Los Angeles Safety Advice - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Brian
News flash. If you drive on the shoulder in LA, especially on a freeway, you're very likely to be stopped by a cop or the Highway Patrol. Bad enough for a local but worse for an out of towner. Be prepared for not only a very expensive ticket and your car being towed but also for potential arrest and incarceration in one of our less than friendly jails. Especially during the holidays this can mean a multi day stay in jail until your court hearing. You may have to post bail. Your car will have been towed. When you are released you get shoved out of the jail door with whatever of your belongings you were carrying when you entered minus any suspicipus items, which may include your cash and phone. Even if they don't keep the phone it won't have been charged so it will be dead. Nobody lets you may a phone call from jail. The jails are usually in unpleasant parts of town. You'll probably have to walk for miles, assuming you know where to go and what areas to avoid. The company that towed your vehicle will be miles away. Don't worry too much about that because if you rented, the rental agency will have been notified and cancelled your contract. If they recover the car they'll charge the towing fee to your credit card in addition to steep fees and penalties. You'll be blackballed by all the major rental agencies for years. Assuming you make your way to safety you'll be responsible for your bail as an out of towner. You'll also have to be available in person for a court hearing that will be weeks away at least, and possibly months. I imagine your passengers will be furious at you. There are almost certainly other unpleasant consequences, including your own areas driving license agency which may examine your suitability for driving. Your insurance agency will be greatly displeased and dramatically hike your rates. In short, DON'T DO IT! Unless you're a masochist who enjoys pain and humiliation.
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News flash. If you drive on the shoulder in LA, especially on a freeway, you're very likely to be stopped by a cop or the Highway Patrol. Bad enough for a local but worse for an out of towner. Be prepared for not only a very expensive ticket and your car being towed but also for potential arrest and incarceration in one of our less than friendly jails. Especially during the holidays this can mean a multi day stay in jail until your court hearing. You may have to post bail. Your car will have been towed. When you are released you get shoved out of the jail door with whatever of your belongings you were carrying when you entered minus any suspicipus items, which may include your cash and phone. Even if they don't keep the phone it won't have been charged so it will be dead. Nobody lets you may a phone call from jail. The jails are usually in unpleasant parts of town. You'll probably have to walk for miles, assuming you know where to go and what areas to avoid. The company that towed your vehicle will be miles away. Don't worry too much about that because if you rented, the rental agency will have been notified and cancelled your contract. If they recover the car they'll charge the towing fee to your credit card in addition to steep fees and penalties. You'll be blackballed by all the major rental agencies for years. Assuming you make your way to safety you'll be responsible for your bail as an out of towner. You'll also have to be available in person for a court hearing that will be weeks away at least, and possibly months. I imagine your passengers will be furious at you. There are almost certainly other unpleasant consequences, including your own areas driving license agency which may examine your suitability for driving. Your insurance agency will be greatly displeased and dramatically hike your rates. In short, DON'T DO IT! Unless you're a masochist who enjoys pain and humiliation.
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Paul
Not just LA but pretty much all of CA:
If driving on the freeway & roads and you are unfamiliar where your are going, avoid driving in the fast lanes. The homeless are everywhere and you will find people are homeless for a number of reasons: down on their luck, financial, mental issues, drug abuse and some who just like the lifestyle. Avoid giving handouts, because the gift you give only goes to that person, rarely does it go to others who actually need it. If you want to give, seek out services who deal with the homeless so that your gift can be better utilized. Smog is all but a thing of the past, when it does get bad are the days during the summer when there are local fires. Costumed buskers, best to just avoid them. Street performers, if they entertained you then tip them. Earthquakes, yeah we get them, but I am still alive and have been through some big ones. Bad neighborhoods, yes there are some bad ones everywhere but especially in LA, know before you go. Rain, we don't get it too often so it is an issue. Oil accumulates on the roads during the summer months, the first rain storm creates a nice surface oil slick which often causes accidents and makes people paranoid. I would say the biggest danger to a tourist is the sun. Even on a cloudy day you can get burnt to a crisp, to avoid getting burned wear sunblock. There are many brands and kinds of sunblock. I prefer the non-greasy, waterproof kind while riding my cruiser along the beach trail in Huntington Beach. Hope to see you here.
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Not just LA but pretty much all of CA:
If driving on the freeway & roads and you are unfamiliar where your are going, avoid driving in the fast lanes. The homeless are everywhere and you will find people are homeless for a number of reasons: down on their luck, financial, mental issues, drug abuse and some who just like the lifestyle. Avoid giving handouts, because the gift you give only goes to that person, rarely does it go to others who actually need it. If you want to give, seek out services who deal with the homeless so that your gift can be better utilized. Smog is all but a thing of the past, when it does get bad are the days during the summer when there are local fires. Costumed buskers, best to just avoid them. Street performers, if they entertained you then tip them. Earthquakes, yeah we get them, but I am still alive and have been through some big ones. Bad neighborhoods, yes there are some bad ones everywhere but especially in LA, know before you go. Rain, we don't get it too often so it is an issue. Oil accumulates on the roads during the summer months, the first rain storm creates a nice surface oil slick which often causes accidents and makes people paranoid. I would say the biggest danger to a tourist is the sun. Even on a cloudy day you can get burnt to a crisp, to avoid getting burned wear sunblock. There are many brands and kinds of sunblock. I prefer the non-greasy, waterproof kind while riding my cruiser along the beach trail in Huntington Beach. Hope to see you here.
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Brian
We have a wet season and a very long dry season. The first rains bring all the oil up out of the crevices in the road and create a frictionless surface similar to black ice. Be very cautious. The mountains around LA are geologically very new with steep slopes. All the water runs into the coastal basin so we get street flooding and flash floods, both very dangerous. The rainstorms can concentrate in specific areas. I've been in storm cells where the water poured over the car like a dozen firehoses for up to fifteen minutes. If this happens on a freeway slow down, put in your flashers, signal and carefully go the the right lane and get off at the first exit. Find a safe elevated spot and park. Turn off your engine and lights and wait for the cell to pass. The same is true for most streets. Flooding can occur within minutes or seconds. Never drive through a flooded area. You don't know how deep it is. Find a way around it. We can also have extremely thick fogs. Drive very cautiously in them. If you drive in rural areas near marshes there's a phenomenon called a tule fog from the thick tule reeds in the marshes. You literally can't see your hand in front of your face. Don't drive under these conditions. Park in the safest area you can off the road and keep your flashers on. Your biggest danger is other drivers. And of course the Tule monsters but they rarely attack and drag people into the swamps these days. The state government employs them instead.
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We have a wet season and a very long dry season. The first rains bring all the oil up out of the crevices in the road and create a frictionless surface similar to black ice. Be very cautious. The mountains around LA are geologically very new with steep slopes. All the water runs into the coastal basin so we get street flooding and flash floods, both very dangerous. The rainstorms can concentrate in specific areas. I've been in storm cells where the water poured over the car like a dozen firehoses for up to fifteen minutes. If this happens on a freeway slow down, put in your flashers, signal and carefully go the the right lane and get off at the first exit. Find a safe elevated spot and park. Turn off your engine and lights and wait for the cell to pass. The same is true for most streets. Flooding can occur within minutes or seconds. Never drive through a flooded area. You don't know how deep it is. Find a way around it. We can also have extremely thick fogs. Drive very cautiously in them. If you drive in rural areas near marshes there's a phenomenon called a tule fog from the thick tule reeds in the marshes. You literally can't see your hand in front of your face. Don't drive under these conditions. Park in the safest area you can off the road and keep your flashers on. Your biggest danger is other drivers. And of course the Tule monsters but they rarely attack and drag people into the swamps these days. The state government employs them instead.
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travel
Nothing you've said about California sounds even remotely nice. The whole video is about where not to go, watch your back absolutely everywhere you go at all times in Cali. Too criminals, homeless druggies, and gangs everywhere. Their oceans are freezing cold and you can get sea lice swimming in their oceans there ( from extreme pollution. California is so polluted, smog, most neighborhoods look like ghettos unless you're rich and in a rich neighborhood. If you want nice beaches come to Florida. We very nice beaches and the water is not freezing cold. You wont need a wetsuit. You wont get sea lice, no smog, No earthquakes. Florida has lots of beautiful green lush trees and forest, and although we have homeless like everyplace in America. We don't have no where near the homeless people California has. You don't have to watch your back everywhere you go, no gangs here unless you're in Miami. No earthquakes, and people are genuinely nice here for the most part, Not as phony and superficial as hipster yuppie land California. An The rest of it is just homeless druggies and gangs run down neighborhoods that are very dangerous. California is America's toilet bowl. Nothing good there worth visiting.
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Nothing you've said about California sounds even remotely nice. The whole video is about where not to go, watch your back absolutely everywhere you go at all times in Cali. Too criminals, homeless druggies, and gangs everywhere. Their oceans are freezing cold and you can get sea lice swimming in their oceans there ( from extreme pollution. California is so polluted, smog, most neighborhoods look like ghettos unless you're rich and in a rich neighborhood. If you want nice beaches come to Florida. We very nice beaches and the water is not freezing cold. You wont need a wetsuit. You wont get sea lice, no smog, No earthquakes. Florida has lots of beautiful green lush trees and forest, and although we have homeless like everyplace in America. We don't have no where near the homeless people California has. You don't have to watch your back everywhere you go, no gangs here unless you're in Miami. No earthquakes, and people are genuinely nice here for the most part, Not as phony and superficial as hipster yuppie land California. An The rest of it is just homeless druggies and gangs run down neighborhoods that are very dangerous. California is America's toilet bowl. Nothing good there worth visiting.
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eppsislike
LA has significantly changed for the worst during COVID and after ADA Gascon has been installed.
Career criminals get released with minor to zero bail, even after they're arrested again and again. Textbook catch 'n release which makes our streets unsafe.
Few days ago, in North Hollywood. A guy in a Burlington was hitting random people and abused a woman with a bikechain until her head started bleeding. Police came in, shot the guy, accidently shot a child that was hidding in the fitting room (that girl died on the spot) - guy was arrested and was released that night. THAT NIGHT!
Everything was captured on camera. That guy should've got life in jail but Gascon's policy released him.
It's not safe anymore. You can live in the subburb and your home gets robbed.
And they can do that because Gason gives them a free pass.
Shame to what has happened to this city.
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LA has significantly changed for the worst during COVID and after ADA Gascon has been installed.
Career criminals get released with minor to zero bail, even after they're arrested again and again. Textbook catch 'n release which makes our streets unsafe.
Few days ago, in North Hollywood. A guy in a Burlington was hitting random people and abused a woman with a bikechain until her head started bleeding. Police came in, shot the guy, accidently shot a child that was hidding in the fitting room (that girl died on the spot) - guy was arrested and was released that night. THAT NIGHT!
Everything was captured on camera. That guy should've got life in jail but Gascon's policy released him.
It's not safe anymore. You can live in the subburb and your home gets robbed.
And they can do that because Gason gives them a free pass.
Shame to what has happened to this city.
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Frank
Lived here all my life, and the only times I ever felt unsafe is around homeless in the tourist areas, its really bad. You can drive through anywhere in LA and no one will tell you anything you will be fine. Some of the best spots to eat are in sketchy areas and 99% of the time you will be fine, locals know you are supporting the small business so they leave you alone. Also fire season is usually around June- September.
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Lived here all my life, and the only times I ever felt unsafe is around homeless in the tourist areas, its really bad. You can drive through anywhere in LA and no one will tell you anything you will be fine. Some of the best spots to eat are in sketchy areas and 99% of the time you will be fine, locals know you are supporting the small business so they leave you alone. Also fire season is usually around June- September.
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Djmike
1. Homeless people do not mess with anybody. They won't even want to talk to you.
2. The clean air act, (which we paid for) has cleaned up the air incredibly. Most every day tru the year we are clear skys.
3. Sun proteccion? We are Los Angeles! We see the sun 365 days per day.
4. Pick Pockets are not a thing in L. A.
5. Its all fun and games until they talk about your city.
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1. Homeless people do not mess with anybody. They won't even want to talk to you.
2. The clean air act, (which we paid for) has cleaned up the air incredibly. Most every day tru the year we are clear skys.
3. Sun proteccion? We are Los Angeles! We see the sun 365 days per day.
4. Pick Pockets are not a thing in L. A.
5. Its all fun and games until they talk about your city.
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Nopalito
I can appreciate the residents defending their city and all, but I was just there a couple weeks back and it really has turned into a $#! +hole with the homeless encampments everywhere. Unless you've never been to LA and wanna experience it for once, then do it, but it's not anywhere as cool or pretty or enjoyable as it used to be. especially places like Venice Beach.
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I can appreciate the residents defending their city and all, but I was just there a couple weeks back and it really has turned into a $#! +hole with the homeless encampments everywhere. Unless you've never been to LA and wanna experience it for once, then do it, but it's not anywhere as cool or pretty or enjoyable as it used to be. especially places like Venice Beach.
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Jeff
If you are middle class or lower in California my advice is to get the hell out, the supply and demand curve is not on your side. Too many people want to live there and its built entirely for cars and the state is swathed over with low density single family housing. So basically over the last 30 years you have been systematically priced out.
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If you are middle class or lower in California my advice is to get the hell out, the supply and demand curve is not on your side. Too many people want to live there and its built entirely for cars and the state is swathed over with low density single family housing. So basically over the last 30 years you have been systematically priced out.
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John
Thanks so much for making this video so negative towards LA for tourists. As someone whos lived in LA for awhile we all know LA can only be loved if you live there. Taking a week off to visit LA is nowhere near enough to understand and love this city. You have to live here to understand how amazing it is.
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Thanks so much for making this video so negative towards LA for tourists. As someone whos lived in LA for awhile we all know LA can only be loved if you live there. Taking a week off to visit LA is nowhere near enough to understand and love this city. You have to live here to understand how amazing it is.
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