JULY 11, 2007 @ 12:18pm - SB 405 Fwy betwen 605 Fwy and Seal Beach Blvd Off-ramp

I usually have the highest respect for livery drivers here in Southern California. They have one of the most demanding driving jobs of anyone else out there. That's why I'm suprised to have witnessed a limo driver acting like a Highway A-hole.

This particular limo was a brand new stretch black Lincoln. It was still sporting "Sterling Limosines" paper plates on it. The last few digits of the PTC license stenciled on the L rear bumper were 1144-P, I couldn't remember the rest. Couldn't tell if there was anyone in back through the heavily tinted windows.

The limo was driving rather erratically, speeding up and then slowing down. For the most part it travelled in the number, occasionally passing a slower car on the right number 2 lane. The limo's speed was inconsistent and surged between 75 mph down to 50 mph and then back up again. The limo's speed wasn;t being gauged by the traffic around it, it just kept speeding and slowing dow. This was causing drivers that were behind it to brake and re-accellerate every 1/8th mile or so. This went on for many miles until I was able to pass it on the right.

As I passed, I saw the limo driver. A very attractive blonde with a pixy style hairdoo was driving. She was in her mid to late 20's and wearing a tuxedo shirt, jacket and tie. Rather large dangling diamond-like earrings swung from her lobes. She was holding her cell phone in front of her and YELLING at it, as if she was using it in speaker phone mode. She was cherry red in the face, which contrasted her striking blonde hair. She must have been trying to "convey" some kind of disappointment to the party on the other end of the call. Judging by her apparent furstration, I don't think she was having much luck getting her point across.

Dear limo drivers, don't use your cell phone for arguing with others while driving. It makes you look like a Highway A-hole... and it pisses the rest of us off.