Friday morning

No major idiocy on the roads to report today. 35 minutes on the bike this morning, traffic fairly light and freeflowing (at least up to Robertson Bl.)

Looks like the city is finally going to repair the Pothole of Death in the westbound number two on Olympic, between La Jolla and La Cienega. They have the section marked off in white paint, demarcating chunks of all three westbound lanes. I hope they do a better job fixing it this time.

Meanwhile, I checked out Amy Alkon's blog this morning, as I do every morning. Pretty much every day she finds something politically or socially meaningful to post. Go check out today's entry about the riots raging for the last week in the suburbs of Paris. The letter she reproduces from a friend of hers living there is especially bleak, but realistic too. "With these people, there is no talk possible, no common grounds, only escalation of the hatred & killing of the Infidel. It is going to be a bloody war of religion. And yes, it is going to be WWIII."

Driving disasters

Hi again.

With the new commute, I have so many more opportunities to witness L.A. driving behavior. I thought I might use this space to document what I encounter on a daily basis. (Note: I'm not saying I'll be writing here on a daily basis. Let's not go crazy or nothin').

This morning I saw a woman in an suv headed westbound on Olympic inexplicably come to a full stop at a green light.

Seconds later, I witnessed a driver making a LEFT TURN on a RED. No, neither of the streets were unidirectional. He was trying to go left onto Olympic Bl. in full morning rush hour traffic.

My personal favorite for today was the lady who made a left in front of me. No checking for oncoming traffic, obviously. I had to brake hard and swerve to avoid her. She was totally oblivious. She was pulling into the Rite-Aid so maybe she missed a dose of medication.

I saw a bright fucking red honda this morning, and I recalled that a certain percentage of the population is red/green color blind. So for those people, a bright fucking red car may look dull grey. According to this site, a full 7 percent of the male population have this type of color blindness.