AUGUST 10, 2007 @ 7:55 pm – NB 405 Fwy at Century Blvd

Just freaking great, stuck in Friday evening rush hour near LAX. It's my fault I suppose since I wasn't able to get away from work before 4 pm like I usually do on Fridays.

This time our Highway A-hole of note was a serial tailgater. Nice new Dodge Charger R/T, red with black ralley stripes. The driver was non-descript due to the heavily tinted side and rear windows.

We were just inching along N from Orange County to the 110 Interchange. There the traffic lightened up to a point we could all move pretty much the speed limit. The Charger A-hole was really riding up close on the bumper of a silver Cooper Mini. The driver of the Mini was a yuppie looking programmer type, probably a TRW, Boeing or Northrup-Grumann employee (I've seen my fill of these people). He seemed to be staring straight ahead and driving very intently. He probably already noted the tailgating Charger behind him.

Now this Charger was really right up on the Mini. Not just I-need-to-get-by-you close, but more of if-you-hit-your-brakes-our-cars-will-be-having-sex close. The Charger was right on the Mini's butt until we got to Century Blvd. There traffic started to slow to a crawl once again. The Mini has already merged to the number 3 lane - it looks as if the Charger had done the same. The number 2 lane was clear and free for he Dodger to pass the Mini. Nothing doing, the Charger remained on the Mini's ass as I went ahead and passed both.

Really, this was nothing a little tap on the brake lights could have solved for the Mini.

JULY 12, 2007 @ 1:34 pm - SB 405 Fwy and 710 Fwy

Here's a Highway A-hole we will see a lot of in the future. It's that moron who feels so superior to be commuting with the rest of us, he's thinks he's obliged to ignore the law.

In this case, it's a late 1980's Dodge Sonoma truck, dark green in color with the complete CA license plate number of 5T20280. Driving beyond 75 MPH and in the fast lane, he enters the HOV car pool lane as a single driver. On this freeway, a car in the HOV lane must have two or more people in it, or else it's a hefty fine. He must have had a turd in his pocket because he was most definitely the only one in the truck I could see.

He continues to drive fast and tailgate upon others that happen to be driving at a slightly slower pace in the same lane. Rather than just accept the fact he will have to drive 3-5 MPH slower, he rides up on the drivers ahead of him and flashes his high beam headlamps in an attempt to get the slightly slower traffic out of the carpool lane to let him pass. His antics work on some drivers, not so much with others.

What a douche-bag. I wish there were more CHP cruisers on this freeway this time of day. A year of so there were, but you rarely see them now outside of being parked at the Carson Truck Weigh Station N of the 405 and Avalon off-ramps.