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Blatant Red Light Runner from a Dead Stop

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a red light runner this egregious, but after driving alongside this guy in his late 50′s in an older model Ford Explorer for several miles while going south on Sepulveda from the Valley, I figured he was more idiot than asshole.  Allow me to elaborate: [...]

San Francisco vs. Los Angeles – Redux

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter So we’re back from San Francisco, and it has been almost 2 years exactly since I last did a comparison between SF and LA.  We flew up there this time around and didn’t rent a car, so I was seeing everything from a pedestrian’s point-of-view.  Perhaps I was a bit kind [...]

Arrogant Punk in Ford Roadblock, I Mean F-150

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter We’ve all been guilty of “blocking the box” from time to time. Maybe we had a momentary lapse of concentration and didn’t realize that traffic ahead of us hadn’t moved enough for us to proceed forward and clear the intersection. In this particular rush hour scenario in Brentwood on Wilshire Blvd. [...]

Parking Gamble at Our Favorite Corner

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Hmm, does this corner look familiar?  I don’t even think a motorcycle parked horizontally could have cleared the distance required while parking near a fire hydrant.  In case you don’t know, one of our regular readers and contributors passes by this hydrant up in Valencia on a regular basis.  For those [...]

A Disgrace to Truckers Everywhere

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter I’ve said time and again that truckers really are some of the best drivers on the road, especially if you consider the tens of thousands of miles they have under their belt.  One of our regular contributors is a trucker, and he sent this submission in a few days ago: “I [...]