When you’re looking for some real fun, go out and zoom-around the
Los Angeles (“LA”) Freeway System in Southern California! There are plenty of routes through
interesting terrain/scenery, landmarks, suburbs, and urban areas. All these
routes can be traveled in big loops as well.
I usually prefer to take it slow and easy and also prefer to drive in the evening or night
time (b/c less traffic). But if you’re more the gamer-type,
you can zoom-around however you prefer – like a video game in real-life and
there will be other jockeys out there playin’ too (give it a few minutes and
you will see). But watch-out for the trucks,
occasional narrow lanes and slow-moving traffic, and be aware that traffic-jams
are possible at any place and at any time.
For myself…, again, I prefer to just take it easy and have fun driving
around – it’s safer and cheaper on gas too!
Believe it or not, zooming-around the LA Freeways is one of my favorite ways to pass the time!
Don’t forget how the roads around here like to play games with the
tourists and non-locals in that one often never knows what side of the road the
exit-ramp off the freeway is located, what side of the road the on-ramp to the
freeway is located, and/or how the exit-ramp for any given street doesn’t
necessarily drop you on to that street – you may have to take a right or left
turn at the end of the exit-ramp to get to the named street of the exit, and also be aware
how the laughs continue in that any given lane might become an exit-only or
turning-only lane. But if you have
out-of-state license plates or are obviously driving a rental car, the locals
usually will cut you some slack, contrary to what others might say. Whatever you do, however, don’t go too slow
and impede traffic, especially in the ‘car-pool’ lanes. Because if you do
impede traffic too badly or subjectively go too slow – even with no traffic, it’s likely
even the Cal. Highway Patrol will get mad at you!! (See: To Slay a ‘Law’ – Papachristou Style.
VC 22400; located at: http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2013/04/to-slay-law-papachristou-style-vc-22400.html .)
As a driver on these roadways it’s best to properly behave and always be in control of one’s
vehicle as well. Because, with all that
being said above, also remember there are plenty of black-and-white vehicles out there
too. That is, cars painted with white doors and black fenders and typically
adorned with lots o’external multi-colored lights of red, blue and yellow.
Hopefully this will also a moot point, but any damage you do – albeit reckless or
otherwise, be an adult about it all and face-the-music and make it right if at
all possible – should such ever happen!
And, hey…, even when the worst thing happens and you get stuck in a bumper-to-bumper traffic-jam that’s more than 25 miles on-end , you can people-watch with all the other folks in the other
cars alongside you and remind yourself that you must be in the right place,
‘cause all these other folks are there with you too! :) Have
fun (and don’t hurt anyone, please)!
AVT (May, 2015)
PS. (Addendum Date: August, 2015.) ‘Cause,
I mean…, even the most creative video game designer would never think
to design a pit-fall into his/her car-driving video game of the scenario that
if the wild-fire jumps the freeway and you happen to be driving at that place
where any fire jumps the freeway on which you are driving, you then get stuck
in traffic-jam in the middle of the fire and smoke on the freeway, your car in
the video-game then burns, and: YOU
LOSE!!! (But should any video game companies
be looking for new, wild, and creative ideas:
HERE I AM! Don’t all of you video
game companies and big-wigs come knocking-down my door at the same
time, mind you.) :) (See: “Dozens of cars set ablaze as wildfire
jumps California freeway”, located at: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/17/us/california-freeway-fire/
; “Wildfire Burns Cars On California Freeway, Fire on the highway”, located at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wildfire-burns-cars-on-california-freeway_55a98ca2e4b0caf721b2f725;
and, “Wildfire sweeps across California
freeway, burns cars”, located at: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfire-sweeps-across-california-freeway-burns-cars/
.)
See:
Californication
Also see:
Driving in Los Angeles
California Highways; The History of
Southern California Freeway Development; (Part 2 - 1950s)
Los Angeles and Orange County
Traffic Solutions.
To Slay a ‘Law’ – Papachristou
Style. VC 22400
California Dreamin - Mamas &
The Papas
California Love HD (2pac feat.
Dr.Dre)
The Eagles Hotel California
California (There Is No End To Love) U2
