Burbank | L.A. Can't Drive - Part 2

Creeping in the OC

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter I want to apologize in advance if my posts become a bit erratic the next couple of weeks. I’m in the process of moving, so hopefully I’ll be able to squeeze a post in here and there. Before I talk about this submission, I did want to give a nice shout-out [...]

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Empty Freeways Still Engender Road Raging Impatience

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Angelenos certainly have a tendency to hyperbolize, and the reactions in the public and on the news to the closure of a stretch on the 405 Fwy were no exceptions. In reality, the roads have been empty. To say the 101 Fwy had no traffic on Saturday is an understatement. We [...]

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Clarifications About Parking Near Intersections and Stop Signs

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter I’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding parking near intersections. My general understanding was that you had to be 10-15 feet from the intersection before you could park against the curb. I knew that you had to be a certain distance away from a posted stop sign, regardless of whether [...]

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Fleet of Speeding Limos

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter L.A. always seems to empty on every major holiday, which doesn’t bother me the slightest. Hell, with Carmageddon arriving soon (July 16-17, 405 Fwy closure between the 10 and the 101), a brief respite from heavy traffic congestion is more than welcome. However, the downside to more open freeways is the [...]

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At Least 10 Blind Cars in a 3-Mile Stretch in Burbank

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter I went to Disneyland today with my family to celebrate Father’s Day weekend. I was a bit tired driving home and missed our interchange to the 134 Fwy from the 5 North. I got off at Western and proceeded to take surface streets. It was about 8:15 p.m., and I kid [...]

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