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Clueless Blind Nerd in Focus

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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 [...]

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 [...]

Angry Native Dumbass in Ford Expedition

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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 [...]

Ignoring the Safety of Pedestrians in Hollywood

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Is it just me or does it seem like drivers are paying less attention to pedestrians as the weather gets warmer?  I’ve noticed a pattern over the few years I’ve lived here full-time: in colder weather, the drivers tend to [...]

Rainy, Nighttime Freeway Driving Without Headlights

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We took this photo this past Saturday down in Long Beach.  It was a chilly, cloudy, rainy day, so we figured it would be nice to take the little one down to the Long Beach Aquarium for the first time.  It was [...]