Why are LA drivers so horrible?
 

Tonight after witnessing enough near misses I saw a hell of a collision at the intersection of Laurel Canyon and Ventura in Studio City. One driver ran the red turn light and caused a collision; both drivers were pretty badly hurt.

It's bad enough you people (okay, so I assume a majority of you live in LA) can't drive in the rain, but put on your seatbelts and pay attention to lights and signs.

thanks for the tip!

It's hard to drive while we do our hair in the mirror, talk on the phone, drink a latte, shave, memorize lines, flip other drivers off, aim... and shoot!

it is called multi-tasking, deal with it.

if you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalks

It's not LA drivers it's all the people who moved from elsewhere that are the problem.

I'm a 225 pound skateboarder, you better stay offa the sidewalk or I'll put a BIG dent in your car!

That's everyone in LA. You ever see LA on a holiday? Can you say Ghost town?

Definitely not the NY/NJ drivers... we get shit done, and we don't get scared when it rains. :321GFY

I didn't think there was such a thing as an LA native. :1orglaugh

lol

After the huge LA quake in '94, I sensed it was time to give up the 405 and go back home to the East coast's I-95.

http://www.quakeinsurance.net/images/freeway.jpg

thank you for leaving, but that is not the 405

so, what exactly did we do to cause you to move here? and what will it take to get you to go back to NY/NJ?

That's a mile from my house! Cali is here, wish you were beautiful

Baddog, what will it take to get you to go take a ride with me on your HD down Mulholland Hwy without your helmet?

Look it's the Internet Tough Guy Baddog on the prowl again!

Hey Baddog, why do you need to act the asshole online?

Is it because:

1. You have a small penis
2. You have no penis
3. You have a penis but it is vestigial

For a whole 5 foot 5 inches tall weighing in about 150lbs you are sure one bad ass baddog on the web telling people to move outta California.

It's almost as funny as your RAPE jokes, fucktard.

you sure are a dumb ass. You think no one here has met me? So tell me, why are you in CA, and what will it take to get you to go back to Canada?

Oh yeah, :321GFY

People have met you? So they know you are a short hairy stupid looking fuck with a Napolean complex?

I'm not from Canada you fucking fucktard. You just keep justifying the moron tough guy moniker that you so happily and proudly carry, don't you?

Got anymore good Rape Jokes Baddog? I'm sure we all want to hear more of your humour. Or maybe you can act the tough guy again. That's always good for a chuckle and a dump.

http://209.126.180.115/gfy.jpg

at least I am not some fat ass, bald, punk, wannabe thug


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well, considering ive lived in LA and now in VEGAS, id say i prefer LA drivers, i mean they drive crazy but they know how to drive, fuckers out here drive crazy as fuck and dont know what the hell there doing

Anyone who things LA drivers are bad has never driven in Miami. They're idiots down here.

I thought L.A. drivers were really courteous when I was out there. Infact I was amazed at how they almost never change lanes.

You haven't had a real experience with crazy drivers until you've driven to Boston during the A.M. commute and had 50 people pass you in the break down lane doing 90.

-joe

Really you haven't seen shit until you've driven in NYC/Brooklyn... there is no regard for anything resembling the traditional rules of driving... It's every man for himself, get to your destination BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE -- and the cops fucking know it -- biz as usual... Drive on the wrong side of the road, run a red light, run over pedestrians -- the cops are like WHATEVER.

In LA, the cops are outnumbered -- I never saw anyone pulled over for speeding, because LA = Gridlock...

Why are L.A. drivers the worst???

Could it be all the mexican immigrants that are driving there???

LOL:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

They are worse in Sacramento . Then again, that is were alot of L.A. drivers have moved.

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you cant beat Detroit drivers.

just come on over, and i'll give you a tour. :)

if youre not driving 85 in the 55 zone, then you will be run over.

sounds like Houston, while it is raining. They take the term "rush hour" serious there.

I think the only time I feared for my life was riding my bike through Houston, in the rain, and these fucking cowboys with their trucks blasting past at 80+

Was so much water flying up you could do nothing more than follow tail lights

TheFLY is partially right, I live in Brooklyn and its true, you can do whatever you want, drive like a psycho, until you hurt someone.
Once you hurt someone- its over, they will toss you in jail for as long as possible, and it takes a looong time to get through the NYC court system....
NYC is the most dangerous place I have ever seen for riding motorcycles, I frequently see delivery vans blowing red lights at over 60 MPH. Not uncommon at all. And the taxi's in Manhattan? Fuck all of them.

I love driving on the belt parkway at night ;p

better yet FDR

Yeah when it rains the LA freeways turn into hell.

I have always just assumed that people are so fucking retarded that when it rains they think they need to drive faster to hurry up and get out of the bad weather. Wrong.

It rains, and people drive even worse. I've seen too many people crash and die on the freeway. And because it does not rain often, the roads are usually very slick as all the oils bake on them for days.

Visuals stuck in my head of people slumped over their steering wheel while I dodge their vehicle bouncing off the rails.

And don't honk and give someone the finger, chances are they'll pull a gun and start shooting.

Should I ever decide to go on a killing spree, it would definitely be on the 5 freeway.

the best drivers are in austin, tx

I live in LA now, lived in Miami before, yup, your right, but they used to be good drivers down there, just that they got old, and cant see or hear now.

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What band where you seeing ?

You got to be kidding me. You look like a gay Kris Kristoferson who took one too many hits to the head off his bike.

Wannabe? You stupid old fuck. I'm not the one who rides a Harley, and acts the tough guy online.

You did what posting my pic up here? You showed everyone the exact truth.

You are a short fat fuck with a Napolean complex. OR shortman syndrome.

You have to attack all other males in your vicinity due to it. You can't help it.

Don't you get tired of getting smacked around by Bigger dogswith more fight? Cause all you got is a bark.

Funny how people this the traffic and drivers are worse where they are from.

I would like to see a real stats sheet of the major cities in the USA and accidents and DUI's and stuff.

It would be interesting.

I ride a motorcycle, and when I lived in Brooklyn, I would take rides down the belt parkway nightly, Usually around 1am, least amount of traf and cops. :thumbsup

All in all, I like LA much more than NY for driving around. The mulholland hwy and PCH are much more interesting than JFK or Brooklyn Bridge.

:winkwink:

You think LA drivers are bad? I am a girl driver and I live in LA. I haven't hit anyone or anything yet but I come close everyday. :winkwink:

-AC Tracey

I had a little speedy GTI turbo with 4wheel antilock brakes yadda yadda dodging shit left and right -- 90% of the time some giant fucking truck is parked smack middle in the road -- you got people walking all over the place, cars coming the other direction -- and one-way streets and streets that just end with no rhyme or reason -- and everyone is honking like HURRY UP YOU SLOW FUCKER -- I'm thinking jesus I'm 27, fast reflexes and these old people in their beat up cars deal with this shit every day like it's nothing... You would have guys challenging to cut you off at every turn -- it was a battle of who has more balls at every intersection... every time a lane ends... the lanes just END! Youll be driving -- oops -- no more lane... Then you have to either slam on the brakes risk slamming into the other lane... If you don't know the neighborhood you will get cut off over and over again -- you'll miss the one-way streets because you couldn't get over in time. I hated it... If you're just nice -- EVERYONE will pass and everyone behind you will be honking like crazy... Haha... So I'd just REV the engine to scare the shit out of people -- so they thought I was insane... Half these people have crappy fucked up dented cars -- like they give a shit if they run into you... These bridges and roads are so narrow, it's practically normal to brush against other cars in traffic... Even worse is when it's raining and you have some valuable shit in your car and you are just thinking holy crap if I get into an accident my car will get jacked... Don't expect anyone to help ya change your tire either... :1orglaugh

Driving in NY requires a certain cunningness that only comes with intellect. People in LA never change lanes for a reason... :321GFY

Yea Miami is getting real bad too. LA has bad drivers too, I esp. dont like the short on ramps they have there - I mean some entrances you have to be going 65 just to get into the traffic. It doesnt help to have those red lights on the on ramps either, you have to gun it to get in there. :1orglaugh

Everytime I visit NYC I am amazed at the wild driving of the taxi cabs, thats the only bad drivers I notice. They cut across lanes like they are in a video game.

6' 190lbs - short and fat? :321GFY

30+ years of riding H-D with 200k+ miles riding experience and I am the wannabe?

Go eat another piece of cheesecake you pussy.

That was at the Crawdad Festival in Isleton on Saturday. They had 3/4 stages of different cajun bands, none of which I was familiar with, however, my buddies g/f seemed to know who a couple of them were.

What world do you live in? I am 6 foot tall you come up to my chin.

You sure talk alot of shit behind the monitor. To my face, you make excuses that you don't have your glasses and can't see anything 2 feet in front of your face.

Bark little dog, Bark!

Here, I found this if really interested

no, that was my cock that was at your chin when you finished with your cheesecake.

And yeah, at 50 I have a little problem reading the small print on a menu in a dark restaurant. Talk to me in 20 years and we will see how your eyesight is . . . . that is if you haven't already died from heart failure from being so fucking over-weight

I originally learned to drive out near Boston. Boston and the New England area takes the cake on the worse drivers.

I actually feel somewhat safe on the freeways of LA compared to Boston.

Now you are a Homo, is it Badpuppy? That would explain your RAPE jokes wouldn't it little man?

Did I hurt your little feelings baddoggie? Woof, woof, woof. That's baddog for I'm really a little old man who needs a hug and love from my cellmate.

No old man, your words exactly were, "Without my glasses, Anthony looks like one big brown thing in front of me."

It seems at 50, your memory is going as well. Since that's the second thing to go at your age, I imagine you have a nice big supply of Viagra too. HAHAHA

and as I recall you posted that you were 250 lbs . . . . and you think I am fat? :1orglaugh