There are some truly idiotic drivers in California. On the one hand you have people in their beamers who go as fast as possible whenever they have an open lane, that might mean 50mph on residential streets and over 100 on the highway. Then you have the other end of the spectrum, people who think the speed limit is a limit, not a minimum, and drive like 40mph on the freeway with no one in front of them in one of the middle lanes. People weave aggressively left and right to get around them and it causes accidents.
All of this is the direct result of little enforcement for traffic rules. I've never seen someone pulled over ever in California unless there's been an accident. I've never seen a cop with a radar gun. I've actually seen the LAPD speed past me and hang out in the left lane with no lights on, because that's just how the standard of driving is in LA apparently. You try that in the midwest and you will be pulled over for going to fast, for going to slow, for having a 10 foot tall stack of scrap metal in your truck, for spending to much time in the left lane, and for failing to signal. The highways feel truly lawless in California.
One time, a CHP car turned its lights off and deliberately hung out in my blind spot for a few miles on the 405. I can only assume they were waiting for me to do something they could use as an excuse to pull me over.
All of this is the direct result of little enforcement for traffic rules. I've never seen someone pulled over ever in California unless there's been an accident. I've never seen a cop with a radar gun. I've actually seen the LAPD speed past me and hang out in the left lane with no lights on, because that's just how the standard of driving is in LA apparently. You try that in the midwest and you will be pulled over for going to fast, for going to slow, for having a 10 foot tall stack of scrap metal in your truck, for spending to much time in the left lane, and for failing to signal. The highways feel truly lawless in California.