Are the drivers in LA getting worse and more inconsiderate? (Los Angeles: 2014, DMV)

[wall st kid]

I've been noticing recently that drivers are getting worse and worse, the consideration is nonexistant and there are SO many Pedestrians that are complete idiots who just walk aimlessly into roads without even looking. That flashing hand? lol, ok, nobody adhere's to that, they just cross when they feel like it and if you have to stop short in the middle of oncoming traffic while making a left, too bad, you have to be the idiot blocking the traffic coming the other way.

Pedestrians seem to not understand that cars weigh 20 or 30 times more than they do and traveling at high rates of speed, its going to be a meeting that they are going to lose more times than not.

Is it too much to ask to have people on foot to not cross the street if the orange hand is saying STOP? Is it too much to ask for people to not park in the middle of small side streets with their flashers on blocking traffic? Is it too much to ask for SOME consideration on the roads?

Seems to me that its getting worse and worse and people are getting more and more careless.

[West of Encino]

It could be because these people aren't from Los Angeles.

[ccm123]

Are you complaining about the drivers or pedestrians? Pedestrians have the right of way, by law the last I read.

[radiolibre99]

Originally Posted by ccm123

Are you complaining about the drivers or pedestrians? Pedestrians have the right of way, by law the last I read.

They get out of hand with the right of way stuff. They take their sweet time at crosswalks, jaywalk at the worst times, smack cars on their side if they think the driver didn't give them enough to literally crawl across the street. So they can get pretty annoying.

And OP yes drivers in LA are pretty bad drivers. I really don't know why a lot of people here are so aloof and careless when they drive. A lot of them are just not paying attention.

[CapnHawk]

Originally Posted by ccm123

Are you complaining about the drivers or pedestrians? Pedestrians have the right of way, by law the last I read.

Not always. I found this in the California Vehicle Code:

21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter.

(b) This section does not relieve a pedestrian from the duty of using due care for his or her safety. No pedestrian may suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. No pedestrian may unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Originally Posted by ccm123

Are you complaining about the drivers or pedestrians? Pedestrians have the right of way, by law the last I read.

Sounds like a "nobody belongs on the road but me" rant.

[saybanana]

I was yelled at the other week for crossing the street. Waited nearly two minutes for the light to change. I thought someone pressed the "beg" let me cross the street button, so when the light turned green, I looked and crossed. Halfway through there was a left turning taxi cab driver on a one way street yelling,well yelled at me for crossing the street. I thought something else was happening like an accident, so I was stopped in the middle for about 4 seconds figuring out what is happening. I thought that was rude to yell at someone crossing the street when in a few seconds a person would have crossed and then the driver can continue. By the time I crossed there was another 20 seconds of green as I watched the taxi cab speed away, leaving me stunned and pissed off.

I dont get this post. It should be "Are the pedestrians in LA getting worse and more inconsiderate.?" Not everyone in LA is a driver but everyone IS a pedestrian. So give way for the street walkers.

[Mr. Opinionated]

Originally Posted by radiolibre99

[Pedestrians] get out of hand with the right of way stuff. They take their sweet time at crosswalks, jaywalk at the worst times, smack cars on their side if they think the driver didn't give them enough to literally crawl across the street. So they can get pretty annoying.

And OP yes drivers in LA are pretty bad drivers. I really don't know why a lot of people here are so aloof and careless when they drive. A lot of them are just not paying attention.

"Bad drivers" vs. whom? You mean yourself, one who appears to impatiently have little regard for the safety of others, a well understood hallmark of a competent driver? And you are also free to drive yourself back to where you rate drivers better. But first, be courteous enought to at least consider this: V C Section 21950 Right of Way at Crosswalks

[jm1982]

Interesting to see this thread as I just read about a series of hit and runs that occurred over the weekend.

3 People killed in 2 hours .

3 Killed in 2 Hours by Hit-And-Run Drivers | NBC Southern California

I'm not sure if people are getting worse or not. Drivers in L.A seem like they have been engaging in risky and dangerous behavior for a long time.

[Nerf Herder]

what I love are those people who walk and text or talk on their phone at the same time, completely oblivious to the outside world, I call them "walkers", like the zombies from "The Walking Dead", when I see one on the street, I go "We got a walker!"