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Lazy Parker Fiending for Taco Bell Diagonally Parks Across Three Lanes

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter I was on the radio a bit this morning for Patti Neighmond’s NPR piece on Road Rage. We got a lot of great new comments and submissions for the site. Remember, stories don’t have to have photos. Just vent to us, and we’ll post it. The above ratings only apply to [...]

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Having Your Headlights Off in the Rain, However, Is Illegal

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter Following up on the same train of thought as my previous post, do you know what is in fact a law? Turning on your headlights whenever your windshield wipers are in operation, regardless of the time of day. Here’s a submission I got from a regular contributor: “When the rain comes [...]

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Holding a Dog While Driving Is Apparently Still Legal

Idiocy Meter Asshole Meter So I have a confession to make. For the longest time, I thought it was illegal to have dogs either in your hands or on your lap while you’re driving. Back in 2008, two years after this blog had been running, Assemblyman Bill Maze (R) introduced AB2233, which would have prohibited [...]

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Defend Your Ride L.A. – Dick Helton Interview

Some of you may already know that I do writing outside L.A. Can’t Drive on blogs like Brand X in the past and now currently on CBS. Once a week, an interview with an Angeleno around a recognizable L.A. landmark is posted on the CBS Los Angeles / Autos website. These are fun, whimsical interviews [...]

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I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project

So D-Day approaches. D is for “detour”, and I’m calling it that because Carmageddon is so overused that I swear there’s going to be a B low budget feature released with that title. The kicker is  I hear that they’re going to need to close this same portion of the freeway again for a couple [...]

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