i have lived in socal for 65 years. i recently went on vacation in northern cal in Aug. driving on many hwys. Car drivers up there were slow & relaxed. why are there so many “A” holes an tailgators in socal.
49 and one-half states and all the provinces of Canada have asked that question for decades. Still no adequate responses.
I grew up in LA, and I’m completely amazed at the competence of high speed freeway driving in LA. I live in a slower town now, but I like to think that I can channel my inner LA driver when necessary. People drive way too slow in the SF bay area. Don’t even bring up Oregon.
And then if you think that’s bad, I dare you to drive in Florida.
Don’t drive slow in the fast lane and let people pass. If it’s raining, slow the fuck down.
Socal is the only place people know how to drive. If I ever have to go through Oregon again, I might just go postal. That is a state full of assholes. I have never wanted fender-mounted machine guns more than my last burn up the 5 to Seattle.
They have a lot better weed up in NoCal.
I agree. I’ve lived all over the country and the drivers in L.A. are the best. They may not be the friendly or laid back, but they know how to keep the traffic moving.
I’m going to have to jump on the SoCal drivers know what they’re doing bandwagon. I never really appreciated SoCal drivers until I had to spend a year in Washington.
I gotta take issue with the “L.A. drivers are the best” meme going on here…
In my experience, while L.A. has got a group of traffic-hardened experienced drivers, it also has an overabundance of aggressive douchebags, distracted cellphone-gabbers, slow-driving elderly immigrant ladies, casually-moving pickup trucks piled 10-feet high alternately with lawn-care or construction implements, and traffic-stopping clueless tourists.
Add to this icy/hot blend of driving styles the death-defying motorcycle lane-splitters flying through rush-hour traffic at MACH 2; the unwritten rule that at least 2 cars are going to advance through the intersection to turn left AFTER their light turns red; and intermittent awareness of the concept of not “blocking the box.”
Pour this automotive bouillabaisse over a surface area of 500 square miles officially known as the city with the worst traffic in America, you have an experience that is not-at-all enjoyable.
Having said that, I still love L.A.! 
I drove a rental car with decent performance through some highways in Oregon several years ago. I think the highway speed there is like 35. I made terrific time getting from A to B as well as figuring out where they got the idea for that old video game “Pole Position”.
This might explain why so many drivers do not start moving until one minute after the light has turned green.