2011 March | L.A. Can't Drive

The L.A. Epidemic of Texting and Driving

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter The stubborn, delusional people who constantly text and drive not only erroneously think that they can multitask behind the wheel but also believe they’re being so subtle about doing so. They think there’s no change to their driving patterns and that they won’t get caught as long as they keep the [...]

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Boorish Half-Wit in Caravan Can’t Read Lane Markings

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter What’s worse than an aggressive asswipe? An aggressive asswipe who’s also an imbecile. My family and I were exiting the 101 Fwy North at Van Nuys in Sherman OaksĀ and were in the left of two left-turn lanes at the base of the off-ramp at the light. This bald, middle-aged, mustached jackass [...]

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Yelling at a Parking Cop Won’t Help Your Cause

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter So how’s our little red hydrant doing in Santa Clarita? Here’s the latest update from our reporter in the area: “Back at our favorite hydrant again. How can you justify this? Once again, bumper kissing the truck behind it didn’t help. Apparently, the lazy bitch in this little POS Yaris also [...]

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Visualizing L.A. Traffic Congestion

This was too cool to pass up. A friend sent this to me from FlowingData, which is an animation compiled by Waze, in collaboration with the Gray Area Foundation and Nik Hanselmann, that visualizes 24-hours of traffic data in Los Angeles. The red dots stand for traffic congestion, and the green dots stand for traffic [...]

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Tons of Morons Driving in Blind Cars During Sunday’s Rain

Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter To say it was raining all day Sunday is an understatement. Even if you had no idea that it was the law in California to physically turn your headlights on (so both the front and back ends of your vehicle are lit) whenever your windshield wipers are [...]

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