On the way to work this morning, I noticed two drivers running a red light. It's very normal I have noticed in the Rowland Heights area.

I did a bit of Googling, and found this:

California Driving - A Survival Guide
It has some nice pictures.

This was the section I found useful:
California Driving – Bad Habits (And Worse)

I am surprised at the amount of people the blog claims do not use turn signals when lane changing. What I have observed, is people turn on their turn signals just as they change lanes.

Something that is not mentioned, is the tendency of hit and run drivers. People who are in an accident, and then leave. I saw this on a freeway, where a person rear ended a car, and the other car was pulling to the side (the one in front), and the one that hit it, sped up, got off the freeway, and disappeared. I was very shocked to see that. The same thing happened to my wife, it was not major damage, just a scratch, but still. The person hit her, and kept on going. I had the same thing happen to me about 9 years ago. Wow, that long? Where a person hit my car, and kept on going as I pulled to the side.

Labels: accidents, chinatowns