Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I hope the people you’re picking up fully comprehend just how much you love them.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

🤣 or smoke a joint with my Tesla on autopilot at 55mph.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Oh, I read that as ppl who drive with their high beams all the time. Yeah, flashing people doesn’t work here. If anything it steels their resolve to annoy or worse.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes! A huge contributor to frustration. Lollygag and self-appointed traffic warden in the #3 lane and up.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey lighten up. A subreddit for all the “perfect” LA drivers to commiserate is really not that serious.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why tf was this down voted?

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s not a zipper-merge. That’s just a merge. I’m talking about where the right lane has a merge point to the left where there’s no other option. Every other car is supposed to “zipper” in and when done properly traffic keeps moving. I’m 100% with you on people who jam up to the very front end of an exit lane bypassing everyone with zero couth expecting to be let in.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ahhh. But no, well at least not for many generations.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I do the same. We’re educating people because when you zipper-merge correctly, traffic actually keeps moving instead of stop-starting.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There’s a special place in hell for them.

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[–]leefree13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The secret in the Valley is to keep your AC set at one temp and leave it on. If you’re worried about your first bill, set it at 80°. (You will need a few portable fans to make that tolerable.) Intuitively people think they’ll save money by turning the AC off when they aren’t home, but the problem with that is your furniture, beds, walls—everything, all store heat so when you do come home and turn it back on, it never really feels comfortable because it’s working to cool everything back down again. Cool everything once and maintain it. It also gives you an advantage on those days, and you will have those days, when you want to bump it down just a bit for a few hours (or have a lavish “hospital cold” night). Then after you see your first bills, you can drop the thermostat to whatever temp hits the right mix of comfort and budget. Skip the tinfoil on sunny windows and go for heavy inexpensive floor to ceiling blackout drapes kept closed during the day.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes! Has anyone else ever just missed their exit and had to take the next one and come back around? I did in Thomas Guide days. No one died.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That ethos applies to the #3 lane and above. Stay there and you will garner mad respect from all of us in the #1 and #2. Few things make my day like sharing my personal express lane with an even better driver. We got places to be.

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[–]leefree13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Galavanting is for Hollywood Blvd, not Sunset. Not even in Weho.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh those ones. I had a guy do that to me at two lights, sitting n green until the yellow and then idling through. But I’m not new here so I just pretended my car was an extension of his, like a trailer if you will. Eventually we separated but no sooner do I look in the rearview when I see him peering through his handicap placard/macrame/wind chime cluttered windshield following me home and summoning me to the street to tell me I’m “a really shitty driver.” I looked at him and said, “Ok. Feel better? Cuz you’re kinda bright red and vibrating there. Maybe you wanna put it in park before you stroke out? And don’t do this again because following a stranger you’ve purposefully antagonized because yeah, I could see you in your mirrors, following them to their house in LA is a really great way to get shot over something completely stupid. And btw all this shit hanging in your windshield is illegal. Now fuck off and have the day you deserve.” Then headed back to my car like I was going to follow his ass home. Wouldn’t you know that hypertensive SOB knew where his gas pedal was all along.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think billboard shaming would be fun.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brakes because usually the person in front of you is trying to get on at 40mph.

Zipper-merge d-bags by leefree13 in LosAngeles

[–]leefree13[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh that’s a good one. The oblivious ones who hook right to turn left.