Metro Police -1426274 -- 16-0184

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted, huh? Once again, not for lack of content!

So, for my first and probably last post of 2016, Here's a lawman who is above the law, running right through a stop sign! Well, Metro police anyway, but so far as I know, they're every bit as much police as any other department. My guess is they were escorting the armored van in front of them, keeping all those nickels and bus tokens safe! Got a great shot of their plate a few miles up the road, and was able to take down the vehicle number, 16-0184.

1316806

Seems like using an embedded video from YouTube ends up stepping on the sidebar writing over there --->

Oh well. I'm sure there's a way to fix that if I cared that much. Here's a little something from a while back. Looking at my covered up text over there, I realized it's been a while since I've had any of the lawless lawmen. Main reason is you really don't see that much of it. This is a little nit-picky, but here we have L.A.'s finest in a car with CA exempt plates 1316806. Ever notice how cops almost never signal? Here's a double example, both for a lane change and for a turn!

1162578

I see a lot of this. his is one of the local "Dash" buses, ID #03001, but this behavior isn't unique to them. Pretty much any bus line you'll see doing this kind of thing. After pick ups or drop offs, they'll just pull right out into traffic with no regard to who they're cutting in front of, or the fact that they're not going anywhere near the speed of traffic. I guess because they're subsidized by my tax dollars they think the law or common courtesy doesn't apply to them.

Movie Shoot

Here's one I happened on a while ago. Driving up a street near home, I saw a movie shoot going on up a side street. On the way back, I pulled the camera off and pointed it in that direction. Looked like quite a bit of law, and an older Caddy.

6PLU854 & 1UZ6--- Unified Grocers

What happens when you get a Lexus who won't yield a little room and a semi truck that won't use his mirrors? Here you go! I didn't get the full plate from the trailer, but it was from a company called Unified Grocers, who have their local branch in Commerce. Did take this screen capture of the cab, which has much numbers on it, but I didn't write any of that out.

I think if I were in the Lexus (6PLU854) I would be giving Unified Grocers a call!

8X33180 - City Wide Towing

Had another clip I have been attempting to use for the last two days, but for some reason Blogger gives an error every time I try to upload it. Instead, you get this:

Heading up to the stop, you'll see the tow truck drift a good couple of feet into the right lane. He corrects back, but is still encroaching. It's like he had no idea where he was headed! The part that doesn't show is after this, when the light changes, and he gets over to the right after all, as you can tell, crossing the solid white line. After the transition is a couple miles further up the road. Would like to have had a rear facing camera for that, and then before he makes the right turn. He pulled the EXACT same move AGAIN! Two lanes, one that goes straight, the other that turns right, and he's in the wrong one and crosses the solid white line again!

UPS

Hey, everybody!!! After a long LONG break, here I'm back!!! A few months back I picked up a dash cam, and believe me, there's no shortage of bad drivers I could submit from it!!! Now that I've remembered my password, I'll probably be posting more, but for now, here's a shot of a UPS truck making a last minute lane change over a solid white line with no signal!!!

Bonus, there's a Fiat that looks like they want to change lanes at the last minute, too, but they lack the courage of their convictions. They never did change lanes.

More Stupid Bus Drivers

I didn't get a good shot of the plate on this one, but he was heading for station 18, wherever that may be. While I was coming up the street, this bus driver already had his front end across the center lane of oncoming traffic. He was stopped there, because there was another car in the number two lane coming his way. As soon as that car was passed, he continues his turn, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! As I was taking the second picture, I was full on on the brakes and horn. Not like the light was changing or anything, either. I don't think there was another car behind me.

For someone who makes their living driving, you'd think they would do a better job.