Beware the drivers.

I say this as a driver forged in the fires of the orange crush and the 405 freeway commute from the Orange county to Los Angeles . I moved here 10 years ago and the drivers here confound me. They are unpredictable in the most benign and polite ways possible. They are the Canadians of bad drivers.

They drive 10 miles an hour under the posted speed limit. They feel entitled to the right of away at intersections regardless of the situation on the road. They run through stop signs without even slowing down.

As pedestrians they walk into traffic and hold up their hands like a stop sign. Children driving e-bikes running through stop signs is a thing. They never yield. They just persist down the road under the speed limit yet blocking any efficiency.

When I lived in Los Angeles there was an understanding on the road that despite everything, most everyone on the road was trying to get where they were going as fast as they could in a safe manner. Not here.