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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 [...]

41 Ticketed in an Hour in Cell Phone Sting

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One of our regular contributors sent me this photo of a hands-free cell phone violator the other day.  Maybe law enforcement in other parts of L.A. needs to do more cell phone stings like the one that occurred in Torrance a couple [...]

Ford Fiesta Program

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I had a friend visiting from New York this past week, and naturally the topic of driving came up.  Although he did mention how cell phone use behind the wheel has increased because cops have tapered off ticketing drivers for the offense, [...]

Hollywood Freeway Ranked as America’s Worst Commute

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So our friends at The Daily Beast recently did a story on America’s 75 Worst Commutes.  It comes as no surprise to me that the Hollywood Freeway is ranked as the country’s worst commute.  Here’s an excerpt:
#1, Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles
Weekly hours [...]

Carlsbad Revisited 6 Months Later

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I was last in Carlsbad about 6 months ago and made some interesting observations about the small sample of drivers I saw in this part of San Diego County.  Some of you swear that San Diego drivers are much worse than Los [...]