7JPA246

Since I posted a couple of days back, thought I'd try and keep the ball rolling here... This clip features some idiot cutting across the gore point (well, at least they signaled for that) then getting into my lane (no signal for that, much less any acceleration) and giving me a chance to give my ABS brakes (thank GOD for those, or else this would have ended differently) and horn a run. Shortly after you see them braking way more than is necessary for a gentle curve in a transition road, probably in retaliation for me having the nerve to lay on the horn as they nearly caused themselves to be rear-ended. For the icing on the cake, they preform an illegal pass on the right.

5UIZ019

People who don't signal. There's a lot of them out there, and you just have to do your best to try and figure out what they're going to do. So, when you see someone following behind someone else who's turning to the right, then they brake and head off to the right, too, I usually figure they're going to the right. Well, take nothing for granted. Could be they usually drive a semi, where they need to swing to the right before going left! I was trying to get out from behind said slow moving vehicles, and damn near creamed them! Another instance where if there were audio, you'd hear me laying on my horn. I'm pretty sure they had no idea where they were going, because they pulled into the driveway, and then stopped there. I'd bet it wasn't the first time, too, because their back bumper was all banged up, and there's a dent on the trunk lid.

5YGA994

I've made mention here before about being in the lane you need to be in in advance. For your viewing here is a prime example of how not to do just that! Coming from the other direction in this clip, you'll see in the right lane of the two that continue straight a car that obviously should have been in the right turn lane. They block that lane for the full duration of the green light coming that direction. At the end of the clip, I added on where I was behind them and you can clearly see the obligatory "USC Alumnus" plate frame!

6UJN624

What is it with people who drive Nissans? I know there are a lot of them out there, but it doesn't seem like more than you see Hondas or Toyotas, but it seems like an inordinate amount of them I see are driven badly, dangerously and illegally.

Perfect case in point here. This is Northbound on the 5 at the transition to the Northbound 710. If you don't know, this is one of those transitions that exit to the left side. The lane picks up around 1/4 mile before the actual transition. You can see, the traffic is backing up onto the transition (they're doing construction on the 710, and it's most always jacked) and this takes place within a couple hundred feet of the split. This tool comes cutting in where there isn't sufficient space and then slams on his brakes. No, signalling your intentions while you are coming up from behind me doesn't make it allright. It was a close thing, just the kind of thing I wanted to get a dash cam for!

7DCH880

Here's a prime example on a cut off. There was less than a car length between our cars, doing around 60 MPH. At this distance, even my low resolution camera, his license plate was easily readable. Of course, he couldn't bother to use his signal, and no sooner is he in front of me than he's on his brakes. Just a few seconds after the end of this clip, he did the same thing to the guy in the next lane to the right, but that wasn't easily seen from my cam.

6VVT269

Just driving along & this Mercedes does this U-turn in front of me. I don't have a problem with that, so long as it'd done safely... that is, where there is enough room before any oncoming traffic! As you can see, there isn't. The topper to this is as I swerve around them, they honk at me! What's wrong with people?

6GTY634 and POETES

Here's a clip I caught & saved all the way back in May. Probably didn't share it because it's a fairly common offense, going South through the East L.A. interchange, and I've posted several of those.

Something a little unique about this one, though, I caught two of the violators right at the start of the lane that goes to the 60 freeway. The Pontiac, plate number 6GTY634 does the rather common cut across two lanes then take the Soto exit. The Benz, license plate POETES, you'll see going all the way to where it's past the solid line and into the gore point.

I might have never posted it (Lord knows that if you drive around L.A. with a dash cam going you'll never be wanting for video of bad drivers!), but then today I caught POETES doing the EXACT same move! This turn, they're the one that goes two lanes over... and then they go really slow...

Re-enforces the feeling I get when I see people doing this kind of thing, that they probably come this way five days a week, and almost certainly pull this kind of move every time!

7DID716

I'm trying something different. I notice that the video quality is greatly degraded (it wasn't that great to begin with) once it has been uploaded via Blogger, so I'm trying uploading a clip to YouTube and embedding it here. More than I really wanted to get into, but...

Here we've got a Camaro, license number 7DID716, who pulls out in front of me and doesn't accelerate. Predictably, as soon as I get out from behind him, he suddenly finds his accelerator. Pulling up to the red light, it looks like he can't decide what lane he wants to be in! My favorite part is when the light changes, and he drives up the sidewalk ramp! There is a Metro PCS store in that lot, perhaps that explains a lot of the way this guy was driving...

5UMA433

Here's a spot of road that actually got fixed recently. It is a stretch of road that is routinely backed up in the morning. It used to have two lanes, then narrow down to one, and of course you'd always get people who would pass in the right lane and continue past where it ends, until the road narrowed to where they have to bull their way in. In the last few months, as you can see, they have eliminated the right lane. But, if you're a big enough tool, I guess that makes no difference! Here we have a Mercedes, plate 5UMA433, and if you were curious, the infraction would either be CVC 21754 or 21755. I kept the video long enough that you can see they get to where they're not moving, as well as getting a clear shot of the plate and their broken left tail light! I could have left it longer, so you could see they were not getting anywhere fast anymore until I turned off three minutes later!

7CIE244

Here's another one I see a lot of. At the poorly designed East L.A. interchange, where you always get people cutting in from the lane that exits to the 60 freeway (and isn't like it was a lane that was there the whole time, this lane picks up around a mile before), a fair percentage of the people making that violation end up getting off at the Soto Street exit. I usually don't bother documenting this activity because I can't get the plate. Well, today we had the driver of this Lexus, plate #7CIE244, who blocked both lanes sufficiently that I was able to get the plate on my low-rez camera!

6FDC146

Here we have a stupid, inconsiderate, dangerous driver. They're driving a Honda Fit, license 6FDC146. You can't much blame people for not wanting to be behind a semi truck, but check out the nasty cut off they do when they first change lanes! Next, they've got a ton of room to get back in front of the truck... and they don't! What you get instead it not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES they block up the lane, laying pretty hard on the brakes before they actually get back in the lane they wanted to be in! For a nice coda, look at all the empty freeway ahead of them when they finally stop blocking the lane!

6LGY285 & 7BOK172

Another 2 for 1. Here we've got one of those metered on ramps (which I think are pretty useless) with the left lane exempted for car pools. So what happens? First a BMW, then an Infinity (Nissan) that blatantly violate the car pool requirement. Of course, they've gotten around about five cars for breaking the law! Totally worth it. It runs a bit long at the end to show the Nissan trying to cut around the truck.

6AFJ163

In case you might have thought I unfairly disparaged USC alumni in my previous post, here's another one doing the exact same move! This time in a Porsche Cayenne, and this time waiting until the were firmly into the solid white line to cross over. This is a rather lengthy video this time, because I wanted to show how long and how much free area was available for them to get over well ahead of the last second!

The bonus catch I got on this one was the Toyota mini truck that was ahead of them with dealer paper plates from Penske, pulling the same move, albeit not quite as late. Sure didn't look that new!

5XSS015 & 5XNV252

This is heading up the 710 to the transition to the 10. Always ALWAYS people who want to go East staying in the Westbound lane (which is clearly marked way back) until the last minute then cutting over. This car was totally predictable, it's an Acura, and they have a USC alumnus license plate frame. Pretty much most Japanese "luxury" model (a rebadged Toyota, Honda, or Nissan) you can count on having a rude, inconsiderate or just plain bad driver, it seems.

So it start off with the cyclist heading up. I don't count them, but, dude, watch out for the Acura! Sure enough, 5XSS015 starts signalling late, and doesn't even make an attempt where there's plenty of room ahead of the truck where the bike gets over, but waits until way late. Bonus, right as he heads right, you get the Nissan 5XNV252 (don't get me started on Nissan drivers) who it looks like heads to the left side crossing over the solid white line (and then proceeded to drive really slow).

VW

A return to one of the most prolific spots for seeing bad drivers, the South 5 at the East LA interchange! I'm sure I've mentioned before, but about a mile before the split, it picks up another lane on the left, which is clearly posted as going to the 60 East. There's always a bunch of people who wait until the last moment, then get back on the 5 South lanes. I've got what I think would be an excellent solution, but I'd bet that they'll never do it, because it 1) makes sense, & 2) would work.

Here's a prime example. This guy in the Volkswagen sedan (Jetta?) doesn't even start signalling until it's solid white line, and cuts over the full triangle, and causes the driver he cuts off to brake. I'd put money down that they come this way five days a week.

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.

5WDU822

Here's a rarity for Max. I was actually walking for a change, when I came upon this scene.


It took me a while, but gave me plenty of time to get some good shots. Of course, this doesn't look bad from the pictures, so I'll give you the context.


There are two lanes that turn right here, and this ninny in a Nissan was in the leftmost of them, right at the front of the line. The light turned green three times before they finally went, but that is only what I saw. Of course, they were blocking the people behind them from going, yet only one of them actually honked. Of course that didn't do any good anyway. finally they went.


Now, here's the context: The two streets change to one way streets here! You cannot turn left, it's only traffic coming from that way.


You can't go straight, it is only oncoming traffic that way. The only option is to turn right! Well, I guess not, you could just sit there and block traffic!

5CSB892

Dangerous and stupid and inconsiderate!



Take a good look at the first picture. It speaks volumes. This idiot is making a right turn from the center lane. You'll notice that it is fairly blind, because there is a bus in the way. You will also notice that they are causing the traffic attempting to go the right way to stop.



There were pedestrians in that crosswalk. They don't care.



In the last shot, you can see, they're a full car length ahead of me at the next light. Well, that was worth it!