showing total chaos due to one accident after another near the 10, 5, and 60 Fwys.  Eventually, we got a kick out of pressing each icon and hearing the automated voice impassively declare the sorry state of our [...]

Bookmark and Share

Angry Native Dumbass in Ford Expedition

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter The aggressive jackass driving this old dark green Ford Expedition is another clueless native (license plate 3VWH) who seems to have a difficult time grasping the concept of heavy traffic.  We were on the 5 Fwy N coming back from Disneyland when this dumbass started riding our rear in heavy, bumper-to-bumper [...]

Bookmark and Share