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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 [...]

Lady in Lexus Runs Red and Almost Causes Collision

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Here’s another typical L.A. driver with an unchecked sense of entitlement.  I was waiting behind her in the left turn only lane on Barrington, just north of Wilshire in Brentwood.  There are no green arrows at this intersection, which is a whole [...]

Ignoring Signs and Nearly Hitting Me in the Process

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The old borderline senior citizen driving this VW Passat perfectly illustrated why it sucks to drive in this town.  I took this photo at the Trader Joe’s in Toluca Lake.  First of all, the fairly small parking lot was about half empty, [...]

The Archetype of Grumpy Old Men in Caddy

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This angry, geriatric piece of horse sh*t gets fast-tracked to today’s post.  I see fungi like this driving around the west side all the time, but it’s been awhile since I encountered a prick this bad in the Valley.  I was traveling [...]